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Re: BEAUTY 101 Questions (and a new question)
From: Kiki (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 19 Mar 2003 00:29:47 -0600 (CST)
At Sat, 22 Jul 2000, GS wrote:
>I have PCOS and I am 20 years old. I have also started to develop the "little red spots" They are "cherry angiomas"....i am getting them on my arms and chest. I don't know if PCOS has anything to do with this or not, but I do have a lot of bad skin conditions...such as stretchmarks, broken blood vessells. I am kinda depressed about this, i want to have skin like a normal 20 year old...everywhere i read it says cherry angiomas are very common in the 30's and 40's.....well i am only 20, so what is it gonna be like when i am 40, i worry.
>I also have the small red moles. They're smaller than a freckle, but
>noticeable because of the bright red color. I mostly have them on my
>upper thighs.
>
>I never really concerned myself with how I got them because my father
>has large ones all over his back. I just figured it was inherited.
>Interesting though - it was my father's mother who had diabetes and I
>always assume that it was his side of the family that this (PCOS) comes
>from. I know his sister had cancer of the uterus, something PCOS'ers
>are more likely to get than the normal population.
>
>Maybe you ladies are on to something here.
>
>At Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Susan wrote:
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>>Janice, How wierd that you would ask about that, I have NEVER met
>>someone else who has these... Is this yet another thing that PCOS'ers
>>have in common?? I did have one removed about 4 years ago, it was near
>>my temple along my hairline. I have noticed another one developing
>>about an inch below the one I had removed though. I also have the small
>>"red moles" just a couple and they are on my head where the hair covers
>>them but they have freaked me out to be honest with you. Since I know
>>no one else that has these I've had no one to compare notes with and the
>>doc that removed the first one gave me no info So I was really baffled
>>when more showed up!! Do you know what causes them?? Also in response to
>>Ginger... I don't have to many regular moles but my mom has exactly
>>what you described and though she's never been diagnosed I KNOW she is
>>PCOS.. could be yet another thing we are blessed with?? lol
>>
>>t Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Janice Wheeler wrote:
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>>>I've noticed a lot of what my mother called "red moles" -- I think
>>>they're really cherry angiomas -- cropping up on my body over the past
>>>few years, mostly on my arms and head. It seems like I find a new one
>>>almost every week!! But my doctors have said that there is nothing
>>>"dangerous" about them.
>>>
>>>On a slightly different subject -- has anyone out there been diagnosed
>>>with a lipoma (benign fatty tumor) and if so did you have it removed?
>>>
>>>At Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Ginger wrote:
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>>>>My skin tags are really getting smaller since I started chromium!!! But,
>>>>I have a lot of moles. Do any of you? Especially on my neck, chest and
>>>>back. Is this common for us, or is it just the luck of the draw?
>>>>
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kiki
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