Warts & Moles
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Skin Cancer?!
Asked by D.S. from Philadelphia
on March 14, 2011
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Hi Moms!!
I had a unusual growth removed from my shoulder today that the derm thought could be a basal cell carcinoma!!! I am terrified and can not believe I have to ...
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- I know it is so hard to wait for results - but you might rest easier knowing that basal cell is the most easily detected and easily treated form of cancer. So many p...
- Hi D., Lee P posted a question like this awhile back. Maybe if you use the search button you can find it, or lists? Feel better, I, too know people who have them remo...
- Hi D., Ok - so I am in NO WAY making light of your health concern. But this is practically no big deal. My mom has had 3 or 4 basal cell carcinomas removed over t...
Mole Removal
Asked by M.V. from New York
on November 18, 2010
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Hi Moms - need some feedback please! My daughter (19) has a raised mole above her upper lip that she would like to have removed over Christmas break. I'm wondering i...
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- I just talked to my regular family doctor on the multiple removals I've had done. He was more than willing to do the simple procedure, however if the mole is directly...
- plastic surgeon, plastic surgeon, plastic surgeon. It is a removal that could go either way and plastic surgeons atre trained in mole removal without scarring. No ques...
- Hi~~ You would want a dermatoligst. You are going to need to have all margins cut and removed. He/she can also test it to make sure it is begnign. Dr. Stuart Levine.....
Skin Tags,warts, Oh Who Even Knows?
Asked by N.P. from Mobile
on July 5, 2011
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About 6 months ago, my child had a bump that came up on his back. Pedi said it was a skin tag. Then it started to spread, so pedi said it was some kind of wart. He sai...
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- I would go see a dermatologist too, even if it's nothing, they will remove it, if your pedi won't remove it, then go to someone who will. Of course you don't want it ...
- I would do what Melanie suggested. Take your little one to a dermatologist. That's got to be uncomfortable for your kiddo. Hopefully a dermatologist will know what to...
- I agree with a second opinion. I am sure that a dermatologist would take them off for him. Poor little guy :(
Mole on My Head
Asked by B.. from Dallas
on November 19, 2011
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I know this is not a place I should ask for medical advice. I really just want to see if someone else has experienced this. I'm still wondering, if this even warrants ...
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- I would definitely see a doctor about that. I don't mean to scare you, but what if something was going on, inside your head, in the spot that the mole is on? Maybe ...
- *****i found this after i typed this response: Free Skin Screening Clinic Are you worried about a freckle, mole or spot on your skin? Make an appointment for a fr...
- I would see a dermatologist. I would personally rather have it be "nothing" than have a problem and not have it taken care of in the earlier stages. Things like melano...
Molluscum Contagiosum -Viral Skin Disease
Asked by M.N. from Green Bay
on August 16, 2010
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My two daughters are currently diagnosed by a dermatologist for molluscum contagiosum which is “a viral disease of the skin that causes small pink or skin-colored bu...
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- My daughter and niece both had this. We chose not to do any treatments, only covering any open ones with bandages. My SIL is a doctor and honestly believed that the ...
- It is really common. My daughter got a small patch of them on her torso. They hung around for about a year or so. From what I was told, they are most contagious when t...
- I see you are from Green Bay. I am also in the state. My son had these bumps after swimming at the Y. A friend of mine recommended a natural remedy. My ped said th...
Wart Questions
Asked by A.W. from Chicago
on February 8, 2008
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Okay ladies. I am so embarrassed about this but- I took my 2.5 year old daughter to the doctor today because she had a bump in her armpit for almost a week and he said...
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- My son has a plantar wart on his foot and a fairly large wart on the palm of his hand...I know they aren't dangerous (they are caused by a form of HPV), but I also kno...
- I wouldn't get too freaked out! Most people have warts as children... they are a common virus, and it takes awhile to build immunity, which is why adults don't get the...
- Warts are usually nothing to worry about. In fact they say a wart will die on it own. The problem is that it takes 6 to 7 years so they can become pretty big and depen...
Wart on Foot???
Asked by J.M. from New York
on August 18, 2011
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today i just noticed a perfectly round bump on my 6 year old daughters foot. it looks kind of like a blister but isnt on top of the skin like a blister. it does prot...
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- Sounds to me like it is a plantar wart. That means that the wart grows down into the body instead of out creating a lump on top?? I had one on the palm of my hand an...
- My kids each had a wart on their feet, but I took them to a dermatologist, not a podiatrist. The dermatologist took care of it.
- My 9 year old daughter had one. She didn't tell me for a while. One day I noticed that she was walking a bit funny (it was on the bottom of her foot). She said that ...
Wart Removal
Asked by H.C. from Atlanta
on April 19, 2009
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My sons developed warts on their fingers and tried the Compound-W as his doctor suggested. It never worked. He applied the duck tape since his friends told him to do...
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- Soak his and in watm soapy water.Dry his hands and than squeeze a vitamin E pill on the warts and cover with a band-aid.Do everynight until warts are gone
- It seems weird but it really does work-a bannana peel. I know an all-natural healer that goes to my church and she is amazing in all her knowledge when it comes to hea...
- I've heard vitamin E helps. Many people who have warts and start to mill their own wheat say theirs went away and the vitamin E is why. You could look around on-lin...
Planters Wart
Asked by R.B. from La Crosse
on September 24, 2011
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I have had a planters wart for about 3-4 years now on the ball of my foot below my second toe. Before it was always a little bothersome, but nothing to extreme. I ha...
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- I've had a planters wart in the same spot from 40 years. At first I had it removed several times by a podiatrist. It's still there but no longer bothers me. It's l...
- My son had a pretty big one on his thumb and he was having problems writing so he took silicone and covered about once a week for a month. It suffocated it and it eve...
- One thing that helped mine go away, that I totally wouldn't have expected, was the automatic shower cleaner spray. Before that I had spent 5 years using the different ...
Wart Removal
Asked by N.S. from Chicago
on October 3, 2010
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We told our 9-year old that she was going to the doctors next week to have some warts removed and she's been freaking out ever since! She can't sleep at night because ...
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- My only comment is I would never tell a young child about any type of medical or dental procedure in advance of the event. It's just setting them up for fear/anxiety. ...
- It has been a long time since I have dealt with a wart, but are you suppose to put a band aid on them? I know it helps prevent picking, but I thought it needed to dry...
- Freezing them off hurts. I have yet to find a doctor who has any real sympathy for the children. When I was a kid, I had several frozen off, and they numbed the are...
