Red mark on forehead between eyes

[strangemark]

Hi,

Over the last 3-4 years, I have noticed that everytime when (or just before) I fall ill, I have a strange red mark on my forehead (sometimes between the two eyebrows). The mark stays for 4-5 days and then vanishes and exists almost everytime I fall ill or have a headache. I have shown this to few physicians at the time of falling ill but they have all ignored saying that it is not something to bother about. However, with the regularity with which this happens, I wonder if it is a sign of something significant.

Yesterday, a much larger and bigger mark appeared on my forehead suddenly in the afternoon. I didn't rest my head anywhere during that period and was simply sitting in a train. The only thing that happened during that time was that there was a serious personal problem that cropped up and hence I was quite stressed during those 1.5 hours. When I walked out of the train, someone pointed out to me that I had this mark. Again I was clueless on how it happened as it is completely painless, with the only logic striking to me that it is related to stress levels too.

I am attaching a snap that shows yesterday's phenomenon.  The normal mark that happens is not as thick and is more like a short but broad red line.

Hope someone can help me out with what this is or the kind of specialist I should consult for this.

Cheers!

[corbin01]

I too have been getting these red Mark's now for about a year. Generally two red vertical lines in between my eye brows. Sometimes a couple of smaller vertical lines on each side of the larger lines. I surmised it has to be something that occurs while asleep or during the night because they always appear from nowhere during the night and are noticed in the morning. As one poster noted they do not hurt but are always associated with a kind of tingling sensation accompanied with a slight headache. I have noticed they generally occur after a bad night of sleep but a bad night of sleep does not always lead to these red Mark's. They typically last 1-3 days. The one I woke up with this morning were the darkest yet and are still dark this evening. I am on synthoid for hypothyroidism and a PPI for gurd as well as folic acid due to side effects of the PPI and that is it. I went to a dermatologist a d he said next time you get it come in and I will biopsy it. I showed him a picture and he had never seen it before after 20 years of practice....so frustrating. Among all of us we have to figure out what is triggering g these to occur. It may be something genetic but there has to be something we all have in common that is causing these to appear.

[Ryanbb]

I have this a few times a year it's from sleeping on your thumb when asleep it is all down to sleep issues and stress and yes sleeping on your thumb

[Codyechopark]

Wow so happy I am not alone. You describe what I have about once a month for several years. Mine just appeared yesterday and made me think I should go see a doctor. I will def be mentioning possible digestion issues and liver function thanks to these responses

[Marcus9t4]

This is really interesting to read. I have experienced this for the first time today. I'm male in my late 40s, no medications, no known health issues apart  from poor sleep.
I first noticed it this afternoon when my housemate pointed it out,  no itch or pain whatsoever so not a bruise. Later that afternoon I felt a bit "off" after a trip to the shopping centre, but When I came home and took my temperature it was normal.

Thanks for posting it's really interesting that all of us report the same thing but nobody has  ever had anything but blank looks from their doctor. Maybe it's a new alien virus they've not come across yet. [Should point out that's a  joke....when I consider some of the other posts on here]

[Kayloll]

I woke up for the first time with this mark and decided to look it up... I saw a post about headaches and one about digestion. I think it has to do with one of those because I know that I almost didn't eat anything yesterday because I was exhausted from volleyball and I also had a major headache last night. The headache is gone but I woke up with a mark instead... These are the only possibilities for me at least. But maybe I might be stressed more than I know... Because I don't actually feel too stressed...

[SergioMor]

Please stay in touch because I have the same and also the headache ...it has to be something that we do not know .