A GLAMOROUS grandmother has finally had a 10-year-old wart removed from her face by the UK’s answer to Dr Pimple Popper.
Lili visited consultant dermatologist Dr Emma Craythorne at her clinic in London to have the strange growth scraped off.
In the latest episode of the Bad Skin Clinic, which airs tonight on Quest Red, the entertainer reveals how the wart on her right cheek affects her day-to-day life.
She tells the show: “I don’t want to share this ugly thing with anybody.
“It’s like a little wart that keeps raising its ugly head.
“Sometimes I want to superglue it, to tell you the truth, sometimes I want to take scissors and cut it off.
“But I know better, I’m not that stupid.
“I have to cover it always, I want to have a different hairstyle and I feel like if I lift my hair and dress it a different way I could look a little bit younger.
“Once the wart is gone, it’ll be a different me.”
During her consultation with Dr Emma, Lili explains how the growth is preventing her from moving on with her life.
She says: “I came up with this ugly thing, I think it’s a wart, and my grandson is calling it ‘ouch’ – he’s only two-years-old so he gets scared probably.
“It’s been there for 10 years. It’s very uncomfortable, not only physical, but on a psychological side it’s even worse.
“I want to start dating. You don’t want a man to start caressing your hair and then maybe a little kiss and then, ‘oh what’s that’.
“You can imagine, ending up with this in your mouth. We don’t even want to go there.”
You don’t want a man to start caressing your hair and then maybe a little kiss and then, ‘oh what’s that’
Lili
Sitting Lili down to have a proper look at her skin, Dr Emma quickly and confidently offers her diagnosis.
She says: “When you run your hand over the top of your head up here, you can feel these little bumps.
“They’re called seborrheic keratosis – they’re completely benign but they are just thickenings of the skin and we get them with age.
“And when we come to the ‘ouchy,’ that’s another one of these seborrheic keratosis.
“It looks rather like a brain-like type of a structure over the top off it. It has this very stuck-on appearance.”
Seborrhoeic keratoses (SK) are also known as seborrhoeic warts, and as basal cell papillomas.
They are benign growths due to a build-up of skin cells.
SK are very common, harmless, often pigmented, growths on the skin.
In the UK more than half the men and more than third of women would have at least one SK.
By the age of forty, 30% of the population would be affected while by the age of 70 it increases to 75%. They are also found in younger people.
Some people will have only few seborrhoeic keratoses, while others will have large numbers.
They are not infectious and do not become skin cancer.
It’s not known what causes them but it’s been suggested that exposure to sunlught and the human papilloma virus (HPV) are risk factors.
Some people may inherit the tendancy to develop SK from their parents.
They are harmless and usually don’t cause any symptoms but they can sometimes itch, become inflamed, and catch on clothing.
Many people dislike the look of them, particularly when they occur on their face.
Most need no treatment as they are harmless and cause no symptoms, however, for those who wish to have some of their keratoses removed it may be possible to have them treated by a general practitioner in primary care – such treatments may not be funded by the NHS.
Always contact your doctor if you are worried about a pigmented spot that is changing in any way.
Happy with her diagnosis, Dr Emma offers to remove some of the more prominent bumps on Lili’s skin, including the wart on her cheek, by scraping them down.
Numbed and safely prepared for the procedure, Lili cannot hide her excitement.
“I’m going to be very beautiful in 20 minutes,” she smiles.
While preparing for surgery, Lili cannot help but entertain Dr Emma and her staff as she starts singing to calm her nerves.
After a few tunes, Dr Emma then gets to work, and expertly scrapes away the wart.
Lili says: “It makes a very funny sound. Like when you’re grating something – like carrots.”
Soon the wart and multiple other bumps are scratched off, leaving Lili beaming as she leaves The Bad Skin Clinic.
She says:“I’m ready for a glass of champagne.”
Three weeks after the operation, Lili told the programme she is thrilled with the results of her surgery which have barely left a mark.
She added: “I knew I was pretty before, but now I am irresistible.”
The Bad Skin Clinic starts tonight at 10pm on Quest Red and the QuestOD app
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