Re: BREASTHEALTH: Brown Spot on Breast

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It does sound like an insect bite. Perhaps call doc and get a topical antibiotic, like bactroban, and use it for several days and see if it clears up...Dr. von Almen

At Mon, 14 Sep 2009, JP wrote: >
>I recently noticed a red dot on my breast almost like a pimple or bug
>bite so I thought nothing of it. Today I looked at it and it was brown
>but flat not painful or anything. I scratched at it because it looked
>like there was a tiny scab in the center and that came off and there was
>a white layer underneath and i picked that off and it seemed like it was
>a layer of skin that came off and now its red like it looks like a scab
>peeled off. It is not big at all maybe the size of a dime but I am
>worried that it could be something serious or is it just like dry and
>dead skin or a bite.

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