Pics attached: is this normal?

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Hi,

I am very worried about this so please bear with me.

I have noticed that my daughter (3.5) has a slight ridge/groove on the left hand side of her forehead. Looking back at old photos of her, it is evident that this has always been there.

However, for the last couple of months, I have noticed a fleshy lump when she raises her eyebrows or in certain bright lights. You can see this on the picture I have attached.

Anyway, I have seen the doctor about this A few times and she has said she said this is 100 percent just the countering of her forehead and that it's completely normal - she just has an asymmetrical forehead which is also normal.

But very time I see it I feel sick to my stomach with worry. I should point out that I trust my gp and she knows how much I worry. But in the photos of my daughter her as a baby, the lump doesn't look as prominent and I didn't even notice it as a baby.

My daughter has always had a fringe and only recently I've started to pin it back but I can notice it in certain lights or if she pulls certain faces. In the pic attached she is pulling a face, in the second pic, she is not.

Looking for reassurance.

No. This is health anxiety. It needs addressing.

I think you're a little overinvested in this thread.

You've made your point, why continue to peck away?

Do you enjoy being unkind and patronising? Does it make you feel better about your own issues? You should really see someone about that.

I don't think Wolfie is being unkind. It's a valid point; that this level of anxiety isn't healthy and it is frustrating that this is being ignored in favour of re visiting the doctor again.

"Feeling sick with worry" every time you look at your dd's head is a worrying level of anxiety that needs to be addressed.

All fine! The doctor said she could see the "lump" is bigger but that's because she is growing. She also said it is just where the skin goes over the ridge. She said she is 100 percent certain that there is nothing wrong whatsoever and that there isn't even a percentage of doubt in her mind.

She also said that she knows my anxiety isn't a permanent issue and that this has just got to me. This doctor knows me and has seen me at the worst of my anxiety after losing my mother. She said I am doing very well and that I did the right thing in checking things out.

Feel on top of the world

Thank you to all of you who have supported me and are backing me up.

I know I have health anxiety but I think I'm this instance, it wasn't the right thing to do to get it checked out again.

Like I said, the doctor knows me and knows my personality and she can see that I haven't got major issues with health anxiety anymore.

In fact, she said that since my daughter has been born, we've barely been at the doctors and that if I had problem health anxiety, I would have been there a lot more . It is this one issue that has worried me.

@AirBiscuitEater
You are the only one being unkind and patronising. I know just what my issues are thanks and am indeed dealing with them. One of my issues is anxiety so I recognise when a poster has disordered thinking that indicates an anxiety issue. This can affect that person incredibly severely (if you've never suffered then you have no idea) but also the whole family.
OP it may not be permanent but if you're this anxious about something you have already been told is nothing to worry about then it is severe. You need strategies to address it.

Sorry for the typos, my daughter is climbing on me as I type. It was the right thing to do to visit the doctor I mean.

I feel like the world has left my shoulders coming out of there.

Again, thanks for your advice and reassurance all xx

I wish you all and your children good health and happiness

And the same to you OP.

Wolfie, thanms for your advice. I know you all mean well xx

It's over now anyway. Thank you xx

Glad your doctor could put your mind at rest. It's good that you can recognise your own anxiety.
Your doctor sounds like a real gem

Great news!