Basal cell carcinoma

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I am 23 year old caucasian male and have a bump on my chest that I am worried about. I have fair skin and burn really easy. I have had it for a few years now and always assumed it was a scar or something because it never appeared to get any bigger or be spreading, untill recently it appears to have gotten a bit bigger after a zit/pimple appeared on it. It is skin tone/pinkish in colour, with no bleeding or signs of infection except for getting the odd zit/pimple or ingrown hair on it and it is kind of a hard, smooth oval shaped bump about that has rounded edges and is roughly the size of my baby fingernail. There are times when it seems to get irritated and swells a bit, and turns reddish in colour but it goes down and returns back to its normal size/colour. It also is itchy sometimes. If I can remember back that far I think there was a zit/pimple there to start and that formed after. I am going to have a doctor check it out ASAP but I was hoping that someone could offer me some information. Could it be a Keloid or other skin growth? Thank you.:confused:...................I know this is a forum for nurses but I found this site and hoped I could get some answers fast.

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Go see your dermatologist.

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Ditto the above.

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Specializes in MS Home Health.

See the doc

renerian

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Hi!

My husband grew up in AZ and he gets those alot! They used to cut them out ( poor guy, had all kinds of holes in hime) but now they use a cream called Aldara and it dissolves them. These are a very common, slow growing kind of cancer but you should always have the MD (preferably a dermatologist) check it out.

It is NOT as agressive as Melanoma, so don't be scared, but it does need to be watched so go ASAP.

Funny note about the cream- it was originally intended for the treatment of genital warts- and I was the one to get the prescription filled for him-LOL:chuckle -

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