Lump under my arm just... fell off?!

Question: Lump under my arm just... fell off?

OK. For as long as I can remember I've had two tiny lumps. One was in my armpit and was about half the size of a pea. The other was on my neck and was even smaller. Anyway, they were just there and didn't get in the way or anything, so I ignored them. But one day a couple of years ago, the lump on my neck went black and hard (sort of like the texture of burnt toast) and when I felt it, it came off. There was no blood or pain or anything, just a slightly red area that went soon. Anyway, recently the same thing happened to the one under my armpit. The red mark is completely gone now. I'm not worried about it because it's happened before, but I'm just wondering what and why it could have been? Any ideas? They were just tiny round lumps of flesh.

Answers:

You may have witnessed what in medical terms is called "auto-amputation". These little benign growths are very common, and occasionally, very occasionally, do exactly that. They are similar to polyps that develop in the gut, and are known to do the same thing.

Usually, auto-amputation, only occurs in young people, say 20 years old ore less. Sometimes the growth can become ligated by a stray human hair, especially in people with very fine hair, where the hair becomes wrapped around the 'stalk' of the growth. When this happens, the blood supply is cut off, or ligated, and the growth dies of blood starvation.

Sometimes, you may feel a slight soreness, but most often when this happens, the first you know of this is when the thing falls away, and you notice it has gone..

I think they are called skin tags - some people have them all their lives but they can be removed by a doctor - I guess you are lucky that yours just came off by themselves

I think Grey Mare may have the answer to that :0)

THE APOCOLYPSE IS COMING!!

It starts with people disintergrating!!!

wash regularly?

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