Weird insect bite on face? (Piccy included)

[Shiveringinthecountry]

Hi all,

I spent a couple of hours digging on my allotment on Friday, and the midges were terrible! I have itchy bites all around my hairline.

However, I also have this. It's in the middle of my cheek. It's not actually itchy and so I didn't realise it was there until I felt it. It's come up like this in about 2 days. It's like a fluid-filled sac.

It’s the shape of a pea, and about the size of half a pea.

Does anybody have any idea what it might be? I'm assuming it's a bite of some sort.

BTW I've put some fucidin cream on it. I have to go back to work on Tuesday and I'm not wild about walking around with what looks like a small hill erupting from the side of my face...

Is it like a blister? Can’t quite see.

Where do you live OP? If in Dorset, it could be the Blandford Fly, which typically bites in May, often on the person's leg though. Some people react badly to its bite.

Hi, and yes - it is like a blister. Sorry the picture isn't great. It was better but I zoomed in. I'll try again.

Here's the same picture but less zoomed in, for perspective.

Hi there. No, North Lancs/North Yorks border.

I once had a big fluid-filled thing like this after walking in France. I don't know whether it was a mozzie or a horsefly or a spider. Yesterday I only saw midges, though.

The only time I had a blister like that was after a spider bite (on ankles). V painful.

I would keep an eye on it but if not itchy or painful, leaving it alone seems safest. Popping the blister would be a bad idea, I somehow feel, but with no actual knowledge …

Thanks, I agree that popping it prolly wouldn't be a good idea. I'm hoping the Fucidin might help to settle it down 🤞

I'd be inclined to try and see a pharmacist tomorrow if you can.

Sometimes midge bites can cause blisters. Obviously you need to keep an eye in case it gets infected. I'd also take an antihistamine if it starts itching.

Thank you. I'd not thought of that. Will try to see pharmacist 👍

Just to follow up, I did find a pharmacist yesterday who gave me an antihistamine and said to return if it hasn't gone down in 5 days.

TBH, and although he was a lovely young man, he didn't inspire a great deal of confidence when he initially identified it as a spot. It is nothing like a spot. He later agreed it must be an allergic reaction to a bite.

It's still there, btw, and hasn't started going down yet. In fact it continued to grow yesterday, like some kind of alien being 😳

People locally (I live in a country village) suggested horse fly, but I don't think it can be because there's no pain and not even any significant itchiness (unlike in the midge bumps all around my hair line). Horse fly bites I've had in the past have been painful and very itchy, to the point where I tend to flail about wildly if I think I've spotted one in my peripheral vision.

So, there it is! If anybody ever manages to identify this kind of thing I'll be very interested to hear it :)

I hope it starts to shrink now …

I would make a doctor's appointment. My relative had something similar, which she thought was an insect bite but had to be removed at hospital, it wasn't malignant but kept growing & was quite deep.

If antihistamines aren't having any affect I'd make a GP appointment pretty promptly.

Any hogweed, rhubarb or similarly unpleasant plant which causes a chemical burn....coz that's what it looks like to me. If it has been caused by a plant (I react like that to hellebores), then keep the blister out of the sunlight as it will make it worse. It takes a while to go down.

I can't edit on the app, but I was asking if you have any plants which are known to to cause blistering / burns, but I missed the '?' And without the question mark ❓ it looks like I'm making a statement!