Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out - MASSIVE Keloid Removals! (Compilation) | Lifetime

[00:00:00]The problem with kloids is the treatment option can often times lead to a worse result. This has already happened here.

[00:00:09]So to really get rid of this, I got to come up with a good plan. You can see that because of its distortion, it's pulled your earlobe up. So it's like a L shape. I know we want this L gone cuz like L is for losers.

[00:00:22]>> Yes. I'm going to try to keep the scar as small as possible because the smaller the scar, the less potential that a kloid has to grow back. So, I think what I will do is start on this ear actually.

[00:00:32]>> Okay, that works.

[00:00:33]>> Okay, I'll see you in a little bit.

[00:00:35]Okay, >> cool.

[00:00:37]>> It was really great meeting Dr. Lee.

[00:00:39]She's very cool. She's very funny. But I'm really nervous for this because last time I went to the doctor and I grew back even bigger.

[00:00:56]All righty. This is just a little baby pinch. Okay, baby pinch here.

[00:01:00]>> My plan is to keep the top layer that's over this kloid. I want to remove that scar tissue that's underneath, which is the kloidal tissue, and then use that top skin to really create a covering. I need to leave enough skin that was a top this koid to place back in the area.

[00:01:19]>> Make sure we're just taking off kloid.

[00:01:22]Let me take off piece here first. This koid is very complicated cuz I could distort the shape of Tiara's ear if I took off too little tissue or too much tissue. I tried to keep the scar in the area of where the existing kloid is to minimize traumatizing new unaltered skin.

[00:01:44]>> It looks pretty darn good. Do you want to see?

[00:01:49]>> Oh, that looks so good.

[00:01:51]>> It's going to look really good. See, it wants to be puffy a little bit cuz of swelling. I put numbing underneath it, so it's fuller still. But that should smoosh down cuz we're going to smash it.

[00:02:00]>> Yes, my profile is about to eat.

[00:02:03]>> I'm about to look so good.

[00:02:04]>> Tiarara unleashed.

[00:02:06]>> Ti longer.

[00:02:08]>> Oh my god.

[00:02:09]>> Oh no. We unleashed the real.

[00:02:12]>> Yes, >> we just unleashed her.

[00:02:16]>> It's been a really long time since I felt myself energy.

[00:02:19]>> That is so cute. Oh my god. So, I'm really happy right now, but I'm also like a little bit anxious and nervous cuz I don't know what she's going to do to like ensure that it doesn't come back.

[00:02:38]It's been 2 and 1/2 months since my procedure with Dr. Lee and my ears look amazing.

[00:02:46]Those giant koids are gone for good. Dr. Dr. Lee was like an artist. My ears don't itch and they're very soft to the touch. And I think because of the radiation, I'm hoping that it will never happen again. So, I'm really excited to see for the future. My confidence has changed 100%. I just feel like the real me. Any kind of trauma on the skin can trigger kloids, especially to somebody who's predisposed in some way to develop them.

[00:03:15]>> Excuse my reach here. the treatment options that we have. We want to try to get this as flat as possible. So, sometimes with our chest, because it kind of goes in there, I want to see how flat we can get it if we're laying you flat cuz it ends beyond that. But then you have this point.

[00:03:30]>> Mhm.

[00:03:33]>> I can already tell that this keyord is going to be very difficult to remove cuz it's a super tight area. Any kind of movement is going to tug it one way or another. And so that tugging motion, that tension can really increase the chances of a kloid growing back. There are some issues I have with the kloids that you have in the cleavage area. It's actually the most challenging. I think it's going to be difficult to make that scar as short as we can, >> but I'm trying to think about ideas of how to make it the least visible. A lot of people get a scar here, and that's usually people who have heart conditions where they had to open up their chest.

[00:04:11]It's going to be noticeable.

[00:04:13]>> At least it's something that people like accept that more, you know, because this is weirder.

[00:04:18]>> This is way weirder.

[00:04:19]>> It looks like you're trying to talk into a mic.

[00:04:21]>> It does to me.

[00:04:22]>> It's not a microphone, unfortunately.

[00:04:24]>> Yeah. What do you think about that?

[00:04:26]>> I'm over it completely.

[00:04:28]>> Okay. I'll see you in a little bit.

[00:04:29]We're going to get my stuff ready.

[00:04:30]>> All right.

[00:04:31]>> Okay. So, you shouldn't feel anything other than us touching you. Okay.

[00:04:35]>> Yep.

[00:04:38]>> How you doing? Okay.

[00:04:39]>> Yep. Good.

[00:04:43]I just need your help because there's a lot of like pulling down. Yeah, >> she's almost off. Hi, Lil.

[00:04:52]>> Oh, she's off.

[00:04:54]>> Oh god, this is so crazy. Let's see if we have enough skin here. The stitches underneath are really what provide the most strength. They're like the pylons under your building that are keeping things up. But in this case too, I know this is her decolletage and I want her to be able to proudly show off this area.

[00:05:12]>> It looks really good. I'm so excited.

[00:05:16]Oh, it looks really good.

[00:05:18]>> Yeah, does. You can touch the top of it like this with that on it.

[00:05:22]>> Oh, wow. That's so that's so crazy.

[00:05:24]>> It looks good. I know. It's going to make a big difference.

[00:05:32]>> Oh, thank you so much. Oh, you're so welcome.

[00:05:35]>> Now that it's gone, it just feels really, really good. It feels flat. It feels different. I feel like I got my skin back. I feel free. Oh, your ear looks like an ear again.

[00:05:47]>> I know. I couldn't be any more happier right now than I am.

[00:05:53]>> It's been about 3 months since I saw Shalomar, and I'm so proud of how good she looks now that that turd is off her chest.

[00:06:01]>> Thank you, Dr. Lee. I wouldn't be here setting trends if it wasn't for you. And I booked us tickets to Jamaica. Oh, >> Shalomar is finally ready to get all dressed up and hit the town with her beautiful chest and her perfect ear.

[00:06:18]Finally get to show my cleavage now that there's no more chest turn. So glad I get to be hot again.

[00:06:24]>> Congrats, Charlamar.

[00:06:29]>> They impact the vanity. They impact just how I move throughout the day. Like I'm thinking about them way too much.

[00:06:37]They're like the burden that you just never wanted. So again, my my biggest fear is going through the process, having them removed, following the following instruction to a tea, and then I I'm somewhere and I just feel that itch or I wake up and I just see another mound or it just my my heart is like this just thinking about it. Like I don't want them and I don't want them to come back.

[00:07:05]It's almost to the point where I've kind of gone back and forth like, do I get them taken off? Because they're here. I have to live with them.

[00:07:14]They're present. To have them gone and to have my freedom, so to speak, and then them coming back, it's a real fear of mine.

[00:07:24]>> Hi.

[00:07:25]>> Hi.

[00:07:26]>> How are you? I'm Dr. Lee.

[00:07:28]>> I'm Gina.

[00:07:28]>> So nice to meet you, Dina. Where are you from? Did you come before?

[00:07:32]>> Uh, yes. I'm from Stone Mountain, Georgia. That's a suburb of Atlanta. So, >> yeah. Wonderful.

[00:07:38]>> You look pretty darn perfect. I mean, what? I don't even know why you're here.

[00:07:41]What's going on?

[00:07:42]>> I call them my balls. They're on my ears.

[00:07:45]>> Maybe you shouldn't say that too much, though. Right. Like that.

[00:07:48]>> That's the story behind that. So, >> how cute are those socks?

[00:07:51]>> These are socks.

[00:07:52]>> Little ankle socks.

[00:07:52]>> Actually, they're baby socks.

[00:07:54]>> Okay. I see. Can I see the other side, too?

[00:07:56]>> Yeah. This is I call her big mama.

[00:07:58]>> Oh, that's the big mama you were hiding.

[00:07:59]>> Big one. Gosh, those look heavy. They are. Oh my gosh. Yeah.

[00:08:05]>> Let me see. Yeah.

[00:08:08]>> How long have you had them?

[00:08:09]>> It's been 5 years. My 40th birthday. I went to get my ears pierced.

[00:08:12]>> Kind of on your 40th birthday.

[00:08:14]>> Yeah. You know, surprise, surprise.

[00:08:16]>> This one came probably about 6 months after the first piercing. Um, this one actually just came probably in the last two years. I've actually went to a local doctor and they removed the excess skin and then it started growing back and it came with a vengeance. It's my story.

[00:08:30]>> Okay. Do you know what you have? They IDed them as kloids.

[00:08:34]>> Yes, they likely are kloids, but let me take a closer look at them.

[00:08:39]>> Okay.

[00:08:41]I mean, this one on the back is >> really rock hard. That one has an attitude of its own, huh?

[00:08:48]>> Yeah. He's uh he's like feels the harder ones are like probably more active here.

[00:08:53]Thank you. Let me see this side.

[00:08:58]>> This one is really pulling down on you.

[00:09:00]>> Tell me about it.

[00:09:03]It's almost like they fit like Tetris.

[00:09:05]Like they're meant to be together, these two koid balls.

[00:09:09]>> And I can see the scarring where they remove the skin. These must have grown back a lot. It's almost kind of pulled on your cheek here itself. So, we got to try to recreate your ear lobe.

[00:09:20]>> I have faith in you. So, >> we're trying our best. Kloids happen when there's trauma to the skin. A surgery is trauma. So, that can cause a kloid to grow back. And now the scar is bigger. So the koid comes back larger.

[00:09:32]So kloids are caused by the way in which you try to get rid of them.

[00:09:39]If you try to cut them off, that is trauma. So through most of my career, I've hated treating kloids because I know that they're likely to come back and I just stay away from them. There are some other things that we may be able to try that I think has a very good chance to make these not come back. But right now, shall we try to take them off?

[00:10:02]>> Can we please?

[00:10:03]>> Yes, of course. You have balls, but you don't need to show that you have balls.

[00:10:06]Literally.

[00:10:07]>> Not that.

[00:10:08]>> Yes.

[00:10:09]>> I'll be back in just a little bit. Okay.

[00:10:11]>> Thank you, Dr. >> Of course. I'll see you soon. Okay.

[00:10:19]>> A little baby pinch. You might feel me pinch.

[00:10:21]>> First, I need to lop off these massive balls, but I'm also trying to evaluate where the regular skin is so that I can make sure that I have enough left to be able to make this look as much like an earlo as I can. Most importantly, I'm trying to minimize the scarring.

[00:10:35]>> Oh, pretty good.

[00:10:38]This is the time where I'm going to work on fitting it all together. But it's really challenging because it's like a complex circular 3D puzzle. one that has to end up looking like Gina's real ear.

[00:10:50]>> Done. We're going to do the other side.

[00:10:52]Okay. I always start with a harder procedure. And so now I'm moving to Gina's left ear. This side is smaller and hopefully is going to be easier to try to match to the first side. Now my concentration is really set on recreating a beautiful earlo.

[00:11:08]We're done here. Your balls are gone.

[00:11:13]Can you do this?

[00:11:15]No balls are popping you on the head.

[00:11:17]>> Take a look in the mirror.

[00:11:25]>> I'm going to cry.

[00:11:26]>> I feel so amazing seeing them gone. I feel lighter. Like the weight just like literally lifted off my heart.

[00:11:36]>> Give me a hug. See, anybody can hug you now without having the earlo in the way.

[00:11:41]>> No balls in the way. But my biggest fear is having a life without them and then they grow back. There's still a huge weight on my chest.

[00:11:51]>> We're going to try something else additionally that I think has a very good chance to make these not come back.

[00:11:58]And that would be something called radiation or superficial radiation, SRT.

[00:12:03]Okay. So, you're going to meet my husband, Dr. Reebish.

[00:12:06]>> He's the one that handles the SRT machine.

[00:12:09]>> Give me a hug, honey. When she told me about radiation, I was like, "Hold up.

[00:12:13]Wait a minute."

[00:12:14]>> This is Dr. Reeish. Hi, this is Gina.

[00:12:16]How are you?

[00:12:17]>> Of course, I'm terrified cuz it's radiation.

[00:12:19]>> If he misbehaves, you better tell me.

[00:12:20]Like, >> yeah, >> I got my eyes on him. Okay.

[00:12:24]>> SRT is going to help inhibit quickly growing cells. I'm sure the idea of radiation is scary for Gina, but my husband, Dr. Reeish, will be giving Gina her treatment today, so she couldn't be in better hands.

[00:12:39]All right, you made it.

[00:12:40]>> Yay.

[00:12:43]>> The radiation was so simple and that one major fear that I had of these growing back, it really alleviated that for me.

[00:12:51]I feel beautiful. I feel confident. It's just like, girl, where you been?

[00:12:58]Dr. Lee gave me a second chance to be me, and I'm ready to take over the world.

[00:13:16]It's been 2 months since my procedure with Dr. Lee and I'm feeling amazing.

[00:13:20]Those giant balls, they're gone.

[00:13:26]Both my ears are soft and they're healing well. No more smell.

[00:13:32]I still have a little while to go, but I'm happy with them as they are right now. I love my face. No more black socks. They are gone. I'm going to burn them. It's been real.

[00:13:46]No more hiding.

[00:13:49]Girl, I love that you're finally going out. Look at you. Now, when I look in the mirror, I see a beautiful, happy, and confident woman. This is going to be the first time I'm going to have my hair up in a long time. Hair up, balls off. I am totally noticing the confidence. I'm like, "Oh my gosh, you're going on a date. You're putting yourself out there." I love it.

[00:14:13]Now that I have my confidence back, I recently started dating someone and I'm happy. When I go out in public, it's a good feeling to not feel like everyone is staring at me. Dr. Lee, you're truly an artist. You're you're truly a saint.

[00:14:27]Thank you for giving me me back. I'm back to being that little ray of sunshine. Like, yeah.

[00:14:33]>> Cheers to new beginnings.

[00:14:35]>> Cheers.