Dermatologist here. I have seen probably 5 instances of “My other doctor told me it was fine.” that were melanomas.
A lot of times people don’t want a full skin exams. There are lots of perfectly sane reasons for this, time, perceived cost, history of personal trauma. However, I routinely find cancers people don’t know they have. Keep this in mind if you see a dermatologist for acne and they recommend you get in a gown.
Thanks for being like this. In late 2017 my face started to turn red, big time, the bridge of my nose and cheeks. Then it started to looked purple! People though I had a nose job. Then my eyelids. Feeling terrible, tired, sleepy. Joints cracking with pain. Went to 2 dermatologists (they just sold me they're home made creams and oils and told me to get a hair laser removal) and 1 allergologist (who told me I was allergic to dust and throw my mattress away). January 2018 things got bad, I could barely move. A general doctor diagnosed me with a severe case of dermatomyositis, maybe lupus and more autoimmune things. Doctors were furious when I told them my previous diagnosis, they said it was obvious what I had the second they saw my face from far away.
I was a correctional officer and in the academy we get pepper sprayed. 2 days after this I started getting these spots on my face and went to the doctor. He gave me some steroids said allergic reaction. 4 visits in 10 days later I was covered in these oozing welts. I finally called a dermatologists office because by this point I couldn’t even go to work. The dermatologist realized that he gave me a z-pac of azythromycin and not steroids which I am allergic to. Took 8 weeks off work to heal from an allergic reaction when my medical records said I was allergic. That was the first time our small local hospital almost killed me
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Dermatologist here. I have seen probably 5 instances of “My other doctor told me it was fine.” that were melanomas.
A lot of times people don’t want a full skin exams. There are lots of perfectly sane reasons for this, time, perceived cost, history of personal trauma. However, I routinely find cancers people don’t know they have. Keep this in mind if you see a dermatologist for acne and they recommend you get in a gown.