Growth under eye

About 2-3 weeks ago, I noticed my dog has a small growth under her eye. She is an 8 year old maltipoo. I compared a picture from today and the growth increased in size by a lot. Not sure if we should have this removed or what caused this, any advice is appreciated. We saw a vet today and he wasn’t very helpful at all, just said he can remove it if we want but only in 2 months. It grew a lot in 2 weeks, I feel like 2 months is a long time. Anyone know what this is exactly? Thanks!

Hello!  It can be very stressful when your pet gets a lump, because we associate them with cancer.  If you go into our blog and search for 'lump,'  you will find some articles about this. How well did you and your vet communicate together?  Do you understand why there is a 2 month wait?  I wonder whether it is to do with Covid pressures, in which your vet may be as frustrated as you are. The position may be similar across your area. Did they say what they thought the lump was and discuss different options for what to do next? How urgent did they feel it was? Perhaps they thought that the lump might carry low priority, which is always a nice position to be in.  However the only way to be sure is to talk to them about it - a directly and politely. You could ask questions such as 'what do you feel is the likelihood of this lump being cancerous?' 'Do you think there is any risk involved in waiting for two months?' If they do feel that there is a significant risk, they may recommend that you go elsewhere.  For many lumps,, an 8 week wait might be negligible.

Other possibilities for lumps in that area include infection (pyoderma), demodex mites, benign tumours, cysts and follicular inflammation so there are plenty of possibilities.  Your vet is in the best position to guess which one is most likely.