I had life-changing surgery to remove a massive golf ball sized growth from my neck [Video]

A woman has undergone life-changing surgery to remove a massive golf ball sized growth from her neck which had been growing for over four years. 

Olivia, 28, from Dudley in the West Midlands, revealed it’s been ‘exhausting’ trying to hide the unusually large keloid, which is a raised scar that has become bigger than the original wound, and was protruding from the side of her neck. 

Desperate to have her growth removed to improve her self-confidence, specialist nurse Olivia said also it started to impact her everyday life and day-to-day work supporting patients with learning disabilities. 

In the latest series of The Bad Skin Clinic, Olivia had finally reached the point where she had to take action and decided to visit consultant dermatologist Dr Emma Craythorne in her London clinic, to have the keloid removed.

She said: ‘It can be exhausting, trying to constantly be brave, and trying to hide it. It’s my face, this is what …