#Blue tinge under eyes skin#

While not all reasons for skin and lip discoloration are cause for immediate concern, some causes and associated symptoms do require medical attention. The way discolored skin presents-and where-varies and can signal a variety of conditions or underlying causes, especially between adults and infants.

Blue lips and skin could appear for a variety of reasons, from bruising, to physical exertion, cold temperatures, or vascular or respiratory conditions. So if you have any questions, just talk to them.If you notice that you have blue lips or blue skin, it can be an alarming symptom. 'Instead of having the blue nevus that’s just a mark of you, you’re going to trade that for a scar,' she says.īut, ultimately, it's up to you and your dermatologist. Lipner says, which is why she generally encourages people to keep their benign moles. Because the mole is so deep in the skin, though, completely excising it can be a more intense process than removing other types of moles, Dr. Elbuluk says, but some people do decide to have them removed for cosmetic reasons. Unless your blue nevus turns out to be something more worrying, you don't need to treat it, Dr. Still, if you notice that it's changing, itching, or bleeding, that warrants a conversation with your derm. So having one shouldn't increase your risk for cancer or change your usual skin cancer screening routine. Luckily, blue nevi very rarely become malignant. This goes for any moles you have that might be considered an 'ugly duckling,' meaning they look different from your other moles (as blue nevi usually do): If you have any moles that are asymmetrical, have an irregular border, uneven color, large diameter, or are changing in any way, have a dermatologist take a look. But if 'the pigment doesn’t migrate all the way to the epidermis, it gets trapped in a deeper layer of skin,' Dr.

Normally, during embryonic development, the melanin-producing skin cells migrate to the top layer of your skin (the epidermis), Dr. Their characteristic color is actually something of an optical illusion, Nada Elbuluk, M.D., clinical assistant professor of dermatology and director of the Skin of Color Center and Pigmentary Disorders Clinic at USC Keck School of Medicine, tells SELF. They also tend to be more common in women than men, although it's not really understood why. They look like the mark left behind from getting stabbed by a pencil, the grayish road burn caused by a scrape on asphalt, or radiation tattoos used in cancer treatment, she describes. Blue nevi also tend to be fairly small, 'maybe one or two millimeters,' Dr. These moles can be raised or smooth, and most people who have them only have one, though it's possible to have more.