Marianne
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The snipping things? You sure those aren't just skin tags? I snipped off a couple, man, those things sure bleed.
Ya, on the worst spot that I had, the sore was about the size of a pencil lead, maybe a bit bigger. At it's worse while applying baking soda, it got to about the size of a dime or so. Sure freaked out my husband! I haven't had any indication that there's anything growing back as yet. It's only been healed up for maybe 4 months or so, but I keep checking and have DH put an eyeball on my back every so often.
He's had skin cancer a few times, too. He said the next time he's using baking soda instead of getting them cut out.
Interesting about the 5% iodine. Seems like I recently read that it was good for something else, but since I didn't write it down (!!), now I can't remember!
I too, am freckled and got crispy as a kid. The vit D thing didn't work to keep me from getting burned. My mother lined us up every morning with a spoon and a bottle of cod liver oil. Ick. I get plenty of D now, but I am a little wiser in covering up and wearing a big granny hat.
Ya, on the worst spot that I had, the sore was about the size of a pencil lead, maybe a bit bigger. At it's worse while applying baking soda, it got to about the size of a dime or so. Sure freaked out my husband! I haven't had any indication that there's anything growing back as yet. It's only been healed up for maybe 4 months or so, but I keep checking and have DH put an eyeball on my back every so often.
He's had skin cancer a few times, too. He said the next time he's using baking soda instead of getting them cut out.
Interesting about the 5% iodine. Seems like I recently read that it was good for something else, but since I didn't write it down (!!), now I can't remember!
I too, am freckled and got crispy as a kid. The vit D thing didn't work to keep me from getting burned. My mother lined us up every morning with a spoon and a bottle of cod liver oil. Ick. I get plenty of D now, but I am a little wiser in covering up and wearing a big granny hat.
No backwoods salve for me, thanks! I'll take a sterilized instrument to a small thing and take anything very large to the real doc. If I had something the size of a pencil eraser I'd get it analized at the doctors, Marianne. Mine are much smaller, more the size of a tiny pimple, but I don't think they are skin tags, perhaps some are. I do have a lot of skin tags as well. I've also examined those photos of melanomas many many times, they have irregular borders and don't have the same look at all as a basal cell, I've never had a basal cell as large as you describe, they seem to grow more under the skin and not sticking out on top if that makes sense.
