“They pop out looking like birdseed,” Dr. Lee captions the video. And they sure do! Like a tiny yellow seed. Right after extracting the little seed-like cyst, Dr. Lee then did something in the video she doesn’t always do. She shifts the perspective to the microscope lens to better explain what exactly an Eruptive Vellus Hair Cyst is. And as you can guess from the name of the cyst, it’s full of hair inside the sac! “Under the microscope, you can see there are small, fine hairs (vellus hairs) tucked into the cyst sac,” Dr. Lee explains in the caption. While this is quite a fast and furious pop, it’s the microscopic view that has Dr. Lee’s most loyal squeezaholics raving for more. One user wrote, “Omg do this for all of them!” and another concurred, “Wow. Love the view from the microscope!!!!!” While we’re not sure if involving the microscopic view is something Dr. Lee will do with all of her pops moving forward, it certainly makes sense for this one. After all, there’s a lot of wiry hair inside an Eruptive Vellus Hair Cyst—also known as an EVHC—which makes it all the more interesting to take a look inside. According to a 2018 study on EVHC, these kinds of cysts are a “rare follicular developmental abnormality of the vellus hair follicles.” Guess that’s why Dr. Lee called them a “special kind of cyst” in her video! These cysts are rare but are most commonly seen in younger people, including kids, adolescents, and young adults even into their 20s. Typically, EVHC shows up on the chest, abdomen, legs or arms, but in the above video, the patient in Dr. Pimple Popper’s office seems to have one that sprouted on the forehead. Wanna know why? Well, it’s because of the type of hair that the vellus hair follicle is and spoiler alert: You’ve definitely heard it before—just by a different name. More commonly known as peach fuzz and baby hairs, vellus hairs are super fine, thin, and see-through. It’s the teeny-tiny hair on your face, nose, and eyelids that are responsible for regulating body temperature. And because most of our vellus hair is replaced by thicker hair once we hit puberty, Eruptive Vellus Hair Cysts are more common in younger people and children. Eruptive Vellus Hair Cysts may pop out like small birdseed, but because they are so rare, EVHC can be a big pain. While Dr. Lee makes the extraction look super-easy online, surgical and dermabrasion or ablative lasers can often leave nasty scars behind, Dermatology Advisor reports. But there’s a bright side—actually, there are two: Most cases of EVHC—as many as 25 percent of them!—resolve on their own; secondly, Dr. Lee is exceptional at making small incisions and excisions that minimize scarring. The pop doesn’t stop there—watch these 25 blackhead popping videos!
