lef93
03-07-18, 01:50
Hi,
I can't say for sure how long, but I have had a small pink/reddish spot on the side of my nose from around the winter, so under a year. I didn't really think a lot of it when it appeared, I have had spots before (white ones) that have taken ages to disappear, so I thought I better just be patient. The spot appears to be underneath the skin, it is not palpable to the touch in any way, so I think it is under the skin. It really hasn't done anything to worry me other than bother me from a visual perspective as close up it is fairly visible.
Unfortunately, I have come across things saying that a harmless looking spot could be a sign of something more, and then I panicked like mad about leaving it for so long. I ended up reading about how the longer you leave it on the face the more extensive surgery would be and it really set my anxiety off, even though I cannot prove whether I have it or not.
Deep down I think it is likely something related to capillaries, I can't see veins around it as it is so small but I think I can see a very faint vein to the side, and it is under the skin... it doesn't look like an obvious burst blood vessel type of thing, but as I am very allergic I sneeze and rub my nose a lot, which I suspect could cause that kind of thing. Although I am pale, and fit all the types of people at risk of the worse skin stuff, I didn't really initially think of that, purely because although I have been burned on the face maybe twice, I am not a sun worshipper and since then have been very careful. I think it was just the whole 'it looked like an ordinary pimple' concept that bothered me, because mine looks very innocuous.
I haven't had anything like bleeding/itching etc, but the fact that the spot is still present after at least 5/6 months does bother me a little. Ages ago, I worried about a bump that had grown on my mole, and when I saw a doctor he actually got quite annoyed with me as though I was wasting his time, I think I am always a little torn between understanding whether my worry is for good reason or not.
I happen to have a derm appointment for eczema on the 31st July, and I was tempted to ask them about this whilst I was there, does that seem stupid or like a good idea, or will they look at me like I am a bit nuts?
I can't say for sure how long, but I have had a small pink/reddish spot on the side of my nose from around the winter, so under a year. I didn't really think a lot of it when it appeared, I have had spots before (white ones) that have taken ages to disappear, so I thought I better just be patient. The spot appears to be underneath the skin, it is not palpable to the touch in any way, so I think it is under the skin. It really hasn't done anything to worry me other than bother me from a visual perspective as close up it is fairly visible.
Unfortunately, I have come across things saying that a harmless looking spot could be a sign of something more, and then I panicked like mad about leaving it for so long. I ended up reading about how the longer you leave it on the face the more extensive surgery would be and it really set my anxiety off, even though I cannot prove whether I have it or not.
Deep down I think it is likely something related to capillaries, I can't see veins around it as it is so small but I think I can see a very faint vein to the side, and it is under the skin... it doesn't look like an obvious burst blood vessel type of thing, but as I am very allergic I sneeze and rub my nose a lot, which I suspect could cause that kind of thing. Although I am pale, and fit all the types of people at risk of the worse skin stuff, I didn't really initially think of that, purely because although I have been burned on the face maybe twice, I am not a sun worshipper and since then have been very careful. I think it was just the whole 'it looked like an ordinary pimple' concept that bothered me, because mine looks very innocuous.
I haven't had anything like bleeding/itching etc, but the fact that the spot is still present after at least 5/6 months does bother me a little. Ages ago, I worried about a bump that had grown on my mole, and when I saw a doctor he actually got quite annoyed with me as though I was wasting his time, I think I am always a little torn between understanding whether my worry is for good reason or not.
I happen to have a derm appointment for eczema on the 31st July, and I was tempted to ask them about this whilst I was there, does that seem stupid or like a good idea, or will they look at me like I am a bit nuts?