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Originally Posted by flutterby  I've been asking quite a bit of my family about this.. I had a bug bite on my cheek last June that for some reason bothered me to the point that I was scratching it and picking it.. When it scabbed, I would rip the scab off.. This was constant up until about two weeks ago.. Its "healed" now.. but its a brown lump.. My mother told me I should go to the Drs to see about having it lazered or cut off and get a biopsy because it could have turned into skin cancer (from picking and not letting it heal).. Heres a pic of me that I noticed it in.. It really bothers me be/c its a lump and I always want to pick at it.. grr.. I don't know what to do... |
Definitely see a dr and get it checked. At worst it's nothing but an ugly scar...I hate scabs too...always rippin them off. You can get a fading cream if the dr says it's ok so it will lighten up and dissapear.