A breakdancer who constantly spun on his head earned himself a bald spot and a growth on his skull (2 photos)

The breakdancer danced on his head for about two to seven minutes five times a week. Over time, he noticed a bump, and over the past five years, it grew in size and began to hurt.





The 30-year-old breakdancer, who had been doing this type of dance for about 19 years and loved to spin on top of his head, developed problems. He developed a growth on his head and lost hair in that area.

As the publication notes, according to doctors, spinning on your head during breakdancing training can cause the appearance of hairless bumps. These unsightly bumps, also known as "headpins" among breakdancers, can be painful from time to time.

In a recently documented case, a 30-year-old patient who had been doing head spins as part of his breakdancing routine for the past 19 years reported doing the exercise for about two to seven minutes about five times a week. He had recently noticed the bump, but told doctors that it had become larger and more sensitive to the touch over the past five years.

"The presence of the lesion and the discomfort associated with it caused aesthetic discomfort to the patient, but the bump did not prevent the patient from continuing his mind-blowing activities," the man's doctors noted.



Doctors examined the bulge and performed a structural scan of the skull and found that there was a soft mass trapped between the skin and the skull, and that the skin above the tumor and the bone underneath were significantly thicker than the tissue surrounding the skull.

They decided to surgically remove the growth and shave the man's scalp to the level of the tissue around it.

This case is not isolated and many breakdancers have such problems. In medicine, it is called "breakdancing overuse syndrome." At one time, a study was conducted in Germany, which showed that out of 100 breakdancers surveyed, 31% lost their hair, 24% developed painless bumps on their heads, and 37 of them had scalp inflammation.

Experts came to the conclusion that spinning your head more than three times a week, even for just a few minutes, is accompanied by a high risk of hair loss compared to practicing the moves less frequently.