Should I get this checked out?

[MissCommando]

I've noticed I've got a newish light birthmark on the top of my back. I've had it for a couple of months and it itches quite a bit.

There's no dark spots or anything in it - it's quite faint to be honest.

I've mentioned it to a few people who have said that they wouldn't be worried. Shall I go to the doc? Could it be something to worry about or not?

Thanks

[Sqad]

<<<t could very well be nasty, get it checked out, ASAP. <<<<

..<<<<sorry, just talking sense.<<<<

Naz........not in my opinion you aren´t.

[NazNomad]

I don't care for your opinion.

Whatever, MissC ... put some Nivea on it. it'll 'possibly' not be something nasty, sorry for scaremongering.

[Sqad]

Naz....LOL

[NazNomad]

Sorry, I was a bit harsh there ... As a 'survivor' I'm biased, lol.

[NazNomad]

.. hence I have a healthy mistrust for anything that appears where once there was nothing. :-))

[Sqad]

naz....no big deal..............you said your "piece" and I would defend your right to say it with my life (well almost ;-))

[jno]

maybe it's a form of suntan - ie the skin producing melanin because something's irritating it. (Doesn't have to be sunshine.) I had that once - can't remember whether I found out what was producing it but it eventually faded. Sqad's view is no doubt better informed than mine.

[237SJ]

My mum has a pigment patch on her forehead that started itching and flaking recently. I thought it was basal cell carcinoma which I wasn`t that bothered about as it`s not invasive. Her mother had the same thing on her nose and it was removed. If I had that, I would want it removed sooner rather than later so that it`s not too disfiguring. My ex boss donkeys years ago had a melanoma on his arm. I nagged him about it for about 18 months before he went to the doctors. He told me it was a mole but it was very clear that it wasn`t. It was like someone had stuck a piece of black chewing gum on his arm. He was very lucky because he had it for ages before he did anything about it.

[Sqad]

237SJ

<<<thought it was basal cell carcinoma which I wasn`t that bothered about as it`s not invasive. <<<

Not true....it is bloody INVASIVE.....it is that, which kills

I think that you have mixed invasiveness with metastasis...........two completely different terms.BSC rarely metastasise but they are very invasive.