- Mar 26, 2009
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Now that Im hitting my Late 30s, I'm getting alot of weird skin tags and moles on my face. Plus, about five years ago I had done a few construction projects where I was outside 10+ hours in July/Aug so that was in the back of my mind.
Wait time was a little excessive...I started calling back in November to providers that were in network with my Insurance, and the soonest available appts were 2 months out, and about 20 miles away in an unfamiliar part of town.
So I drive down there and it's a huge ritzy office building that has its own underground Parking Garage. Kind of reminded me of the Galleria Malls in Texas with the extravagance. I get to the 4th floor and their reception area is like 1500 sq feet. I'm watching Netflix and drinking gourmet coffee while I'm filling out history forms.
So anyways a nurse brings me to the exam room and gives me a gown, telling me to take everything off except briefs.
The doctor comes in, and she looks like a doppelganger of a Kardashian... She also has two younger assistants or interns I guess to help observe.
Ever since I was a kid, I had a lighter colored "splotch" on my neck that everyone assumed was a birthmark. Then when my facial hair came in that area grew like 2 shades lighter.
Her assessment was that I had vitiligo (same thing as Michael) plus poliosis. Straight up genetic aberration, but no real concern just need to use extra sunscreen due to the lack of pigment.
On the four skin tags, she somehow guessed which two were itching/causing discomfort without me telling her, so she put in a prescription for ketoconazale for that. But for the other two, she said it's just keratin deposits as we get older and no cause of concern. She unbuttoned the top of her lab coat and maneuvered her shirt downwards to show me some tags she had on her upper chest.
As far as the extreme sun exposure I had, I was asking about a biopsy, but she said that would take it from a Level 3 Exam to a Level 4 exam and my Insurance might bill me a couple hundred dollars to pay out of pocket.
So anyways she just tells me she will see me anually to monitor my issues, but nothing looks pressing or urgent for the time being.
All in all, this was a pretty interesting experience, at least compared to going to the Dentist or regular doctor. Would definitely recommend if you have never been.
Wait time was a little excessive...I started calling back in November to providers that were in network with my Insurance, and the soonest available appts were 2 months out, and about 20 miles away in an unfamiliar part of town.
So I drive down there and it's a huge ritzy office building that has its own underground Parking Garage. Kind of reminded me of the Galleria Malls in Texas with the extravagance. I get to the 4th floor and their reception area is like 1500 sq feet. I'm watching Netflix and drinking gourmet coffee while I'm filling out history forms.
So anyways a nurse brings me to the exam room and gives me a gown, telling me to take everything off except briefs.
The doctor comes in, and she looks like a doppelganger of a Kardashian... She also has two younger assistants or interns I guess to help observe.
Ever since I was a kid, I had a lighter colored "splotch" on my neck that everyone assumed was a birthmark. Then when my facial hair came in that area grew like 2 shades lighter.
Her assessment was that I had vitiligo (same thing as Michael) plus poliosis. Straight up genetic aberration, but no real concern just need to use extra sunscreen due to the lack of pigment.
On the four skin tags, she somehow guessed which two were itching/causing discomfort without me telling her, so she put in a prescription for ketoconazale for that. But for the other two, she said it's just keratin deposits as we get older and no cause of concern. She unbuttoned the top of her lab coat and maneuvered her shirt downwards to show me some tags she had on her upper chest.
As far as the extreme sun exposure I had, I was asking about a biopsy, but she said that would take it from a Level 3 Exam to a Level 4 exam and my Insurance might bill me a couple hundred dollars to pay out of pocket.
So anyways she just tells me she will see me anually to monitor my issues, but nothing looks pressing or urgent for the time being.
All in all, this was a pretty interesting experience, at least compared to going to the Dentist or regular doctor. Would definitely recommend if you have never been.
pic right on the package. Totally forgot about it 
so she had to call in an assistant who was also a hot young Jewish chick 
