Need help to remove spot/wart

Maire2009

I have a spot/wart on my hand for months now, and I've tried everything I could think of and it still won't go.

I went to my doctor about it and he said "its a touch of eczema" and gave me Betnovate cream. That did nothing for it, and to be honest I don't think its eczema, it is only one spot, and I don't suffer from eczema, never had, its literally this one spot.

It does look a bit like a wart, but unlike any wart I've had before, the skin is covering over it fully so its like a mound on my skin if that makes sense. I tried to freeze it off, but the spot/wart itself didn't go, just the skin that had formed over it.

If anyone has any ideas on what to do I'd appreciate it so much. It doesn't hurt, but is really unsightly.

I tried to take pictures to illustrate, the redness is only around it because the skin around it fell off a few days after I froze it.

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Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

PammyD

That definately does not look like Eczema to me and iv had eczema since i was 2 months old, id go to a skin specialist or ask to be referred to one from ur doctor if ur worried about it or want to know how to treat it.. Could it be some sort of mole developing??

Teyla Emmagan

Think I would also ask for a referral to a specialist.

When you said you tried to freeze it off, do you mean you went to your doc and had it frozen with nitrogen or you bought wart remover and tried to do it yourself?

If that's eczema I would think that's the last think you should be doing to it to be honest. It looks more like a mole to me, and you definitely shouldn't be freezing a mole.

For the long term sake of your hand I think I would see a specialist. Definitely don't do anything else yourself to it. If it was me, I certainly wouldn't anyway!!!

boomkatalog

I'd say don't put any more of those abrasive creams on it for warts, it doesn't look like a wart. Or eczema. Best thing to do is get a referral to a determatologist. My doctor is hopeless with skin things, he calls everything an 'abrasion' :rolleyes:

Hihello

that definately looks more of a spot that a wart. I'd defo be getting it checked out. I'd say you need something to dry it up. Also try to keep it clean and away from dirt etc, last thing you want is an infection.

Also I have eczema and thats not eczema. Some doctors really dont have a clue. You pay so much money and then they dont even know what they are on about.

Maire2009

Thanks everyone for all your help.

I did try to freeze it off myself - stupid thing to do I know, but it is healing up okay although the spot is still there. I definitely will not do anymore to it.

I am keeping it clean, and covering it with a plaster at work and then letting the fresh air get to it in the evening and at night.

Never suffered from eczema before, and I've never heard of just getting A spot of eczema.

Is there anywhere I can go to get it looked at, or do I have to go through my doctor? Just tis expensive to be going through him again, as I said its not hurting me, and it is having no other effect on my hand other than looking unsightly.

Teyla Emmagan

Ring his secretary and ask her to get him to write you a referral letter for a dermatologist. Then you don't have to pay his fee, and I think you can rock up to any dermatologist and show them the letter. Either that or just ask him to write a letter to his preferred dermatologist. I do this the whole time with my doctor as otherwise he charges me €60 for something that takes him 2 minutes. Basically all he is going to write is 'please look at back of hand'. Referral letters are a total crock IMO.

Or find a dermatologist and ring them and ask if you need a referral letter from a doctor or not, a lot of them will take you without one. There are loads of dermatology clinics around the place.

Maire2009

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Ring his secretary and ask her to get him to write you a referral letter for a dermatologist. Then you don't have to pay his fee, and I think you can rock up to any dermatologist and show them the letter. Either that or just ask him to write a letter to his preferred dermatologist. I do this the whole time with my doctor as otherwise he charges me €60 for something that takes him 2 minutes. Basically all he is going to write is 'please look at back of hand'. Referral letters are a total crock IMO.

Or find a dermatologist and ring them and ask if you need a referral letter from a doctor or not, a lot of them will take you without one. There are loads of dermatology clinics around the place.

I will try ringing up and asking - thanks I know the doctor's surgery quite well as I've been going there since I was a baby so hopefully they'll be nice about it