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Dr Pimple Popper's latest patient has broken one of the show's records, having the largest lipoma in the show's history removed.
Tim, a 59 year old farmer, has had the large lump on his back for 10 years and has avoided surgery after doctors advised him to have it taken out.
But after getting older, Tim worries about how the lipoma will effect his life and decides to take a trip to Dr Sandra Lee to finally be relieved of the lump.
During Thursday night's episode, Tim said: "Now, it's probably as big as a cantaloupe and I'm just thinking, how big will it get?"
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Appearing worried, he added: "I grew up on a farm and you have to do a lot of hard work.
"Now, the lump is in the way. Driving a tractor, it hurts. I can't put a whole lot of pressure on it. It gets uncomfortable real quick before you know it."
Tim also heartbreakingly revealed that his lump has put his love life on hold as he doesn't attend social events because of the embarrassment his lump brings.
He said: "I don't go out to town, or a bar or meet people because of the lump.
"If I can get this removed, I could go out more socially, date more and working would be a lot easier on me."
Dr Lee was instantly shocked when she saw the size of the lipoma, admitting: "He's got this big ball under his skin, this is the biggest thing that I've ever seen.
"I don't know if you have the world record but I think you could be in the running!," she tells Tim about the size of his lump.
Given the size of the bump, surgery is a long, bloody and gruelling affair, made worse by the lipoma's stubbornness.
As she cuts into the lump, Dr Lee begins by sticking her fingers into the incision and wiggling them around in an attempt to coax the lipoma out.
"Tim does have a lipoma that is pseudo-incapsulated, but the problem is that it's stuck and tethered down at the bottom and it's very hard to get to it!," she says.
After wrestling with the lipoma, Dr Lee eventually manages to wiggle and snip it free from Tim's body.
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Popping the enormous mass of fat onto the scales, Dr Lee is astonished at how much Tim's lipoma weighs.
"I've given birth to two baby boys myself and neither of them were the size or the weight of this," Dr Lee says, revealing that the lump weighs in at 12lb 9oz.
"You've broken the internet lipoma record! This is the heaviest mass that I've ever removed on somebody's body – that was like a big baby!"
Dr Pimple Popper airs Thursdays at 10pm exclusively on TLC.
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