# What's this wierd skin blemish called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 25, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-wierd-skin-blemish-called/518886 "2009-11-25T08:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-wierd-skin-blemish-called/518886/1 "2009-11-25T08:30:23Z")
I thought it might be a blood blister, but I looked it up on wiki, and it looked very different. Basically, it looks like a tiny drop of blood on her skin (the throat, to be precise :eek:) - but the blood seems to be surrounded by an extremely thin layer of skin in the shape of a tiny ball, attached only at one point, like a little Christmas Tree ball on a very short thread. I don’t think it’s the plague or anything, but what is it? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-wierd-skin-blemish-called/518886/2 "2009-11-25T10:51:14Z")
[Skin tag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrochordon) formed of a [petechia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petechia)? Not a clue, please DO go see a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-wierd-skin-blemish-called/518886/3 "2009-11-25T14:24:04Z")
I’m sure a doctor can tell you what it’s called. If you’re having bleeding issues (blood-filled sacs on your skin count), that could be something very serious. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-wierd-skin-blemish-called/518886/4 "2009-11-25T14:45:30Z")
I’ve had skin tags that were red and painful to the touch. I would vote skin tag as well. And see a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-wierd-skin-blemish-called/518886/5 "2009-11-25T14:58:47Z")
Cherry angioma? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-wierd-skin-blemish-called/518886/6 "2009-11-25T15:53:59Z")
> [@brossa](#): > > Cherry angioma? No, thank you, I’ll just have a coffee. 😉 Actually that was going to be my suggestion, but they are generally more like raised red bumps, not bobbles attached by a narrow neck. ---
**Author:** ![Taenia\_spp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-wierd-skin-blemish-called/518886/7 "2009-11-25T18:02:35Z")
Ooh! Great time to share a wonderful link I found. I don’t have any diagnosis for you, but if you have a hunch, you can always confirm it with this [massive set of photos](http://www.atlasdermatologico.com.br/) (warning: some pictures are very graphic). ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-wierd-skin-blemish-called/518886/8 "2009-11-27T10:24:22Z")
Yeah, skin tag is it. A teeny tiny one. I’ve had these things before myself, but it’s hard to get info on something when you just don’t know what it’s called! Uh, **Taenia**. that link is … disturbingly comprehensive! :eek: And yet strangely compelling. Honestly, I’d feel wierd actually going to a doctor about a millimetre-wide flap of skin (it’s my 4yo who’s the host of the blemish in question) but as it happens she _is_ due for some immunizations so maybe I should get my butt in gear and take her in for them… Thanks, Dopers ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-wierd-skin-blemish-called/518886/9 "2009-11-27T12:15:39Z")
> [@Taenia\_spp](#): > > Ooh! Great time to share a wonderful link I found. > > I don’t have any diagnosis for you, but if you have a hunch, you can always confirm it with this [massive set of photos](http://www.atlasdermatologico.com.br/) (warning: some pictures are very graphic). anybody else get sucked in and spend an hour looking at pictures? Fascinating how much can go wrong with the outside layer :eek: