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12 year dd developing?

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mummc2 · 21/06/2017 23:59

I didn't want to state in title and wasn't sure wether to put in health or on here so here goes:
My dd 12 came to me a few days ago and she has begun over last month or two getting hair down there and she said she noticed something strange - like a raised area around her perineum (?) little bit red bumpy and she didn't know what it was? I've looked and haven't seen anything like it before and wasn't sure if it's just because she's been putting her hands down there maybe not clean and so she has been washing and applying sudocream at night but it's such a sensitive age and she called me up tonite at bedtime crying saying it's not gone / what is it ?
It's a very sensitive age should I take her gp and request female gp to look at??
Any ideas without going to gp readily accepted please I'm lost!!

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RedastheRose · 22/06/2017 00:36

Could be quite distressing for her to have a doctor examine her but if it was sore or causing problems that's what you should do. If it's not sore I would try something like Epsom salts in her bath water (get her to have baths rather than just shower too for a few days) and see if it clears up.

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mummc2 · 22/06/2017 07:51

She's not sore or itching thanks will give it a try

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