Is this scale rot?

[Hillsberry]

Originally Posted by marvelfreak

I wonder if she could have burnt herself on it. Where it go across the black it looks burnt. Plus swelling from a burn could raise the scales making them look white. I am not 100% but that would be my guess. Try pushing on it lightly (the white) and see if it seems like fluid under it.

I push, and squeezed it and nothing came out. No swelling to the touch. The only thing that is different about it is the coloration.