Where can I get a large blackhead removed in London?

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As the title says really. And yes, I have Googled it, however the results all consist of blackhead removal videos - satisfying but unhelpful. Or oddly, clinics in America.

I've discovered a very large blackhead behind my ear (will try to get a photo but even being able to see it in a mirror requires two hands so I'm not sure I can). It's in a really difficult place to get at which is why I've only just noticed it!

I daren't try and tackle it myself, quite apart from the fact I'd need a couple more limbs it also doesn't seem to have an obvious head, so I'm really hoping someone might be able to recommend a clinic which can deal with this for me?

I shall try to get a photo!

I don't know about London, but if you can make it to Belfast, then my house. 😁

Have you tried your GP surgery? They may be able to help and video the removal too

With apologies for the poor quality but it's really not easy for one person to get at. You can see how much I'm having to pull my ear out!

I did wonder about my GP but it's not causing me any discomfort (I noticed the lump when taking off earrings) so I don't really want to bother them when they're already snowed under!

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I don't know about London, but if you can make it to Belfast, then my house. 😁

Alas I think I'm stuck in London for the foreseeable! I also love your username.

Could you locate it by touch and then use of those removal tools?

Maybe worth calling your GP first- it would probably make their day to tackle something like this! Worth a try anyway, rather than finding a private dermatologist or something.

A private dermatologist could sort that.

That looks incredible 😍

Omg!! Hot flannel compress at least 3x a day and blob of Savlon cream overnight for a week then have a good prod with super clean hands...and show us the results!!!!!

Go and see your GP - get a proper diagnosis before attacking yourself!
Any pigmented lesion needs checking.

I very rarely say this but I'm also thinking get it checked first unless you are absolutely 100000% sure it's a blackhead. Maybe show a pharmacist?

I would get that checked out before trying to tackle it yourself as pp have said - just to be on the safe side.

I'm not planning on tackling it myself - after I've finished holding my ear with one hand and another hand holding the second mirror I don't have any hands free to have a go at it anyway!

I didn't want to bother the GP and I'm fairly certain it is 'just' a large blackhead, but you're right it's worth checking out before asking someone to get in there with a scalpel or some other torture device.

I'll do it!

The photo isn't the best, but I am confident it's a blackhead from what I can see. Still, I'm not a medical professional so yes you're right, doctor first.

Can you buy a black head strip and just apply that and pull

Personally I do stuff like this blindly and just with touch.

If you're headed up north, I'm your MNter. I have tools too.

That is a thing of beauty 😍

Dermatologist?

I've been watching Dr Khaled Sadek on YouTube

He has a clinic in London

lipomacyst.com/

Personally I do stuff like this blindly and just with touch

Me too, that is ready to pop!

I am closest in Milton Keynes - and I have a set of tools ready to go. i'll even give you a cup of coffee or tea after!

If you don't fancy the train ride what about a SKN clinic there are lots in london.

Are you sure it is a blackhead.
I would do a visit to G.P
Don't wish to scare you but my dad had something in the same place and it was the Big C. I wouldn't take any chances personally.

I did somehow manage to squeeze a blackhead in the same location. It had been there years, I thought it was just a lump. It started black, then went orange and eventually white (the contents). It was truly astounding. Sadly it never came back.