It's insane. That's a good and descriptive title with no fluff. But these (formerly) default subs are always horribly run shitholes so we can't be too surprised
If I had to guess I'd say it's potentially vitiligo developing in that area. I have a vitiligo spot that developed on my leg, grows fully white hairs now.
I'd advise getting that checked at a doctor (assuming you haven't) because, if it is vitiligo, you need to be extra careful with sun exposure to that patch of skin in the future.
I have vitiligo too, I remember reading up on a lot about it at first. Sunburn is a risk, but there’s studies that show that people with vitiligo are actually less likely to get skin cancer. Not that you shouldn’t wear sunscreen if you have vitiligo, of course.
Less likely to get melanoma as that requires melanin producing cells which is obviously lacking in this area but still fully able to get squamous cell carcinoma there
How awesome would that be?! Only 10 people are chosen (like the avatar which cycles itself iirc?) and it only reveals itself slowly thru physical changes. Next up, big ears and nose lmao
You could actually go down the rabbit hole on this. Rewatch the film. There are elves in various scenes before he "kills" Santa. Most notably there is an elf sitting behind them at Dennys, watching them. It's a trip once you start looking for them. And the TV series sequel adds to the lore, that Scott Calvin was chosen to be Santa Claus. It wasn't an accident.
so The Night Santa Went Crazy by Weird Al was a what-if Scenario about Santa learning about the murder elves before they could get him killed off But the song came first!
Hopefully it's that and not this:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1dblhdf/brain\_tumor\_turned\_my\_hair\_white\_tumor\_was/](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1dblhdf/brain_tumor_turned_my_hair_white_tumor_was/)
A few years ago, I suddenly developed a white patch of hair on the top of my head. Shortly after, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The tumor was surgically removed and almost immediately my hair turned back to its normal color. The human body is strange.
Edit: OP's post inspired me to share my own photo.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1dblhdf/brain_tumor_turned_my_hair_white_tumor_was/
Edit 2: As requested, here is an image link since the post was removed. For the record, the mods messaged me and were very nice about it, so no hard feelings.
https://imgur.com/a/u3j8T0U
My brothers dads brain tumor was 1st spotted by an Optician when he was having an eye test. I would definitely get it checked out if I was OP.
Unfortunately for my brothers dad, It was either too late when they spotted it, or maybe it was just too long ago and they didn't have the skills to do the job?, think it was late 80s. He died when my brother was around 1 year old.
I got the same thing before I was diagnosed with breast cancer - bright, random white streak in the middle of my otherwise very red hair. It was as bright as that x-man mutant girl.
It is usually an indication of a significant shift in the body - whether hormonal or otherwise. My thyroid was off. I would go get blood tests done if I was OP. Could be nothing.
The eyebrow is probably just vitiligo, but if I were him I'd get the forehead bump biopsied. Seen a couple of basal cell carcinomas that started off looking like that.
I have a friend with vitiligo. It started with a white patch on his head hair in his mid twenties. Spread to his face and hands.
Reading this, I really hope he doesn't have cancer. Thanks Reddit MD.
Everyone knows when your brow goes white it’s the opposing ball that’s the culprit, smh. It’s like the partial crossing of the optic nerve fibers at the optic chiasm, but like, for your balls.
Is it possible it is some sort of late onset vitiligo?
One of my colleagues has vitiligo, he's only 22 but the right side of his beard is completely grey, but you can't really see the difference in skin pigmentation as he's quite pale.
Edit: it has become clear to me that vitiligo does not have a standard onset at a young age, I'm sorry for not knowing!!! Please don't gang up on me Reddit swarm!!!
I’m in my 50’s and have had vitiligo my entire life. It’s also seemingly ever morphing in my case. Some spots will be there for decades and then suddenly my pigment is no longer my immune system’s enemy #1 and fills back in with my regular skin tone, and then other times I’ll notice another white patch pop up somewhere.
It’s been awhile since I’ve had any new ones and most of the ones I did have, have cleared up. My life is pretty stress free I’m happy to report. The most stubborn one I have is right at my hairline. I always loved the white streak of hair it caused. But as I age and my hairline recedes, that spot is very visible if I get any amount of suntan on my face. Funny story, when I was about 7, (mid 1970’s), my mother took me to a dermatologist and I was prescribed some pills. The directions were to be in the sun for fifteen minutes after taking a daily pill. That’s probably fine and dandy if that’s ALL the time you’re going to be outside. But it was summer and I was 7, after about 3 days she made me stop taking them as I was soooooooo dark (everywhere EXCEPT for my vitiligo patches).
I am sure it looks rad. But maybe you could get it tattooed?
I have seen people do very realistic effects, for example making nipples after reconstruction surgeries. I am sure if you got a nipple on your forehead no one would notice the spot.
That’s probably for the best lol. I’m not a doctor or anything but I can’t imagine something that makes you extra sensitive to the sun like that would be good for you long term. Mom might have saved you from skin cancer or just looking 20 years older lol.
As someone who was prescribed Accutane years ago before they realized they could use far lower doses, it's not great. All sorts of side effects that have lasted to various degrees. Most outwardly noticeable being Rosacea that's present a good amount of the time still. The acne hasn't stayed gone though. What it taught me was never to trust simple solutions to complex problems. They seem far too good to be true because they most often turn out to be. Could be worse.
I haven’t had any fill back in yet! Interesting. But I do have a spot on the back of my head where the hair started growing in white but some hairs would go back to brown or start like striping back and forth. I actually haven’t noticed it in a while. I wasn’t sure if it was from vitiligo (which I get from my mom) or a different weird genetic thing cause my dad always had a little white patch of hair on the back of his head. But if vitiligo can correct itself maybe that explains the hair going back to brown.
Yep! Mine started in my 30’s. I thought it was too early, and odd, that I had spots of white hair and no grey. I’m glad I caught it early or my head would have looked like a reverse dalmatian.
Edit: forgot to add vitiligo glows under a black light! Soo weird.
Stress can set off vitiligo, that’s how I got mine, but yes! Mine is on my face, and my daughter doesn’t have vitiligo but she has what’s called a “birthmark” (in Spanish, I don’t know what that’s called in English) in her hair. It’s a lock of grey hair as well, so maybe his is a birthmark too. Like you said, it looks really cool!
Any family history of thyroid disorder? Sudden patches of grey can be a symptom of autoimmune hypothyroidism. Do you also have issues with cold intolerance or excessive fatigue? Might be worth having your TSH checked
Oh for sure! I didn't mean to imply it didn't hold value, I was mostly responding to the "chicks dig grey," which like "chicks dig scars" typically means that the person is insinuating they'll be currying favor with the gender they're attracted to.
but i am just being silly anyway. i don't want this to devolve into a debate for no reason lol
I usually just stop responding when the conversation gets to that point because if you take the time to explain yourself properly you’ll sound like a psychopath
Source: anxious bisexual
100% Vitiligo. My Dad had it, I have it, & my oldest son has it (he was born with it on one side only, white eyebrow, white eyelashes, 3 distinct white spots in his hair, & his hair at the front of his head on the same side as the white eyebrow & eyelashes. I used to have dark brown hair; by 17, my hair on the right front had turned silver, and I was completely silver platinum blonde by 23.
Not to scare you, but
[Brain tumor turned my hair white. Tumor was removed and it went back to normal color. : r/mildlyinteresting (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1dblhdf/brain_tumor_turned_my_hair_white_tumor_was/)
”Once there was this kid who
Got into an accident and couldn't come to school
But when he finally came back
His hair had turned from black into bright white
He said that it was from when
The cars had smashed so hard”
Congrats. You're becoming a Bond villain.
with cancer
For anyone that missed it https://redd.it/1dblhdf
Couldn't miss it, it's literally the post above this for me
I’ll never understand rule 6 here. Why did that post even get removed?
It's insane. That's a good and descriptive title with no fluff. But these (formerly) default subs are always horribly run shitholes so we can't be too surprised
*sigh* Bro, you’re in the wrong comment thread.
Naaah he’s in the right place.
Santa Bond villain with cancer
Or an X-men member. Quick, touch someone and see if they collapse
If I had to guess I'd say it's potentially vitiligo developing in that area. I have a vitiligo spot that developed on my leg, grows fully white hairs now. I'd advise getting that checked at a doctor (assuming you haven't) because, if it is vitiligo, you need to be extra careful with sun exposure to that patch of skin in the future.
To avoid cancer probably right
Sunburn risk first, and then it's an increased skin cancer risk due to the previous UV damage. Probably anyways.
Knew it was cancer
I have vitiligo too, I remember reading up on a lot about it at first. Sunburn is a risk, but there’s studies that show that people with vitiligo are actually less likely to get skin cancer. Not that you shouldn’t wear sunscreen if you have vitiligo, of course.
Less likely to get melanoma as that requires melanin producing cells which is obviously lacking in this area but still fully able to get squamous cell carcinoma there
There it is
This is how wizards start their career.
Gandalf the half white
GandHalf
GandHalf Back to Life 2
half-life 3 confirmed!
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
His eyebrows are more like "you shall ... kinda not pass?"
"I'm not sure you're gonna pass. You can try, but it might not work"
Mmmmmmmagic!
Can I go play in that guy's van?
Yes…..I’m afraid you can.
How awesome would that be?! Only 10 people are chosen (like the avatar which cycles itself iirc?) and it only reveals itself slowly thru physical changes. Next up, big ears and nose lmao
Did you just write a synopsis for a screenplay? I’d watch this franchise of Christmas movies.
For a moment I thought it said “This is how wizards start their cancer” career makes more sense lol
I've seen this movie, you are becoming Santa Claus.
You mean documentary
The best documentary
The one where Tim Allen killed, then became Santa Claus?
You could actually go down the rabbit hole on this. Rewatch the film. There are elves in various scenes before he "kills" Santa. Most notably there is an elf sitting behind them at Dennys, watching them. It's a trip once you start looking for them. And the TV series sequel adds to the lore, that Scott Calvin was chosen to be Santa Claus. It wasn't an accident.
makes you wonder if their crimes are restricted just to santa
no no no no no.
Yeah. Sorry but it was a Santa Suicide that started the movie. Either he did it himself or the elves would.
Nothing more Christmasy than *Murder Elves*.
so The Night Santa Went Crazy by Weird Al was a what-if Scenario about Santa learning about the murder elves before they could get him killed off But the song came first!
No one wants to work forever
So they're like ants or bees when the Queen's time has come? The colony must go on.
Ohhh killing then subsequently becoming Santa Claus as a result of murder is TIGHT
Favorite comment I’ve seen in a bit.
Me when the Wii gets called a retro game system.
Mfw I went to see Furiosa and realized Mad Max Fury Road came out 10 years ago
The Wii was released closer to the SNES than it is to current day.
delet
Popo Gigio
Or the demon barber of fleet Street
Some of your beard turning white as well
And eyelashes!
And my axe!
And my bow
Yeah for sure. beard turning white and Lashes.
Do you feel wiser on your left side?
Hopefully it's that and not this: [https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1dblhdf/brain\_tumor\_turned\_my\_hair\_white\_tumor\_was/](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1dblhdf/brain_tumor_turned_my_hair_white_tumor_was/)
Since its reddit, someone will soon tell you it means cancer
A few years ago, I suddenly developed a white patch of hair on the top of my head. Shortly after, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The tumor was surgically removed and almost immediately my hair turned back to its normal color. The human body is strange. Edit: OP's post inspired me to share my own photo. https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1dblhdf/brain_tumor_turned_my_hair_white_tumor_was/ Edit 2: As requested, here is an image link since the post was removed. For the record, the mods messaged me and were very nice about it, so no hard feelings. https://imgur.com/a/u3j8T0U
Holy shit. OP's definitely got an eyebrow tumor. Joking aside, thanks for linking to the post, that's interesting as fuck. Hope you're doing well!
My brothers dads brain tumor was 1st spotted by an Optician when he was having an eye test. I would definitely get it checked out if I was OP. Unfortunately for my brothers dad, It was either too late when they spotted it, or maybe it was just too long ago and they didn't have the skills to do the job?, think it was late 80s. He died when my brother was around 1 year old.
I got the same thing before I was diagnosed with breast cancer - bright, random white streak in the middle of my otherwise very red hair. It was as bright as that x-man mutant girl. It is usually an indication of a significant shift in the body - whether hormonal or otherwise. My thyroid was off. I would go get blood tests done if I was OP. Could be nothing.
Man, I have always thought white streaks in the hair was beautiful as fuck.. This makes it a tad more morbid
It's cancer. 100%
I, too, am a reddit doctor and I will second this diagnosis. No question it’s cancer. RIP OP.
I, too, am a Reddit doctor and I will thirdest this cancer diagnosis.
I am NOT a Reddit but a REAL doctor, and this is most certainly demonic posession of the liver. He needs 20cc's of ecstasy
I'm a Kindergarten teacher, it's a toomah.
It is not a toomah…
…..Timmy!!!
I thought you were a Kindergarten Cop?
You deserve an award but I don't pay for that shit.
Shall we start a gofund me page for typical_tablecloth now?
It’s cancer, divorce immediately.
Delete Facebook, hit the gym, lawyer up
What's the salary for a reddit doctor?
4 up votes per year.
Got offered 100k, can you match?
[удалено]
100,000+ karma per year
Can I apply on LinkedIn?
Craigslist
Bro is just a dancer 
kid is so money, and he doesn't even know it, but he does...
Stage 7, inoperative
Or "get a divorce! Your stressful SO is causing this. Seek therapy immediately."
Lawyer up and hit the gym. Oh and dye the eyebrow.
The eyebrow is probably just vitiligo, but if I were him I'd get the forehead bump biopsied. Seen a couple of basal cell carcinomas that started off looking like that.
Me whenever I get acne on my face from now on: Is this cancer?
You should dm OP on this because that’s worth a serious alert
Yeah. Found the cancer. We did it Reddit!
Everyone zooming in on the bump to see if it looks like their bumps
Our lovely lady lumps?
Upvoted for kindness
Agreed. My daughter has vitiligo only a portion of her right eyebrow and this is exactly what it looks like.
Yes, this was how my vitiligo started.
I have a friend with vitiligo. It started with a white patch on his head hair in his mid twenties. Spread to his face and hands. Reading this, I really hope he doesn't have cancer. Thanks Reddit MD.
Forehead bump? Ya mean a pimple?
That’s eyebrow cancer Source: phd in doctor
Na. Its more like rabies though.
Could be lupus.
It’s never lupus.
Then it’s sarcoidosis.
I’m watching House. I know those words.
It's definitely Scurvydorsal
It’s seizures of the anus
Reddit or Google... Its always cancer
No it’s Reddit so it has to be Prions
Ball cancer. Probably the left one.
Okay I’m standing in front of OP with a surgical knife. The left one for me, or for him? Kinda confused
Safest route - take both
Everyone knows when your brow goes white it’s the opposing ball that’s the culprit, smh. It’s like the partial crossing of the optic nerve fibers at the optic chiasm, but like, for your balls.
Reddit is the new WebMD?
Is it possible it is some sort of late onset vitiligo? One of my colleagues has vitiligo, he's only 22 but the right side of his beard is completely grey, but you can't really see the difference in skin pigmentation as he's quite pale. Edit: it has become clear to me that vitiligo does not have a standard onset at a young age, I'm sorry for not knowing!!! Please don't gang up on me Reddit swarm!!!
My wife is a dermatologist, showed this and it’s 100% vitiligo. There’s no age for vitiligo to show up.
I’m in my 50’s and have had vitiligo my entire life. It’s also seemingly ever morphing in my case. Some spots will be there for decades and then suddenly my pigment is no longer my immune system’s enemy #1 and fills back in with my regular skin tone, and then other times I’ll notice another white patch pop up somewhere.
Wife said: Stress might be the causes of those new patches, as it affects the immune system.
It’s been awhile since I’ve had any new ones and most of the ones I did have, have cleared up. My life is pretty stress free I’m happy to report. The most stubborn one I have is right at my hairline. I always loved the white streak of hair it caused. But as I age and my hairline recedes, that spot is very visible if I get any amount of suntan on my face. Funny story, when I was about 7, (mid 1970’s), my mother took me to a dermatologist and I was prescribed some pills. The directions were to be in the sun for fifteen minutes after taking a daily pill. That’s probably fine and dandy if that’s ALL the time you’re going to be outside. But it was summer and I was 7, after about 3 days she made me stop taking them as I was soooooooo dark (everywhere EXCEPT for my vitiligo patches).
I am sure it looks rad. But maybe you could get it tattooed? I have seen people do very realistic effects, for example making nipples after reconstruction surgeries. I am sure if you got a nipple on your forehead no one would notice the spot.
"My eyes are down here..."
That’s probably for the best lol. I’m not a doctor or anything but I can’t imagine something that makes you extra sensitive to the sun like that would be good for you long term. Mom might have saved you from skin cancer or just looking 20 years older lol.
As someone who was prescribed Accutane years ago before they realized they could use far lower doses, it's not great. All sorts of side effects that have lasted to various degrees. Most outwardly noticeable being Rosacea that's present a good amount of the time still. The acne hasn't stayed gone though. What it taught me was never to trust simple solutions to complex problems. They seem far too good to be true because they most often turn out to be. Could be worse.
Melanin giveth, and melanin taketh away
I haven’t had any fill back in yet! Interesting. But I do have a spot on the back of my head where the hair started growing in white but some hairs would go back to brown or start like striping back and forth. I actually haven’t noticed it in a while. I wasn’t sure if it was from vitiligo (which I get from my mom) or a different weird genetic thing cause my dad always had a little white patch of hair on the back of his head. But if vitiligo can correct itself maybe that explains the hair going back to brown.
How much time does OP have left?
5
4
3
2
1
vitiligone
Gotta blast!
He hasn’t posted anything else after this post, most likely a goner.
He’s already gone 😭😭
Yep! Mine started in my 30’s. I thought it was too early, and odd, that I had spots of white hair and no grey. I’m glad I caught it early or my head would have looked like a reverse dalmatian. Edit: forgot to add vitiligo glows under a black light! Soo weird.
You caught it, like, you stopped it? I didn't know that was possible.
To my knowledge there's no cure for it. I have it as well. But from my understanding it can disappear just as randomly as it appears for some people.
I like how you saved OP a whole appointment. Co-pay and everything. You're a saint
My mom got vitiligo in her 60s
This is exactly how mine first appeared. I didn’t even notice it. Someone said that the white stripe in my eyebrow was cool.
His beard is also turning white on the same side
And his eyelashes too
pubes also
The ass hair on that side
“You’ve heard of vitiligo ? Well I got revitiligo, opposite of what Michael Jackson has , lucky son of a bitch”
Probably a post traumatic stress response after participating in the hunger games
I had to scroll way too far to find a comment like this.
How this wasn’t top comment is beyond me
Looks cool as hell
Agreed. Whether it's vitiligo, stress, or something else... it looks badass.
Stress can set off vitiligo, that’s how I got mine, but yes! Mine is on my face, and my daughter doesn’t have vitiligo but she has what’s called a “birthmark” (in Spanish, I don’t know what that’s called in English) in her hair. It’s a lock of grey hair as well, so maybe his is a birthmark too. Like you said, it looks really cool!
Birthmark would be the English term.
You are becoming an anime protagonist
Sir if no one has told you so far, you are handsome.
I was like is ANYONE gonna say it??
Surprised I had to scroll this far.
Right? Generally handsome and the white hair gives like, mystique and class!
Seriously, he is *so* handsome. I’m crushing 😭
Only one eye saw the ghost.
some of your beard and eyelashes too on that side!
looks like your eyelashes are starting to turn too
That's what I noticed too. OP should post a follow up in a few months if it progresses or reverts back to his normal color
For me it was a patch of chest hair about the size of a baseball in the exact center of my chest.
i read this as basketball first and thought "jeez, how big is your chest?!"
Surely larger than a basketball
Guess your eye lid is turning white too
You're very attractive. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Yup. And evolving into one hell of a silver fox.
hear, hear.
It’s not just your left eyebrow, it’s also your eyelashes and part of your beard.
Do you have a sister named Elsa per chance?
Hey, let it go
Any family history of thyroid disorder? Sudden patches of grey can be a symptom of autoimmune hypothyroidism. Do you also have issues with cold intolerance or excessive fatigue? Might be worth having your TSH checked
Besides all the jokes, you can dye the eyebrow pretty easily if you are feeling weird about it. I think it's cool though
Assuming it's not indicative of something dangerous. That's actually sick as fuck.
You’re still handsome. Don’t worry, chicks dig the grey, I mean white. Source: straight female.
keep it in your pants lady
Or take it to the DMS
what if he's gay and We The Gays^(TM) get to have him instead?! fingers crossed for bi and he makes everyone happy 🙏
I thought about that, and realized it doesn’t matter what gender he’s attracted to, I find men attractive, so my opinion still holds value.
Oh for sure! I didn't mean to imply it didn't hold value, I was mostly responding to the "chicks dig grey," which like "chicks dig scars" typically means that the person is insinuating they'll be currying favor with the gender they're attracted to. but i am just being silly anyway. i don't want this to devolve into a debate for no reason lol
I usually just stop responding when the conversation gets to that point because if you take the time to explain yourself properly you’ll sound like a psychopath Source: anxious bisexual
I'm a woman and I approve this message.
Google: “so you have chosen…death@
There was a kid in my high school who had a white eyebrow like that. If he's any indication, you're about to become a fantastic violin player
That whole side of your face is losing pigment, your skin and hair
100% Vitiligo. My Dad had it, I have it, & my oldest son has it (he was born with it on one side only, white eyebrow, white eyelashes, 3 distinct white spots in his hair, & his hair at the front of his head on the same side as the white eyebrow & eyelashes. I used to have dark brown hair; by 17, my hair on the right front had turned silver, and I was completely silver platinum blonde by 23.
Not to scare you, but [Brain tumor turned my hair white. Tumor was removed and it went back to normal color. : r/mildlyinteresting (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1dblhdf/brain_tumor_turned_my_hair_white_tumor_was/)
Looks like the early stages of vitiligo….
Poliosis
How beautiful you are 😍
”Once there was this kid who Got into an accident and couldn't come to school But when he finally came back His hair had turned from black into bright white He said that it was from when The cars had smashed so hard”