Red dot with white circle around it on my back?!
Question: Red dot with white circle around it on my back.?
heres a picture of what it looks like
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/...
but I have a smaller version
anyone know what that is.? my mom said she got them before, that they go awayHealth Question & Answer
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/...
but I have a smaller version
anyone know what that is.? my mom said she got them before, that they go awayHealth Question & Answer
Answers:
I doubt it's Lyme disease. That usually comes in patches and fades in the centre. It also is accompanied most often by aches and pains in the joints, headaches, stiff neck, fatigue, etc.
The centre spot looks like a mole as there is another one in the picture that looks similar. I feel the white patch has nothing to do with the red spot and is a separate condition in its own.
I'd say it looks a lot like something called 'post-inflammatory Hypopigmentation' That's a fancy term for "loss of skin color" and usually happens after your skin has healed from an injury, such as a sunburn, abrasion, or even surgery. It can also result from a skin condition such as acne, eczema, seborrheic dermatitis, or even chickenpox.
The pigment producing cells (melanocytes) are damaged and/or destroyed in the healing process. Sinc it's on your back, it probably receives less sunlight than the rest of your body. Sunlight increases melanin in the skin which plays a major part in skin pigmentation(skin colour).
If that's what it is, then it may go away in time as your mom says, or remain as it is. Do NOT treat it with cortisone or a product called benzoyl peroxide.
It's relatively harmless and in milder cases, the skin usually restores the pigment on its own. Cancer is not a concern in regards to the white patch, but keep an eye on the mole nd if it changes in any way, see a surgeon and have it excised.
The only thing you should do as treatment is make sure it gets covered with a high SPF sunblock when its exposed. If it starts spreading into more spots like it, gets larger, itchy, scaly, or gets a red border around it, I'd get it checked. Otherwise, just leave it alone and chances are it may go away. Everyone has blemishes or skin patches of some type or another somewhere on their body.
God Bless and thanks for reading.
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The centre spot looks like a mole as there is another one in the picture that looks similar. I feel the white patch has nothing to do with the red spot and is a separate condition in its own.
I'd say it looks a lot like something called 'post-inflammatory Hypopigmentation' That's a fancy term for "loss of skin color" and usually happens after your skin has healed from an injury, such as a sunburn, abrasion, or even surgery. It can also result from a skin condition such as acne, eczema, seborrheic dermatitis, or even chickenpox.
The pigment producing cells (melanocytes) are damaged and/or destroyed in the healing process. Sinc it's on your back, it probably receives less sunlight than the rest of your body. Sunlight increases melanin in the skin which plays a major part in skin pigmentation(skin colour).
If that's what it is, then it may go away in time as your mom says, or remain as it is. Do NOT treat it with cortisone or a product called benzoyl peroxide.
It's relatively harmless and in milder cases, the skin usually restores the pigment on its own. Cancer is not a concern in regards to the white patch, but keep an eye on the mole nd if it changes in any way, see a surgeon and have it excised.
The only thing you should do as treatment is make sure it gets covered with a high SPF sunblock when its exposed. If it starts spreading into more spots like it, gets larger, itchy, scaly, or gets a red border around it, I'd get it checked. Otherwise, just leave it alone and chances are it may go away. Everyone has blemishes or skin patches of some type or another somewhere on their body.
God Bless and thanks for reading.
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It could be Lyme Disease. If you don't see a Dr. and have it treated it could cause serious crippling problems for the rest of your life. Your mother is wrong.
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