Man left with 30-year-old tumour on his head after being struck by cricket ball-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

A man who has had a huge bump on his head for 30 years is finally getting it removed.

57-year-old Clyde was left with the lump two years after being struck by a cricket ball at close range.

Talking about his injury in a new episode of The Bad Skin Clinic, he says: ‘It’s quite an unusual thing. I know it’s not going to go away. Sometimes I’ve laid in bed and just thought, “Why have I got this?”‘

‘Plus my dog, she wakes me up in the morning and is licking the lump on my head. I say, “Cheers Bonnie, you’re reminding me the lump’s there,” he laughs.

After becoming self-conscious over the lump as the years have progressed, he’s now visiting consultant Dr Emma Craythorne to have it removed.

Joined by his wife Caroline, Clyde arrives at his appointment and explains how the lump on his head actually appeared two years after the cricket ball injury.

‘It is a bit of a bump, isn’t it?’ he says.

Clyde is having a bump on his head removed (Picture: Really)

His lump cropped up more than two decades ago (Picture: Really)

Having already visited Turkey to try and have the lump removed, Clyde is now seeking further help.

‘I’m in this hospital and they tried to remove it, but unfortunately they couldn’t do it. I came home with a scar and a lump,’ he recalls.

‘I’ve never known Clyde without it,’ Caroline adds. ‘He had it when we met, but I have noticed over the last few years Clyde’s got more conscious about it.’

Dr Emma identifies the bump as a lipoma, a benign tumour made of fatty tissue, that can feel soft and squishy.

‘The only way to get rid of this is to have it surgically removed,’ she explains, saying she plans on ‘popping it out’ and leaving ‘a nice flat area’.

Clyde’s wife has never seen him without the bump (Picture: Really)

The tumour has to be ‘squeezed out’ (Picture: 2024 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc)

Clyde’s lipoma has a further complication however, after the failed previous work from Turkey.

After making an incision in line with the one from the previous attempt, Dr Emma ‘eases’ the lipoma out of Clyde’s scalp, saying: ‘Alright, let’s see if we can squeeze it out. Sorry for the pressing Clyde… there it is.’

She also identifies another, smaller piece of lipoma that was trapped behind scar tissue, created by Clyde’s previous surgery in Turkey.

As she removes the second piece of fatty tissue from his head, Clyde – who is awake during the surgery – hilariously shouts out: ‘Yabba dabba doo!’

After his forehead is stitched back up and he sees his new face for the first time, he’s left choking back tears.

He sees his new face for the first time after the successful operation (Picture: 2024 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc)

Clyde is left feeling ‘a million dollars’ (Picture: 2024 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc)

‘Oh my god! I’m speechless… It’s round!’ he declares, while Dr Emma praises his ‘perfect’ skull shape.

‘Caroline isn’t going to recognise me. It’s going to totally change the way I feel about myself,’ an emotional Clyde adds.

When she walks in, Caroline says: ‘Oh my god, you look so different! Your face, you look so happy.’

‘I do, I feel a million dollars,’ Clyde replies, joking: ‘So what shall we do tonight the, take a few selfies?’

The Bad Skin Clinic airs on Really on Tuesdays at 9pm and is available to stream on discovery+.

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