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Suggest Treatment For Lesions On Mons Pubis
Question: About 11 months ago I noticed when doing some Landscaping of the external vaginal area that I have some spot on my mons pubis. I thought they might be little blood blisters they looked red or dark purple to me at first I thought they might be from shaving I thought nothing of it. I do not remove the majority of the hair very often so I do not see that close up typical and did not see those spots until I did remove hair. I did the landscaping again this weekend and after doing so noticed that they had all turned black and 1 was hard like a pebble and had grown in size. I did some research online and read with my interpretation that there was a possibility that it could be a benign tumor but that I would have to have a biopsy of the area to determine whether or not that was the case. With the information you have on hand do you think it warrants a biopsy?
Brief Answer:
Biopsy not needed, no worries at leats for now.
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for the query,
I understand fully how this could be. However, it should not worry that much and I do not think it deserves a biopsy at this point.
These are lesions that changed from colored lesions to black lesions within a short while. This implies we had an inflammation with blood that rushed into the bumps making them red. The change in color is simply explained by dying of the trapped blood cells and the color turning to dark. I suggest you should instead consider a more user friendly shaving machine next time. This is in my opinion is not suggestive of a tumoral process and a biopsy is really not needed especially now.
In case you experience more growths or extensive/remarkable increase in size of the existing, this can call for a consultation. It is but normal that after the change from from an inflammatory state (reddish) to the dark stage (recovery) stage, a small increase in size would be expected.
No worries for now and a biopsy is really not required. However, remain watchful and inform your doctor in case you notice new things or things very abnormal.
Kind regards as I wish you the best of health.
Dr Bain
Biopsy not needed, no worries at leats for now.
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for the query,
I understand fully how this could be. However, it should not worry that much and I do not think it deserves a biopsy at this point.
These are lesions that changed from colored lesions to black lesions within a short while. This implies we had an inflammation with blood that rushed into the bumps making them red. The change in color is simply explained by dying of the trapped blood cells and the color turning to dark. I suggest you should instead consider a more user friendly shaving machine next time. This is in my opinion is not suggestive of a tumoral process and a biopsy is really not needed especially now.
In case you experience more growths or extensive/remarkable increase in size of the existing, this can call for a consultation. It is but normal that after the change from from an inflammatory state (reddish) to the dark stage (recovery) stage, a small increase in size would be expected.
No worries for now and a biopsy is really not required. However, remain watchful and inform your doctor in case you notice new things or things very abnormal.
Kind regards as I wish you the best of health.
Dr Bain
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