I know why the cored apple seeps...

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Well *that* was interesting....

Went to the dermatologist today because a mole check turned up an 'unusual' one. GP wasn't sure what to make of it, but since I'm a redhead, I grew up in a desert, and I've had more than my fair share of sunburns (including a 3rd degree on my feet - yes, it's possible), he thought it best to have it checked.

Dermatologist looks at it through the technoloupe (sounds like a Glasswalker Garou, now that I think about it), and says "Huh." Never a good sign. I had, in one big assed freckle, *three*, count them *three* indicators... all for different types of skin tumors. Sooooo, a 'biopsy' was decreed.

Now, I don't know about you, but when I hear 'biopsy', I get the image of a thin needle taking a small sample.

I could not have been more wrong.

They removed the whole damned thing. About 1/3" across, and 1/4" deep, they *cored* my leg, and then stitched it up.

Oh, and just for the record... you know on horror movies when they show that foam latex skin stretching all gooey-like, and it looks so fake? Yeah, it's not. It looks just like that. After the coring came the pulling, and then the snipping. It looked fricking *cool*, man. (Even if I did get the cold-scalp-prickle of mild shock...) And oh, when she pulled on it, it was like tapping a keg of O positive. *blorp* My Fangoria-addled inner child was giggling.

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Here's some gross for ya...I had my neck "cored" as you put it about 12 years ago now. Dermoid cyst, been there since birth. Periodically it would itch, and then if I pushed on it, it'd squirt kinda white pasty goo. Sometimes little short dead hairs too. And then there was one longass hair that grew out of it, that I had to pluck to be rid of occasionally, cuz it was rooted. Yes, I let it go until I was in my early 20's. Never was much of an issue since it had a permanent outlet hole. Gross, but weirdly fascinating.

One day, it started seeping yellowy red fluid, so I went in for a "biopsy". I was expecting them to just look at it, maybe drain it. Um, no. Cookie cutter time. I discovered that I could see the operation by looking in the center of the very reflective operating light, so I watched it. Grossest part was the sound...like cutting through very thick rubber bands. Ew. Nice scar, though. No plastic skin for me, just a couple stitches.

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I didn't get to hear it. :(

But I *did* get to look directly at it in all it's gory goodness. :D

We'll have to compare scars sometime. :)