I am totally clueless and need some help and advice. I have been having a lot of health issues lately (one being a lump in my breast, and another an abnormal pap among other things), lately I have been getting almost like pimples on my arms and back (but they don't really look like pimples). The other day as I was getting out of the shower, one of the ones on my back started to bleed. It bled pretty good for awhile, I put a bandaid on it while I went to work and when I took it of it was soaked through. I have had alot of burns from the sun and other things over the years and was just wondering if this could maybe be a sign of a problem. Cancer of at least four different types run in my family (breast. bladder, stomach and protate). Sorry this was so long and I hope I'm not wasting anyones time with this. Thanks in advance for any an all help and information.
Tiger

If you have had a lot of sun burns I would get to a dermatologist soon just for a "baseline" body check. At least you will have some peace of mind if it turns out to be nothing. Sometimes skin cancers (like my BCE) will start out being just an area of pinkish,dry, flakey skin. Lotion won't help the area. I am not sure about the pimple type thing, but I had some whitehead like things and I was just using too heavy a moisturizer. The doc popped them and I have not seen any more since. Good luck!!

thanks for the reply!!! Happy Holidays!!!
Tiger

Hello tiger,
I'm going to share some experiences with you. I had a very tough benign skin cancer on my face and nose called fibrosa fasceala. In the medical description, it is rare,does not respond to chemotherapy, surgery, , nor radiation. I had it removed three times only to have it come back with a vengeance. A dermatologist put me on dapsone, which required me to have blood tests weekly due to the damage it does to red blood cells. I came up with a cure that will make you think I'm insane. I have since come up with basal cell carcinoma and have cured it the same way. BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) is known to be anticarcinogenic. It is available thru HTTP://www.Smarteats.com. I dissolved as much of it as I could in DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide), which is a bipolar solvent. I filtered out what didn't dissolve in a few days thru a coffee filter. I then took a bottle of wart liquid with ascorbic acid and ether and let it dry out. I refilled the bottle with the DMSO/BHT solution and let it stand for three days, shaking at least once per day. I put the contents into a larger jar and doubled the volume using DMSO. I then added the contents of one Oragel (Dental anesthetic) and shook well. (It will work without the oragel, but it feels like little pinpricks.) I took two capsules (500mg)of BHT orally daily, and applied the mix with a Q tip onto the lesions. It took about two months and the lesions disappeared. The oral BHT is necessary. I told both of my dermatologists what I did and they could not believe it. Nor could my family doctor. about 8 years later I developed BCC's on my forehead, likely from past sunburns. I treated them the same way with the same solution. They were gone in two months. I have since kept taking BHT orally and no longer get these cancers. I could explain to you how I determined what to use, but it would take a lot of space. I'm offering this just in case you do have a skin cancer, but what I think you have is a herpes virus, which you will likely have for a lifetime. If you go to the website I gave and order BHT, and go on a 500mg/day oral dose, you may well stop the breakouts. If a dermatologist says it's cancer, do what I did and see if it works. Meanwhile, I would also visit a haemotologist to check you out. There several similar diseases that manifest themselves this way. God bless and help you,
Oldguy
PS: I post mostly on High Cholesterol and Diabetes, but this caught my eye due to my past eperience.

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GO SEE A DOCTOR ASAP!

Hi. Skin cancer in magazines and on the news is usually shown as black spots. My cancer was skin color. Go to your Dr. just to get checked. It is not worth your health not to. I wish I had gone a lot sooner and to a skin specialist.

Thank you all for your advice and also for sharing your stories.
May the sun always shine in your hearts,
Tiger