Today is John’s surgery day and the clinical team is working to prepare him for his surgery. The team, lead by Dr. Sanusi Umar, has worked with John to help manage many of the complications he has developed due to his complex scalp conditions. They are planning to target both
John’s medical care plan focused on preparing him for surgery by improving his general health status prior to addressing the longstanding cicatricial folliculitis or bumps at the back of his head. Dr. Sanusi Umar assessed John’s medical history to identify any factors that may impact healing and/or long term results
Cheyenne and her brother John were at the clinic on the day of his surgery. The visit was significant in terms of developing a long term management strategy for his long standing scalp issues. These conditions resulted in chronic cicatricial folliculitis, scarring changes and recurrent bumps on the back of
John had lived with a variety of scalp problems which are causing painful scalp bumps and deep folds in the skin and inflammation across the back of his head for many years. He has gone through dozens of doctors, tried a multitude of prescriptions and spent years being told by
John’s experience with hairline bumps began in the adolescent years, at the beginning of puberty. His sister remembers John was almost an adolescent, around puberty, when the first bumps appeared on the back of his head. She also mentions that during this same time frame, the bumps seemed easily explained
For several years prior to working with Dr. Sanusi Umar, John had to live with three different scalp conditions: acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN), cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) and dissecting cellulitis (DC). Each of these conditions presented their own obstacles for John. However, while these were clearly not simply aesthetic concerns
During John’s initial visit with the Bumpinator, Dr. Sanusi Umar, all he knows is that the doctor will remove the bumps on the back of his head, a problem related to acne keloidalis nuchae or the chronic folliculitis of the nape. However, he did not anticipate meeting a doctor who
When a patient finds the right doctor to treat their scalp bumps on the back of their head, often caused by conditions such as folliculitis keloidalis nuchae, there can be an overwhelming sense of emotion. For John, his search has been emotional too. In fact, when he got into his
