i didnt really know where else to post this on here. does anybody out there on this site know anything about birthmarks other than them being darker pigmentation than the rest of your skin? i have a very strange birthmark. suprising would probably be a better word. it is not an image of something that already exists, like a sickle moon or the shape of africa, but it is an image. it is on the outside of my left bicep, so if i was turned to the side you would be able to see it easliy. descripition: in all, about an inch long. a backwards S. on either side of the S is a dot. there is also a dot above the S. i didnt always have it. it showed up when i was around 5 or 6 and i always thought it was a just a reddish blob. i never paid much attention to it and i would even forget it was there for years at a time. one day i was playing around with some hair bleach, drawing designs with a q tip on my legs haha (sounds strange but its not really)and my boyfriend was like draw something on your arm so you can have a tattoo. so with out looking in the mirror i drew very large(over my birthmark cause i wasnt even paying attention to it) a regular forwards S type shape, with a dot on either side. i wiped off the bleach and examined it in the mirror, and thats when i realised under my new 'tattoo' was an almost identical smaller version. it was a very strange experience. i also have a white birthmark on my inner thigh, and it comes and goes. its very weird. like sometimes it will be there, and sometimes ill look for it and wont be able to find it.
so part of me feels my birthmark is just an area of skin with a darker pigmentation. but another part of me feels compelled to find out further meaning because the shape is so unique. when i found that birthmark... i dont know. i know this sounds crazy but it makes me feel almost powerful. ive google searched plenty of times but i cant really find anything of substance.
i dunno. i'm trying to find out the very same thing. i have a perfect africa on my stomach just above my navel. i have searched and searched and still can't find anything. the only thing i find is ppl asking the same questions about their's and no answers. 😢
Birthmarks are what they are - skin discolorations. The reason yours didn't turn up until you were a few years old is because it was brought on by sun damage - like people who get permanent freckles after years of sun exposure. You may want to have it looked at by a dermatologist. The reason you drew right over top of it is because the body is uncannily aware of itself - if you were to touch a knife to your hand before slicing and then cut something with you eyes closed you would not cut yourself because you knew where your hand was. I was told this by a doctor because I am completely blind in my left eye and have no depth perception and he told me I should make sure whenever using something sharp or handling something hot to touch the table/cup/pot etc before slicing/pouring so that I don't hurt myself. You already knew the mark was there because you'd had it for years, so you knew exactly where it was without looking or thinking about it.
As far as the disappearing/reappearing mark, that is the skin discoloration darkening and lightening with sun exposure, just like a tan. It also may be more or less noticeable in certain variations of light, or also have something to do with blodd flow disruptions or intolerance for heat/cold.
one day i was playing around with some hair bleach, drawing designs with a q tip on my legs haha (sounds strange but its not really)and my boyfriend was like draw something on your arm so you can have a tattoo. so with out looking in the mirror i drew very large(over my birthmark cause i wasnt even paying attention to it) a regular forwards S type shape, with a dot on either side. i wiped off the bleach and examined it in the mirror, and thats when i realised under my new 'tattoo' was an almost identical smaller version. it was a very strange experience. i also have a white birthmark on my inner thigh, and it comes and goes. its very weird. like sometimes it will be there, and sometimes ill look for it and wont be able to find it.
so part of me feels my birthmark is just an area of skin with a darker pigmentation. but another part of me feels compelled to find out further meaning because the shape is so unique. when i found that birthmark... i dont know. i know this sounds crazy but it makes me feel almost powerful. ive google searched plenty of times but i cant really find anything of substance.