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skin growths- reassuring stories please

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minniemooch · 03/07/2006 13:12

Have recently (in last two weeks) developed a red raised papule on my arm . Have been to see two different doctors who do not know what it is but think it is fine.(ie not cancer)It is about 3mm length and bredth , quite welldefined ie round not itchy or scaly, red and raised. It blanches when pressed, so doesn't seem to have any pigment in it.
I am going back to docs on Wednesday to have it looked at again and I will ask for it to be taken off and biopsied. In the meantime anyone have any ideas what it could be? No scare stories please I have been driving myself mad looking at pictures on the internet of all sorts of different skin cancers have to say though looks nothing like any of the pictures of skin cancer.

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sunandmoon · 03/07/2006 13:36

Hi minniemooch, it seems very similar of what I had 6 years ago. But mine was rubbing with the elastic of my underpants and getting bigger and bigger and sore. The dermatologist told me to not panick and got me an appointment at the local hospital to have it removed. It took only few seconds. They never came back to me with the results of the biopsy (so nothing to worry about!) and it didn't grow again. I wouldn't worry if I was you...

minniemooch · 03/07/2006 13:50

thanks sunandmoon, feel less freaked out now.I guess weird things just grow on skin sometimes...

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minniemooch · 03/07/2006 16:42

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