Cysts in Earlobes
Hi,
I'm in the selection process for CTC wings and I have a concern.
The past 3 years I've developed these weird cysts in each of my earlobes, they're completely benign and just sit between my earlobe and the side of my head with normally no problems at all.
However sometimes if I irritate them by accidently touching them a lot, or by wearing headphones a lot (not the small ones that fit inyour ear, the large ones like what a pilots needs to wear) then that normally starts to flare them up.
As always a week of antibiotics returns the slightly painful cyst back down to his calm little self, and no problems again for another year.
My obvious concern is that after 2 years of CTC and the best part of 100K an airline could use this medical condition to end my career before its started, have any pilots had any ear conditions that has risked ending your careers?
It seems the NHS won't cut these out as its classed as cosmetic surgery, but I could pay for the operation, this should completely stop the problem.
Any help, feedback or suggestions would be most welcome.
Thank you.