if you were sick when you first noticed them, they could be lymph nodes. There is a system of lymph nodes at about the same place behind your ears. My wife got sick and had painful lymphadenopathy at the same spot behind 1 ear. The other lymph node was swollen, and tender, not painful.

Probably nothing to get really worried about, so cheers mate.

I noticed the bump about two weeks ago. it is behind my right ear. It has definetly gotten bigger since i first touched it. I've showed it to people and they say it looks like normal skin.... but with like a little lump underneath.

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also I work in the governement. I have no idea if any of that is rellevant but i thought i should write it.

also i am 20 years old. and live in canada.

I am soo seriously curious as to what the heck this thing is.. i have not seen a doctor yet... however I expect him not to do much. I will post agian once I have seen him. as well as posting some pictures of "the bump" lol.

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I feel the same thing but only on 1 ear. I worked for the U.S. government for a significant length of time. I developed a lump on my left brest that I should check out. At one point when I worked for them I got sick near to a point of serious hospitalization. Some of the people I worked with were paranoid of what "they" were putting in our foods.

I had a small bump behind my right ear, it started out probably 6-7 years back now....

I think, in that time..... it has swollen up, MASSIVLEY.. dark purple.. about 3 times.

after about 2 weeks of this, it becomes a puss ball... squeeze hard enough at the right time and SPLAT!

when i say swells up, i mean the size of a cashew peanut..

doesnt sound big, but when its under the skin on your ear, its damn big.

So I went to the doctor about it.

he said its a n infection in a node ( or somethere there of ) it wasnt serious, its fairly common...

HE said you can have surgery to remove it, but youd need plastic surgery to re-create the ear...

he said in time it will settle down and become a hard cist... and its best to leave it.


IT hasnt played up now for about 2 years.. and it is just a hard lump about the size of a pinhead.. i can feel it still...

so... let me know what u find out.

I remember reading somewhere that humans had scent glands behind the ears, or at least the genetic leftovers of scent glands, and it somehow related those scent glands to that area therefore being an erogenous zone. I don't remember well enough to speculate really but could it be something like that just getting infected periodically?

Calcium Deposits

you probably have some, albiet smaller, on your back and other places...

but those are not given the same level of concern or recognition
because those calcium deposits (natural occuring) are expected/'normal'

You probably 'pick' at 'em and are really self-conscious of their presence,
your probably even 'obsessed' with them and their Location ~
imagining the naturally occuring calcium-deposit as a 'Implant' of sorts


prick it/them with a pin...swab with hydrogren Peroxide, or a cotton swab saturated with alcohol...no big deal friend

It's probably lymph nodes at the most..

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If they are "real" I personally think they are Satan's demons.

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I think St Udio nailed it. Are they on your ear lobe or actually behind your ear.

If they are on your ear lobe its probably a calcium deposit. Every once in a while I get one on my ear lobe but I don't think I've ever had them on both ears before. They usually stick around for a few months, I forget about them, then check again and they're gone. I wouldn't be to worried about it but if you are a worried person I'm sure a trip to a doctor...a new one if you want...wouldn't hurt.

I believe it is a calcium deposit. I wouldn't be too worried about them. I have them from time to time. Although lately I've been worried about the one I've gotten recently. Its become so tender it hurts without touching it, and it has caused the whole area behind my ear and part of my neck to be tender and sore.

I'd say if it gets like that, go to a doctor. (Like I should, but can't afford it).

I have one of those,... had it all my life and no problems what so ever. So don't worry about it, and if you are go with a doctor to get peace of mind.

i have a rice sizzed lump under my skin at the base of my leg. I have had it for years and if i am careful can move it up nearly as far as my lower knee. I thought at one time it was just a fatty bit of loose tissue and at times worried that if it got into my bloodstream could cause a blockage.
Sometimes it seems to disapear and i cannot find it, but the other night in the bath i felt it again. Shall i tryto remove it or leave it be?
Sorry i have been on Ats a few years now and never mentioned it. This was because i would forget about it and every now when i see something about chips, it reminds me of it. I get sleep paralysis. Does anyone think that there is a corelation here or is it my imagination doing overtime? Can anyone advise me or should i just leave it be? not meaning to sound crass, but i have good legs in the fact that i have no varracose vains or anything like that. No nobbles or dents or scars or have had any accidents that may have casued it.