Tiny mark on my face.

[Drisgirl]

For the last few months I have had a mark -like a freckle just under my eye.I can feel it if I run my fingers over it but couldnt 'pick' at it.

I am conscious of need for vigilance etc but at what age would you expect to start getting any type of blemish as oppposed to something sinister..Im 49 BTW and have a good complexion hence me being aware of it.

I am so reluctant to go to the Docs as they document every damned tooting thing and when you fill out a form re your health its like you have had every disease known to man -as you have been to your GP about it -if you answer truthfully that is-even if you havent.Phew !!

Anyone else have this and would you try and pick it severely -im not joking -I have been tender so far !!!

[Sir Alec]

Who is Tiny Mark? What a lucky boy!
Seriously Dris, try not to pick it, it could be a small mole.

[Ice.Maiden]

Long time no see! Get off to the docs, woman. I bet it's nothing to worry about. My mum had something similar, and it turned out to be a small wart of some type. It was removed very quickly and painlessly.

[notSarah]

I'm 42 and have a few "sun damage" marks on my hands and a couple on my face. I've never been a sun worshipper and my Dr very kindly said, "it's your age"!

don't pick! I'd say keep it clean and use moisturiser, which tends to help lift-off anything that is lift-off-able!

[Drisgirl]

Hey Icey xx
Think thats what it could be -better safe than sorry suppose -coward at heart lol

Sir Alex -I wish -o you have no idea how i wish (to have Mark on my face -now that has cheerd me lol) -wont pick and will go to the docs.

Thanks both -could bear to google it -just sometimes you wish you hadnt -know what i mean !!!!

[tiggerblue10]

Hiya Dris,

I would seriously consider going to the docs if you're worried about it hun. I had something unusual going on in a place I won't mention but I went and had tests and everything seems Ok now.

[Ice.Maiden]

They freeze them, and they just drop off. Good job it was only a wart.

[Drisgirl]

Sorry Sara -didnt see you there!

Its been there for months now and I am so conscious of it -I mousturise and cleanse with dedication that i dont have for any other part of my body so i'm really aware of it.

I'll pop to my Docs and hear the news i;m deading -its your age lol !!!

Icey -its the night he has to go to bed early cos he is up in the early hours so I leave him until he gets into a deep sleep then slink through and he then wakens up and I then get called all the names under the sun for tip toing -honest -think i'll just get the duvet on the coouch and got to bed when he gets up lol !! Any excuse to catch up with all my recorded progs!!

[Velvetee]

It's probably just a liver spot. maybe caused by hormonal changes, but you should go and have it looked at.

[notSarah]

ageing.. don't you just love it?!!

[Ice.Maiden]

Don't mention that word....quake! : (

[babybow]

dris what are you doing on here of an evening LOL
most prob starting of a skin tag but your gp would be the only one to diagnose this. noooooo do not pick it slaps hands lol

[Ice.Maiden]

Ah-ha! THAT'S what it is dris. You've been picking your nose at some stage girl! : )

[Drisgirl]

Hey TB -glad it was OK -think its the fear of going to the Docs thats the worst at times.

Hey BB -yip unusual for me but have to let H get a sleep cos he is up early and has to drive down south and then do a full days work -pretty knackering.(:

Ta Velvetee -wondered myself if thats what it could be -but im through the menopause had an early one -way to go !!.Doesnt mean tho that it cant be age related.

I'll let you know how I get on -its miniscule but once you see it you cant help but touch it -know the feeling girls lol

Icey -dont you be telling them all my secrets now -crusty ones at the end of your nose are the best ones -first thing in the morning -even better when you have the cold -what was your fave again -tee hee !!!

[Ice.Maiden]

Oh god!! NOOOooooo!!!!!! Shudder!!!!! Noses and.....eurgh!!!!

Scuttles off quickly.

[jno]

sounds like a skin tag - doctor can freeze it off, but perhaps you should wait until it's big enough to be actually seen without a microscope? One of the little indignities of getting older

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/skinandhair/205 328.html

[babybow]

jno thats what i have posted a skin tag....some peeps cut them off with scissors but they come back again..gp will tie the tag and it will fall off of its own accord

[Drisgirl]

PMSL Icey

jno -looks exactly like thats what its gonna become -just in the right place as well -below the eye -will still go down to the Docs tho and then he can monitor it until it can be removed.Ta !!

[jno]

scissors? eek. Actually I believe they sometimes return even when frozen off properly, but not for a few years; then you just get them done again.

[Ice.Maiden]

Oh don't!!! I once tried doing that with a skin tag under my arm. it stung like hell when I tied cotton round it. Anyway, it just disappeared of its own accord, but if I ever got another, I'd have it frozen off!

[Drisgirl]

My dad has loads on his body-what I have hasnt developed into anything -its still a blemish.Could be genetic tho -theres a thought !

O surely that would hurt like hell tying string round it or cutting it off with scissors -o gee whizz -I feel sick now !!

Had 2 kids as well but stiil get squemish at the thought of that!!!