I’ve just been told that this tiny red lump on my face may be a rodent ulcer. I’ve no idea how long it’s been there, at least ten years I guess. It’s right at the top of my nose very near my inner eyelid. I think I thought I’d caught it with my nail at first and it kept scabbing which came off and it just never disappeared. Only a few days ago, I realised it wasn’t a little scab as I’d thought but a little red ‘wart’ almost.
Over the phone and by sending photos, the nurse practitioner at my surgery thinks it might be a BCC or rodent ulcer and advised me to get a private appointment if I wanted with a dermatologist as it would take weeks to go through the NHS and we hope to go away this summer for an extended holiday. I’ve managed to get one this Thursday but I’ve been told I would be better to go directly to a plastic surgeon as a dermatologist will probably send me to plastics to have it removed anyway!
Has anyone any advice, been through it, know whether dermatology or plastic surgery is the best for the initial appointment? I’ll have to go back to the NHS after for the surgery obviously. I also realise my days of sunbathing have finished but I have never got sun on my face and particularly in such a hidden position.
How much do you spend on yourself?