Should I get this checked out?

[MissCommando]

I've noticed I've got a newish light birthmark on the top of my back. I've had it for a couple of months and it itches quite a bit.

There's no dark spots or anything in it - it's quite faint to be honest.

I've mentioned it to a few people who have said that they wouldn't be worried. Shall I go to the doc? Could it be something to worry about or not?

Thanks

[237SJ]

I wouldn`t be worried but the fact that it itches would send me to the docs

[MissCommando]

Thanks. I'm a bit worried cause I have burnt my back badly in the past! I am very careful now and don't really go out in the sun.

[zzxxee]

If in doubt
check it out !!!
a visit to the doctors is needed if only for peace of mind !! x

[ladybird49]

Get it checked out , itl put your mind at rest x

[Sqad]

No big deal..............itching in a pre-existing mole is a different "ball game", but itching in a new lesion is insignificant as an indication of malignant change in a melanoma.

Monitor the situation.

[MissCommando]

Thanks all :) I prob will go to the docs as I've got a couple of other things I could mention when I'm there. Glad none of you said it could be nasty x

[ummmm]

I'd go to the Doctors...

One of my moles became itchy...My doctor actually took notes of the moles on my back for future reference.

[Sqad]

ummmm....that is a completely different scenario..........Miss Commy, didn't have a mole to become itchy.

[carlton23]

How strange, my wife has only just left to go to the clinic to have a light coloured mole on the thigh either just looked at, or they may remove it. I`ll keep you informed when she returns.

[ummmm]

Oh yeah...not with it today :-(

[zzxxee]

i hope your wife will be ok carlton
best wishes to her x

[bobjugs12]

It could be the Ebola Virus Missy, or maybe Lassa Fever ;-)

(Just kidding, listen to the doc on this)

[carlton23]

My O/H has just phoned me to say everything is OK, thank the Lord.

[anneasquith]

good news carlton.

[carlton23]

Anneasquith: She has just informed me that they froze it and it should disappear in about 4 weeks.

[bednobs]

aren't birth marks called birth marks because you are born with them?

[NazNomad]

"Glad none of you said it could be nasty x "

It's just appeared, and it's itchy?

It could very well be nasty, get it checked out, ASAP.

..sorry, just talking sense.

[MissCommando]

It's new, I think. I got my husband to check and he thinks it's new. I will get it checked this week and I'll let you know what the doc says.

I'm sure they'll say it's fine as I know a woman who had a darkish mole with red blood vessels showing etc and doc said it was fine. She paid to see a specialist privately who removed the mole and confirmed it was a type of skin cancer (not the really nasty one).

I can't imagine a specialist removing part of a birthmark, I thought they could only cut out moles.

My next question then is . . . if the doc says it's ok, shall I pay to see someone privately to double check it??

Thanks

[MissCommando]

Carlton - forgot to say that's great news. You must both be very relieved!

[boxtops]

yes bednobs, you are born with birthmarks, not quite sure what you call something similar which appears in later life.