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i have the same thing. mottling which i basically ignored, chalking it up to the price of using a heating pad.
but now i'm seeing it is not so innocuous. it's called Erythema ab igne, & as indicated on wikipedia & other more authoritative sites, there is actually a small chance it could lead to cancer. read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythema_ab_igne
i had no idea. thanks for posting about this. i learned something really valuable today. i don't know how i'm going to handle the pain without my heating pad, but i want to see if i can get the marks to fade & then use the pad just when the pain is really bad.