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Lump on woman's face turned out to be horrifyingly independent, mobile, & subdermal - C C - Jun 22, 2018
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/a-tiny-lump-on-this-womans-face-turned-out-to-be-something-truly-horrifying/
EXCERPT: After spending some time in a rural area of Russia outside Moscow, the 32-year-old noticed a small, mysterious lump underneath her eye. It was slightly itchy, but otherwise seemed like nothing to worry about. What happened next will quite literally make your skin crawl – within a few days, the lump had moved above her eye. From there, it made its way to her upper lip. Unsurprisingly, she went to the doctor – but not before taking some selfies to document the lump’s movement. Kind of horrifyingly, the lump turned out to be a parasitic worm living under the skin on her face....
MORE: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/a-tiny-lump-on-this-womans-face-turned-out-to-be-something-truly-horrifying/