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I have a piece of red skin in the corner of one eye, it just showed up last week. it seems to be getting a little bigger. any ideas what it might be?

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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered

Several things: A common red growth in that area is what is termed a pyogenic granuloma - a sort of heaped up healing tissue which can grow bigger and sometimes bleeds there are other rarer possibilities. See your ophthalmologist for evaluation and removal if needed.

Answered 11/25/2012

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A member asked:

I have a piece of red skin in the corner of one eye, it just showed up last week. it seems to be getting a little bigger. any ideas what it might be?

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