What are these black dots / marks on my daughter’s hands

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Any doctors reading who might be able to put my mind at rest about these black marks / dots that have appeared on my 13 year old daughter’s hands over the past few days? We have a GP appointment (Bupa video call) booked tomorrow but I’m worried that she maybe needs to be seen more urgently? Anyone ever seen anything like this before? Thanks so much

Do any of her siblings or close friends have this? In case it is some contagious thing.

Paint? Some are definitely smudges, not standalone dots.

I’m going to try that now! Thanks ☺️

Could it be poison ivy, have a look at the black dots from that or a similar allergic reaction? Maybe try an antihistamine

@OP Scabies usually itches, but not always. (It's often at its worst at night.) The NHS website says that it can take 8 weeks for the rash to appear - I didn't know that.

Are you in the UK OP?

Hopefully - this is a pic of the cydniae bug bites. They go away without treatment. Well spotted pp! It gets my vote too.

https://www.cureus.com/articles/243358-cydnidae-pigmentation-on-palms-resembling-black-ink-stains#!/

I’m following with interest…

To me, they look like pen ink. One of those black fine tip pens with liquid inside. There’s a smudge on the thumb and an ink bleed on the index finger. Have you checked all of her pockets / bags / drawers / stationary organiser? Something she could be touching / reaching in to every day for it to appear to spread? Does she own any of these dam things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Uni-Ball-UB-157-Eye-Rollerball-Pen/dp/B000WW6UZK/ref=asc_df_B000WW6UZK?mcid=895cbc9eb7fc3edbb56544f7ceeba140&th=1&psc=1&hvocijid=5174606653869265172-B000WW6UZK-&hvexpln=74&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696285193871&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5174606653869265172&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9220043&hvtargid=pla-2281435176698&psc=1&gad_source=1

If it is an illness then I am genuinely intrigued. But if it does turn out to be pen then that’s one funny Bupa call! Definitely a story you’ll be telling at all her milestone birthdays 🤣

It's bloody ink, for goodness sake!

It wasn't when my daughter had it! It was cydnidae bites! They lasted for about a month and faded.

RTFT to see that it may not be bloody ink!

Pen?

If you zoom in it does not look like pen.

Have you tried an antihistamine to see if it helps?

A google image search threw up 'Eruptive melanocytic nevi' and some photos do look similar.

Any chance she has been doing experiments or something similair in her science lessons / perhaps touched a substance left behind on the tables / sides from another lesson whilst in the science room etc? The dots looks almost like silver nitrate specks. That stuff really does stain and will not wash out but doesn’t explain the itching… (have got the stuff on my hands myself as work in a vets and we use silver nitrate to stem a bleeding dogs nail if cut too short) totally random but just what it reminds me of!

The article the pp shared discussed possible alternative diagnoses you could also look into lentigines, melanocytic nevi, tinea nigra, postinflammatory hyperpigmentation, dermatitis neglecta, and resolving petechiae?

Is she going mouldy?

Has she been gripping something very hard?

Dumbells/barbell/gymnastics or cycling?

No, no-one else has it

Could be a petechial rash. I would get her checked out in person including blood tests. Is she otherwise completely well?

Ok, thank you - that’s really helpful. Maybe it’s that then.

Ok, thank you - worth a go!

Yes 🙂

You & Your Dear Daughter are both in my prayers & I'm praying you will immensely soon, have the right answers, remedies & solutions to this mystery 💚🙏💚God bless you both

There's no poison ivy in the UK.