So this thing on my leg....

[KentMum2008]

...has been there for years. Like since childhood. Occasionally it gets a bit sore and raised and then I tend to give it a little squeeze/dig/prod but nothing. I've come to the conclusion it's a huge mass of hair under the skin. What do we think?

(excuse my blotchy legs, they don't like being shaved )

Oops, photo post fail

Looks bruised. Are you sure it is not part of an enlarged segment of vein?

Nope, I've prodded and poked and possibly pierced the skin several times and it doesn't even really bleed! It's been there since I was about 9, I'm 31 now so definitely not a bruise. It's the occasional sweeping and soreness that makes me think there's something under there.

Swelling, not sweeping!

For reference, it's on my shin about 10cm below my knee

I don't like the look of this, stop poking it and shaving over it and see your GP. Be prepared to answer any questions about how much it has grown over a given time frame, and whether it bleeds.

How strange, have you ever asked your GP about it?

Nope, never mentioned it to GP. It hasn't grown significantly that I can remember, perhaps not even at all.

I had something similar on the back of your thighs for 12 years. Turned in to a varicose vein a couple of years ago.

My thigh, not your thighs. That would be very odd. Fucking phone.

Hmmm i was convinced it was a big lump of hair. Might mention it next time I'm at the docs.

If it was a lump of hair, wouldn't you have found it when you were prodding and poking at it?

Ask the go next time you are there.

Could easily be cancer. Just ask your doctor. Make an appointment specifically for this.

Get in touch with the pimple popper lady

A cancer that's been just sitting there chilling for over 20 years?!

I've never really broken the skin properly, the skin is actually really tough there. I've only ever squeezed it like a blackhead and once I broke the skin with a pin but sod all came out so I left it.

Op I have one too. It's been there as long as I can remember. No idea what it is though.

Oooh superman, glad I'm not alone! It's puzzled me and my mum for most of my life! Mines pretty lumpy though, which is what makes me think there's something under it!

being "stabbed" with a lead pencil leaves marks like this. the pencil breaks down a bit and stains the skin.
I would see a dermatologist at any point to make sure it isn't cancerous even if you have had it for decades.

Broken vein patch? I have some spider veins that are blue.

Mine is rather small but is a bump atm too. Most the time it is just flat. I had a dig in there a few years a go as I wanted to see if the skin underneath was discoloured but it was all normal.

I have something similar from being stabbed by a pencil. If you have no memory of that ever happening to you, then I'd go and get it checked out by a doctor asap x

Nope, genuinely no memory of being stabbed! I'll book an appt on Tuesday. 👍🏻

Did you see the Dr?

Blue nevus or small Mongolian blue spot perhaps?!

No, not yet. It's not anything urgent so I'm just going to wait until my next routine appt.