For 17 years, Stephanie wore her hair the same way: in a high ponytail, centered on her head, allowing her to hide what was growing underneath.
It was a lump that, over time, grew to the size of a baseball. It changed her life without anyone noticing: she avoided getting close to people and even postponed her wedding for fear that it would be seen. When she finally consulted dermatologist Sandra Lee, the famous Dr. Pimple Popper, the answer was less frightening than she had imagined: it was a pilar cyst, a benign lesion that forms in the hair follicle and can grow for years without causing warning signs.
The procedure was documented in the episode “My Head Laid An Egg”. There, in front of the cameras, Stephanie watched what she had carried for nearly two decades disappear within minutes.
