Tomorrow I have kind of an odd appointment, or unusual I'd say.
I've had this birthmark between my shoulder and neck since birth, shockingly, and I've kind of just ignored it for most of my life. Recently however it's started to ehm, grow? Like there's been new stuff coming out next to it, you could say it looks like pimples while the birthmark itself is quite dark.
I remember when I was younger I was told it's best to probably just let it be but to be cautionous about damaging it. While the doc didn't know if it was connected to anything, he told me some stories about people accidentally scratching theirs or some clothing getting stuck to rip it off which caused a lot of bleeding and put the person at risk if they didn't know how to stop the bleeding, etc.
Other than being slightly inconvenient, it has really bothered me much in the past. It never hurt. Other than the occasional "wtf is that" when at the beach swimming or in the sauna, or you know, when in bed with a new girl, it hasn't really gathered much attention in the past. The only times I can think of mentioning it is when I'm about to get a massage, which happens quite rarely, where I try to mention about its existence so they don't go full nails on that spot.
Anyway, recently however, the past year, there's been a new one popping up close to it but apparently not connected to the birthmark after consultation. This one looks a bit more "dangerous" so to speak, while I was told it looks benign I was recommended to get rid of it with lasers, pew pew. They also recommended to get rid of the birthmark in the same go due to the growth and potential risks in the future, i.e. they can go from benign to something scarier and it'd be best to just remove it for that reason + the convenience and comfort of not having it anymore.
So I hae an appointment now to get rid of something that's been part of me for over three decades now. I don't know how to feel about it!
Just kidding, I don't really have much feelings about it, excited to see how it'll look like after the laser treatment, hopefully no complications arise however. The treatment apparently covers two treatments in case of regrowth after the first removal.
While it sucks having to spend some crypto/savings at these times, I guess better to get rid of it than to let it grow or continue existing, especially the new one which looks a bit less friendly than the birthmark.
Maybe once that's healed I'll go get another massage without having to tell them to go easy on that one spot!
Wonder if they'll provide me with some ointments after the laser removal, just putting that in there so my title makes sense.
