Watch the repulsive moment man has GRAPE-sized blood clot tweezered out of his elbow

  • WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
  • Man visits dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee with swelling on his elbow
  • Blood clot was surrounding a tiny non-cancerous tumour from hair follicle 
  • Dr Lee, known a Dr Pimple Popper, carries out a surgical extraction  

By Kate Pickles For Mailonline

Published: 09:14 EST, 4 February 2016 | Updated: 14:43 EST, 4 February 2016

This is the grotesque moment a grape-sized blood clot was squeezed out of a man's arm.

The film shows dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee, known as Dr Pimple Popper, cutting into the swelling on a man's elbow with a scalpel.

Chatting to the patient during the surgery, she reassures him 'I don't think this is anything bad,' she while using a long pair of tweezers to reach the growth.

She continues to prod inside the swelling close to the man's elbow, who it turns out works for her as a driver, running samples to and from the laboratory.

'It looks like it might be hard, it's like a rock under there,' she says while teasing the dark growth out of his arm. 

'It's like a little blood clot. I'm going to squeeze it.' 

The doctor becomes more intrigued, trying to work out what it is as she removes it.

'What is that? It's like a little cyst that has a clot in it, I don't know yet. This is very curious,' she admits.

Not for the squeamish, the camera clearly shows the bloody mass as she wiggles it free from his arm. 

It's like a little blood clot. I'm going to squeeze it 
Dr Pimple Popper 

As she dissects the cause of the problem with her tweezers, she notes it has a 'rock hard' centre, before diagnosing a pilomatricoma.

This is a unusual benign (non-cancerous growth) which forms from the cells at the base of hair follicles.

They are most often found on the head or neck, although they can also be found on the arms, torso, or legs and feels like a small, hard lump under the skin. 

They are not painful and grow slowly, usually without pain or any other symptoms and once removed, they are unlikely to recur. 

Dr Lee, who is based at Skin Physicians and Surgeons, in Upland, California, has been a certified dermatologist for 10 years.

But she only became widely known a year ago when she began posting minor operations on social media sites such as YouTube and Instagram.

Now, some of her videos have been viewed by more than six million people.

Dr Sandra Lee, known as Dr Pimple Popper, cuts into the swelling on a man's elbow while reassuring him that she didn't think it was 'anything bad'

Dr Sandra Lee, known as Dr Pimple Popper, cuts into the swelling on a man's elbow while reassuring him that she didn't think it was 'anything bad'

Dr Lee and her assistant joked with the man, who works as a driver carrying samples from her California clinic, asking if he has a Pomegranate tree

Dr Lee and her assistant joked with the man, who works as a driver carrying samples from her California clinic, asking if he has a Pomegranate tree

Speaking to her patient, she joked: 'You had a pomegranate seed in your arm, that's our diagnosis.

'Do you have a pomegranate tree?' 

She then explained that a blood clot had formed around the pilomatricoma, causing the swelling. 

Dr Lee claims she has brought spot squeezing 'out of the closet', and says her 'pimple porn' serves a positive role by bringing dermatology to the masses and encouraging people to look after their skin.

In a video discussing her rise to fame, Dr Lee said: 'I think that people have a strong reaction to pimple popping - whether they are grossed out by it or they are enchanted by it.

'I feel like I have really brought this sort of thing out of the closet, in a way. 

'Previously people were hiding in their rooms, at their computer sweating and worried that someone was going to come in and catch them looking at pimple porn.

'But now they they feel like they have this community and it's okay to kind of like this and be into this.'

The success of her channel also means she is now able to offer some patients free treatment - if they are willing to be recorded. 

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