Description: Most skin growths are not cancerous, but all growths should all be closely watched so that you are aware of changes that could be signs of cancer developing.

How Do I Know If My Skin Growths Are Cancer?
How Do I Tell the Difference Between Harmless and Harmful Skin Growths?

Inset: Moles can darken harmlessly during puberty and pregnancy.
Inset: Keloids are excessive scar tissue growths over healed wounds.

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Layers of skin
A normal wart
Seborrheic Keratosis
Skin tags
Cherry Angioma
Tea Tree Oil
A normal mole
Melanoma
Lentigines
Dermatofibroma
ABCDE Changes
Cutaneous horn
Plantar Warts
Actinic Keratoses

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A mole on the back of the leg of a male is often benign; however, a mole in the same place on a female is more often malignant.

Both sexes can have benign dermatofibromas on their arms or legs although women tend to have more than men do. Dermatofibromas are usually small and firm but are tender when touched. They are usually red or brown. Shaving will make dermatofibromas bleed if scraped.

Red Skin Growths

If you have a skin growth that changes color to red, then you need to watch it closely. It may be early skin cancer.

Cherry angiomas are small red growths that appear anywhere on your body. They are not moles, they don’t bleed, and they are rarely malignant. If a group of angiomas suddenly appears, or if one starts to bleed or becomes painful, then consult a dermatologist as they may have become cancerous.

Skin Growths on Neck

While it’s possible to have a mole or angioma on your neck, most skin growths on your neck are skin tags. Skin tags are little hanging flaps of flesh-colored tissue. They aren’t painful unless irritated by something rubbing against them. They are benign.

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Like growths anywhere else on your body, those on your back are generally benign. However, there is always that small percentage that are cancerous. Because it’s hard to self-monitor anything on your back, changes can escalate to dangerous degrees before you’re even aware they’ve begun.

Skin Growths on Face

Faces are continually exposed to anything that’s airborne, as well as weather. Faces are also victims of skin care products, cosmetics, and daily irritants such as close shaving. It all leaves your face vulnerable to several kinds of skin growths, especially those caused by or aggravated by sunlight. Using a sun block is helpful, but it’s far better to shield your face from the sun and other UV rays. Stay in the shade when you can and wear a large-brimmed hat when you can’t.

Old Age Skin Growths

As your skin ages, you’ll discover flat brown spots appearing here and there. The common names are old age spots and liver spots. Physicians refer to them as lentigines. Lentigines are generally harmless. It’s always a good idea to have lentigines examined by a dermatologist periodically. Sometimes early melanoma masquerades as a benign lentigo.

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