Question Posted Wednesday November 22 2006, 10:21 pm
(I'm 15/m if this helps)Okay, so like 5 years ago, i developed this wierd mark on my back. It's grown to take up about 1/8th of my back. It even frightens me and now i'm afraid to take my clothes off. This "mark" prevents me from going swimming and having fun. My parents say its a birth mark but i'm starting to doubt it. It's pretty big and if you'd like to see some pictures of it, just ask but please be prepared with some answers :]
i have something similar on my right leg.....and that's why i don't wear shorts. i thought that maybe if i got tan you couldn't see it....but then it got darker too.
mine started when i was in 1st grade. when i got out in the sun it would spread and it never got smaller. it soon spread from my thigh to the bottom of my leg.
well my mom is a nurse. when you e-mail me the pics i will look in her merdical books.
if it is bothering you alot....you should go to a dermatologists.
the_little_mermaid answered Friday November 24 2006, 3:11 am: If it isn't a birth mark it could be anything.It could be an infection.Your pores could have been blocked.If you want to know for sure you have to see a dermatologist.You can't develop a birth mark to my knowledge.I am not a doctor but if it is called a birthmark shouldn't you have to be born with it?You have to see a doctor as it could be a symptom of a hormonal problem or something bit I am not a doctor.I thin it is most likley to be a bacterial or fungal infection.Take a bath every day or maybe twice a day and ask your doctor to prescribe something.My teacher was tellin us about a relative who dodn't take a bath and got infected and had to put some cream(I don't remember). [ the_little_mermaid's advice column | Ask the_little_mermaid A Question ]
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