A young man from Tennessee has sought the wisdom of Dr Pimple Popper after developing a testicle-shaped mass on his right leg.
At first, Ravon, 26, of Clarksville, believed the lump – which he first noticed about one year ago – to be just an ingrown hair.
However, it has since continued to grow, to the extent where even a simple task like going to the loo has become tricky. And it has sadly ended up having a serious impact on his romantic life.
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Dangling high up on his leg – located close to his groin area – the mass has swollen from the size of a ‘bouncy ball’ up to the size of a ‘tennis ball’. And it looks remarkably like a human testicle.
Ravon has reportedly become so self-conscious about the mass that his personal life has been affected, and he has been unable to be frequently intimate with his girlfriend.
Speaking on an upcoming episode of the new season of Dr Pimple Popper, Ravon described the growth as being ‘like a third testicle’:
It’s like a third testicle, and it’s just there, hanging. But it started about a year ago, it was probably the size of a bouncy ball, like you get out of those machines.
[…] And then, over the course of around six months to now, it’s gotten to the size of a tennis ball.
At times, it will be like a pain that comes through on it. It would be rubbing up against my leg or something, so it can get irritated. And once it gets irritated, a rash will pop up and it will start getting sore.
In a clip from the the first episode of the new season, Ravon can be seen struggling to sit himself comfortably on a chair, forced to whip the ‘third testicle’ and rearrange it.
Opening up about his discomfort, Ravon explained:
When I sit down, it instantly drops in the toilet. I’m not saying it goes in the water, but it’s hanging there.
So just imagine, you’ve already got your genitals there, just imagine you’ve got another large mass hanging off you. And that’s just nasty.
Ravon’s lump is known as a lipoma, a soft, squishy lump which can grow under a person’s skin. According to the NHS website, lipomas are harmless and can be anything from the size of a pea to up to a few centimetres in width.
Fortunately, Dr Pimple Popper – real name Dr Sandra Lee – was able to successfully remove the lipoma; giving Ravon a new lease of life.
This was Ravon’s very first surgery, and he was understandably on edge; particularly as the scalpel was so perilously close to his genital area:
Sharp objects near my genital area, that’s kind of nerve-wracking. It’s kind of like a horror movie. I just think, ‘what if I jerk or something, and it cuts somewhere else that it’s not supposed to?’
Speaking after the gulp-inducing surgery, Dr Lee said:
I was able to successfully remove Ravon’s growth and I was able to stitch it up properly. That’s a very high tension area. If he were to squat down and the area was too tight, he could split the [stitches].
But I do think I removed the minimum amount of tissue needed to prevent the stretching of the scar.
Here’s wishing Ravon all the best as he moves forward with his life without his ‘third testicle’ dangling over him.
The new series of Dr Pimple Popper premieres at 10pm tonight exclusively on TLC.
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Jules studied English Literature with Creative Writing at Lancaster University before earning her masters in International Relations at Leiden University in The Netherlands (Hoi!). She then trained as a journalist through News Associates in Manchester. Jules has previously worked as a mental health blogger, copywriter and freelancer for various publications.