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I have what looks like a tiny blister or pimple on my back that won't go away and it hurts a little. i have had it for weeks. it is red in the middle with a slightly raised white border around it. ?

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Dr. Steven Harris answered

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See a doctor: It is really hard to be helpful without seeing it but your description certainly could be an early form of skin cancer which can be cured just by removing it, sometimes non-surgically. Most infections / rashes / etc. would either be better or worse by now, and so that is what suggests skin cancer. Please get it checked!

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Answered 6/5/2014

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A member asked:

I have what looks like a tiny blister or pimple on my back that won't go away and it hurts a little. i have had it for weeks. it is red in the middle with a slightly raised white border around it. ?

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Dr. Steven Harris answered

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