# Itching freckle **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 25, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching-freckle/409368 "2007-06-25T18:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching-freckle/409368/1 "2007-06-25T18:38:03Z")
I’ve already scheduled a dermatologist appointment, so I’m not seeking medical advice, just curious whether others have experienced this. I have a little brownish freckle on my forearm, only about 1/16 inch, and slightly raised. There always have been other freckles here and there, but about a month to six weeks ago this one started to itch. Sometimes it itches a lot. It doesn’t seem to be an insect bite, it wouldn’t have lasted this long, right? It’s not changing color or anything, just itching. Nobody I know has ever had anything like this. How about you guys? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching-freckle/409368/2 "2007-06-25T19:47:18Z")
It could just be a dermatofibroma, which is a slightly raised spot caused by an accumulation of fibroblasts (soft tissue cells under the skin). They can be removed if they become itchy or annoying. I had one. Some called it a mole, some called it a freckle, but it was actually neither. It stopped bugging me after a while.