[Deb123j]

My daughter, Megan, has a jalapeno shaped bald spot on the top/side of her head. She's had it for a while and the doc said not to worry about it at her 6 mo appt. However when I put her hair up yesterday, it became much more noticable. It's very peachy in color, has very little hair, totally flat and normal looking otherwise.
Went to the ped today and she said it looked like ?????, it's like a mole. She referred me to a dermatologist to have it looked at. More than likely it will have to be removed. She thought that there is even an extremely small chance that it could be a form of skin cancer!
Anyways...I was looking up things on google last night and came across what she was talking about (I thought they looked the same, except those were raised, whitish/peach and crusty). However when I used the same search terms tonight I cannot find anything!!! I'm so frustarted b/c I'd like to do some reading to familiarize myself when this condition.
So my question for you all...do you know the name? Even better yet...do you have any experience with said skin problem (don't know what else to call it). Thanks in advance for your assistance!!!

[caliotter3]

I forgot the name of those also. My daughter has one that is identical to the one my husband had. Hers, and his, were benign. I do believe that we were told to keep her from getting it sunburned and to monitor it.

[LovingNurse]

My son had a tiny bald spot at birth that progressed to nickel then quarter size. His first pediatrician said it was just a birthmark, but the next pediatrician said we had to keep an eye on it because it could turn malignant. He diagnosed it as a sebaceus nevus. (nevus sebaceus of Jadassohn) He advised having it removed when my son was a little older. He said there was no hurry, but recommended having it done before the hormones of puberty can make it get worse in appearance, which would also make it harder to detect malignant changes.

When my son was in 3rd grade we were referred to a pediatric dermatologist for the surgery. The pediatric dermatologist wanted a pediatric plastic surgeon to do it. This derm said the plastic docs are better choice for doing them when they're on the scalp because of the wide full-thickness excision and complex closure so they can cut at an angle where they can approximate the edges etc, without interfering with hair growth ... so the child doesn't get a cowlick.

His was done under general anesthesia.(<which caused an insurance run-around since they thought it should be done in the office.) The incision was much longer than I'd anticipated and it was initially pretty wide too - which was a little upsetting. It was significantly better by 6 months and even better a year later. Now, several years later, it's just a thin line.

I'm not sure if this is the same as what your daughter has, but sounds similar by your description. Best wishes to you and your little one.