
Some people are allergic to insect bites and stings, and these allergies may be mild to severe.įor milder allergies, people can try applying a corticosteroid cream to alleviate localized skin irritation. An insect bite on the forehead could result in a bump or swelling in that area. Insect bites and stings can cause localized redness, pain, and inflammation. If a cyst becomes particularly bothersome, a doctor may recommend surgical removal. Holding a warm, clean washcloth against a cyst can reduce inflammation and encourage it to heal. Try to avoid popping cysts, as this increases the risk of infection and scarring. Some may grow to the size of a pea, whereas others might be several centimeters across.Īlthough cysts are generally painless, they may become painful if an infection develops. Here, the trapped skin cells cluster together to form a cyst that contains keratin.Ĭysts are usually slow growing. Sometimes, however, the cells will move in the opposite direction, instead entering the deeper layers of the skin. Ordinarily, the keratin-producing skin cells travel to the surface of the skin, where they slough off. Skin cysts can develop anywhere on the skin, including on the forehead.Ĭysts are a collection of skin cells and keratin, which is a protein present in skin. It is typically round or dome shaped, and it may be white or yellow. It would be well deserved.A skin cyst is a harmless, fluid filled lump that develops beneath the skin. Once the OP has been answered feel free to morph this into a “Harry Dean Stanton Appreciation Thread”.

You can kinda see it in these too pics, but if you watch “Big Love” or “She’s so Lovely” you’ll definitely see it. What kind of swelling just never subsides? What could have been the original cause? What about it makes it (seemingly) permanent?Ĭouldn’t find too many images where it was really obvious (but it’s obvious when you watch him on T.V. That bump has been there for years and it’s not going away. Maybe it was in a particular film, and I would have thought that he had recently had an accident before filming and the filmmakers just decided not to cover it- or maybe I though that the bump was not Stanton’s but rather the character’s and that the make-up department put it on for effect.īut, no. Maybe it was one of the times I saw him performing music, and I would have just thought he had recently had an accident. I don’t know when I first noticed that huge bump on Harry Dean Stanton’s forehead, above his right eye.
