# Guess the Freakish Face Bump **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-freakish-face-bump/257840 "2004-08-01T14:48:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RingOfFire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47774/32.png) [@RingOfFire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RingOfFire)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-freakish-face-bump/257840/1 "2004-08-01T14:48:52Z")
So for about a week I’ve had a small bump on the side of my face. At first I thought it was a mosquito bite, then it was a little bigger. Its hard, about the size of a dime. It seems to have a pore right in the center like a pimple would have. It’s maybe 3mm higher than the rest of my skin, hard, but not sore. It’s a little redder/briused than the rest of my skin. I lanced it yesterday and drained a lot of puss out (It kinda smelt like parmesian cheese? The Kraft green tube stuff). It’s a lot smaller/softer today. So whadda you guys think it is? (Not asking for medical advice, just curious what you think:) My guesses: Ingrown Hair Spider Bite (But only 1 “fang” mark???) Freaky Ingrown Pimple Tooth Abscess ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-freakish-face-bump/257840/2 "2004-08-01T15:05:54Z")
subaceaous (sp?) cyst, I think…I had on my back, right behind my arm, and I was at the doc’s for something else, and asked what it was. I actually left mine alone until it was about the size of a grape 🙂 That was some damn satisfying squeezin’, let me tell you! It sounds like what you described was exactly like I had, except on your face. From what I understand, it’s basically just a very, very clogged pore. ---
**Author:** ![lemon\_martini2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@lemon\_martini2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lemon_martini2)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-freakish-face-bump/257840/3 "2004-08-01T15:14:14Z")
Yay!Delight for all us zit fetishists…do we have pictures too? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-freakish-face-bump/257840/4 "2004-08-01T17:02:21Z")
> [@lemon\_martini2](#): > > Yay!Delight for all us zit fetishists…do we have pictures too? 😕 The net has something for everyone- [zit lovers community](http://www.livejournal.com/community/zit_fetish/) Just a warning the term “TMI” does not really do justice to this link. It’s different. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-freakish-face-bump/257840/5 "2004-08-01T21:04:54Z")
It’s not a spider bite. I’ve had 3 in the past 4 years. They get a brownish crusty substance on the surface. The doctor said this is called “honey crusting”. I haven’t been able to eat a Honey Baked ham ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Love\_Coffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@Me\_Love\_Coffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Love_Coffee)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-freakish-face-bump/257840/6 "2004-08-01T21:25:24Z")
> [@astro](#): > > The net has something for everyone- > > zit lovers community > > Just a warning the term “TMI” does not really do justice to this link. It’s different. I just have to say that feel so bad for the people in these pictures. I can’t imagine having acne that bad. It’s so yucky! ☹