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Pigmentation question
I just wanted to ask before my appt. with pit specialist on Tue. - is a tan line on chest unusual, or normal? It's only on upper chest. I live in the Northeast, so haven't been out in the sun since August. I'm not super tan. Just light tan.
My tan has always persisted for as long as I can remember - in this area - and in my 20s, my arms.
Just dont' want to sound silly mentioning it to the pit specialist & maybe it's just normal. My ACTH is normal and I have low cortisol.
My tan has always persisted for as long as I can remember - in this area - and in my 20s, my arms.
Just dont' want to sound silly mentioning it to the pit specialist & maybe it's just normal. My ACTH is normal and I have low cortisol.
Thanks Rumpled!
That's interesting about glucose causing it. And the low cortisol. Hmmm.
And the hair - I've noticed changes over the past 8 years or so. Hair dye doesn't take the same way. When you look at a piece of hair closely, you see stripes. And recently I have these two little wings of red hair at the same exact spot on both sides. I cut off the ends & removed it, and colored my hair afterwards, and those same spots appeared red again.
That's interesting about glucose causing it. And the low cortisol. Hmmm.
And the hair - I've noticed changes over the past 8 years or so. Hair dye doesn't take the same way. When you look at a piece of hair closely, you see stripes. And recently I have these two little wings of red hair at the same exact spot on both sides. I cut off the ends & removed it, and colored my hair afterwards, and those same spots appeared red again.
Hyperpigmentation could be the ACTH (testing for it is often done incorrectly - mine varies by hundreds of points and the range at my lab is only 4-27).
It can also be glucose depending on where it is.
I only got a tan when my cortisol got low - as in my adrenals got removed. It started even before the ACTH got too high but at it gets higher, I get darker - my hair, everything. Ick.
It can also be glucose depending on where it is.
I only got a tan when my cortisol got low - as in my adrenals got removed. It started even before the ACTH got too high but at it gets higher, I get darker - my hair, everything. Ick.
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