There are many skin related diseases, growths and injuries that are very common and found in both males and females equally worldwide. These skin growths may be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Some of the most common skin lesions include moles, skin tags, freckles, eczema, Psoriasis, non-cancerous lentigines, and seborrheic keratoses.
Moles on your Skin
Skin is the outer layer of our body which makes a person beautiful and defines one’s personality. Extra growth, injuries, scars, acne and disease make your skin dull and unhealthy and lessen one’s confidence also. After consulting an experienced dermatologist, a person may treat different skin diseases. They feel different in their personality and also face the world confidently.
Moles are medically termed as Nevus (Nevi) which can appear anywhere on the skin, either alone or in groups. Most of the nevi appear in early childhood or the later stages of the 30s. It is normal to have moles around 10-40 by adulthood. Nevi may change its color and become darker as the years pass. It has been seen that hair may grow on the nevi while other nevi may disappear with time.
What Causes a Mole?
Moles usually occur when melanocytes cells grow in a group and make the pigment that gives skin its natural color. Nevus becomes darken after exposure to the sun, during pregnancy and the teen years.
Types
There are many types of moles which have been described as follows:
Congenital Nevi
It appears at the time of the birth. It usually occurs in about one in 100 people. These nevi are likely to develop into cancer.
A nevus must be checked thoroughly if it has a large diameter more than a pencil eraser.
Dysplastic nevi
These are the moles that are larger in size than the average nevi and found in irregular shapes. They are found in uneven color like dark brown, black and light brown with rough edges. People with this kind of nevi are prone to developing melanoma disease, a serious form of skin cancer. Any changes in this mole may be checked by a skin specialist to examine whether it is skin cancer or not.
How do you know if a mole is cancer?
Moles are the extra growth on the skin which not dangerous. If a mole looks different in color than the normal existing mole, then it should be concerned medically. It should be examined thoroughly if you notice changes in color, height, size, or shape. You must consult a dermatologist or a skin specialist to evaluate it. You must check if nevi bleed, itch, ooze or become painful.
Summary
Moles are extra growth on the skin which may be checked thoroughly if it changes color, size and shape as the time passes. These skin growths are generally non-dangerous, but sometimes look ugly, so people want to remove it from their skin to make their outer skin smooth and beautiful.
Pradeep is an expert commentator, allied with health related services for many years. His valuable insights and deep understating for health care services have helped people in a number of ways. His research based article on Moles .
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Different types of moles on your skin
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