Embarrassing Question

vampeyes
vampeyes Member Posts: 1,227
edited July 2018 in Pain

I have a lump on the bikini line, thought it was likely an ingrown hair or cyst. No white head has ever come up that I know of. I have had this for two to three months, sometimes it hurts, sometimes I don't even notice it. Since my diagnosis everything from a hangnail, to my embarrassing lump is cancer! lol. Are there lymph nodes in that area? Do I really need to bother my doctor about it?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.


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  • Lula73
    Lula73 Member Posts: 1,824
    edited July 2018

    yes there are lymph nodes along the bikini line right where the hip, leg and pubic area come together. Hoping it’s just a stubborn ingrown hair!

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  • 2002chickadee
    2002chickadee Member Posts: 129
    edited July 2018

    Vampeyes, I have a lump like that on one leg above a knee. I was concerned it was skin cancer. (This was before I had breast cancer.) I showed it to my dermatologist during my annual skin check for cancer and she explained that it's a kind of benign bump that forms in response to the trauma/irritation of an ingrown hair or similar, and that it can be removed but leaves a scar, so we just left it. I wonder if a dermatologist visit might be the right place for you to start?

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  • Amica
    Amica Member Posts: 488
    edited July 2018

    Dear Vampeyes

    I would have it checked out. Or now that I see your post is a couple of weeks old, maybe you already have. My take on things nowadays is that any lump or bump on a breast cancer survivor should be checked out, unless it is clearly a whitehead or something. I'm going in for an ultra-sound to have a weird lump on my forehead ultrasounded next week. Normally I would never have worried about it, but due to my recent experiences I'm suspicious of any lump anywhere.

    Amica

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  • vampeyes
    vampeyes Member Posts: 1,227
    edited July 2018

    The lump is gone and just a dark spot remains so I have just let it be for now. My guess is it was an ingrown hair and on Tamoxifen I seem to be healing even slower than I was before. I have a cut on my leg from May that is still healing, crazy.

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