Josie Band
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I have dry patch on gums and my arms?
I'm not sure what color the one patch in my mouth is exactly (I think red/white?) since it's in the way back under my tongue to the side, but my dentist called it a 'lesion' or something, & I saw an oral surgeon about it, who didn't think it was a big deal because it seems to mostly go away by rubbing, but it keeps coming back and I've had it in that same spot for almost a year. Not painful or anything, just worrisome.
I've never smoked in my life and keep my teeth very clean, no cavities for a while. What worries is that I have [possibly] similar patches on my arms, and I feel like it might be keratosis solaris in a mild form (since I had too much sun-exposure one summer and the only part I used some expired sunscreen on seemed to be the skin that got damaged, my arms), but I spent $170 at the dermatologist with no luck... he said it was dermatitis, even though he didn't actually see the dry, sometimes pink patches of itchy skin since I waited over 3 months...
Now the patches on my arm is spreading, it looks like a small formation of skin-colored dots in the form of a patch (before it becomes the size of a nickel that the bigger one is).
After putting on some lotion, the bigger one seems to be fading but I don't understand why it also seems to be spreading... No other symptoms, the bigger patch seems less itchy although it's still dry and looks sort of like it bleeds a tiny, tiny bit because there seems to be a kind of scarring the size of a pin.
Anyone know what's going on? I feel like I could have anemia or something, I don't know. Maybe it's time for a physical exam...I also live in a cold climate but the arm patches I've had since last summer and the mouth patch showed some months after.
I'm not sure what color the one patch in my mouth is exactly (I think red/white?) since it's in the way back under my tongue to the side, but my dentist called it a 'lesion' or something, & I saw an oral surgeon about it, who didn't think it was a big deal because it seems to mostly go away by rubbing, but it keeps coming back and I've had it in that same spot for almost a year. Not painful or anything, just worrisome.
I've never smoked in my life and keep my teeth very clean, no cavities for a while. What worries is that I have [possibly] similar patches on my arms, and I feel like it might be keratosis solaris in a mild form (since I had too much sun-exposure one summer and the only part I used some expired sunscreen on seemed to be the skin that got damaged, my arms), but I spent $170 at the dermatologist with no luck... he said it was dermatitis, even though he didn't actually see the dry, sometimes pink patches of itchy skin since I waited over 3 months...
Now the patches on my arm is spreading, it looks like a small formation of skin-colored dots in the form of a patch (before it becomes the size of a nickel that the bigger one is).
After putting on some lotion, the bigger one seems to be fading but I don't understand why it also seems to be spreading... No other symptoms, the bigger patch seems less itchy although it's still dry and looks sort of like it bleeds a tiny, tiny bit because there seems to be a kind of scarring the size of a pin.
Anyone know what's going on? I feel like I could have anemia or something, I don't know. Maybe it's time for a physical exam...I also live in a cold climate but the arm patches I've had since last summer and the mouth patch showed some months after.