Is a skin condition in which hard crusty lumps form on the skin that itches intensely. PN may itch constantly, mostly at night, or only when a light brush of clothing sets off a round of severe itch. For many,itching only ends when the PN is scratched to the point of bleeding or pain.

A PN sore is hard, and the top is dry and rough and often scratched open. Old white scars are often found nearby from old sores. They tend to be in the areas most easily reached: arms, shoulders and legs. There may be just a few or dozens.

Are small, benignbenign skin growths that usually occur after midlife and have a short narrow stalk connecting it to the surface of the skin. Tags are usually painless and do not grow or change; however they may be irritated from rubbing by clothing or other materials. Some individuals may be more prone to skin tags because of being overweight, due to heredity or sometimes for unknown reasons. People with diabetes and pregnant women tend to be more prone to skin tags.

Skin tags form primarily in areas where the skin forms creases, such as the neck, armpit, and groin. They may also occur on the face, usually on the eyelids.

Because tags are benign; treatment is unnecessary unless the tags become frequently irritated or present a cosmetic concern. Removal is performed by cauterization, cryosurgery, surgical ligation or excision.

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(Sebaceous Cysts) is a closed sac or cyst below the surface of the skin that has a lining and fills with a fatty white, semi-solid material called keratin, a protein component found in hair, nails, and skin.

Are tiny white bumps or small cysts on the skin. Milia occur when dead skin becomes trapped in small pockets at the surface of the skin. They are usually found around the nose and eyes, and sometimes on the genitalia, often mistaken by those affected as warts or other STDs. Milia can also be confused with stubborn whiteheads.
In children milia often disappear within two to four weeks. In adults they may require removal by a physician.

Is bluish in color and extrudes a clear, thick material when punctured. They most commonly occur on the terminal digits of the fingers or the skin overlying the base of the fingernail and may interfere with nail growth causing a nail groove to develop. Rarely, they develop on the toes. These lesions are not true cysts, but represent a degenerative process of the skin in which the sticky, jelly-like substance accumulates. Most are not painful, but tenderness may develop if the cyst is traumatized. Treatment includes surgical removal and/or cortisone injections.

Are benign tumors composed of fatty tissue that are soft to the touch, usually movable, and are generally painless. Many are small (under one centimeter diameter) but can grow to sizes greater than six centimeters. Lipomas are commonly found in adults from 40 to 60 years of age and can also be found in children.

Most often, Lipomas can be found on the torso, neck, upper thighs, upper arms, and armpits. They can occur almost anywhere in the body and in multiple areas at once. Treatment generally is not necessary, however if the lipoma is painful, growing, or in a location that is bothersome to you, you may opt to have it removed.

Are benign sweat duct tumors , typically found clustered on eyelids, although they may also be found in the armpits, umbilicus or vulva.They are skin colored or yellowish, firm rounded bumps, 1-3 mm in diameter, and may be confused with xanthelasma. There may be only one or a few lesions in a localized area, or numerous lesions covering a wide area.

Are skin-colored lesions that can occur mostly on the face and neck. These tumors represent the body's attempt to form hair follicles and shafts. In some people, they can become quite numerous and large, and while benign they may resemble basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer.The tendency to develop multiple trichoepitheliomas is inherited and the condition is more common in females.

Are cherry red papules on the skin that are made up of clusters of tiny capillaries at the surface of the skin, forming a small round dome papule, which may be flat topped. They range in color from bright red to purple. When they first develop, they may be only a tenth of a millimeter in diameter and almost flat, appearing as small red dots. However, they then usually grow to about one or two millimeters across, and sometimes to a centimeter or more in diameter. As they grow larger, they tend to expand in thickness, and may take on the raised and rounded shape of a dome. Multiple adjoining angiomas are said to form a polypoid angioma. Because the blood vessels comprising an angioma are so close to the skin's surface, cherry angiomas may bleed profusely if they are injured.

Cherry angiomas appear spontaneously in many people in middle age but can also, although less common, occur in young people. They can also occur in an aggressive eruptive manner in any age.

Also known as “Seborrheic verruca”, are common skin growths. These benign (non-cancerous) growths can occur almost anywhere on the skin. Some people get just one while others develop many.They appear in various colors, from light tan to black. They are round or oval, feel flat or slightly elevated and range in size from very small to very large. They can resemble warts, though they have no viral origins. They can also resemble melanoma skin cancer, though they are unrelated to melanoma as well, because only the top layers of the epidermis are involved.

Are caused by a viral infection in the top layer of skin. They are non-cancerous epidermal growths most often occurring on the hands and feet of an infected person.

While common warts appear on the hands and feet, there are many types of warts that can appear all over the human body. Warts that occur on the face are known as filiform warts. Genital warts are found on and around male and female genitals. Plantar warts are located on the bottom and sides of the feet. Warts that are found on areas commonly shaved, such as the face and legs, are known as flat warts. There are also warts that infect the skin under and around fingernails and toenails called periungal warts.

Warts can occur at any age but are most common in children, young adults and people with immune system deficiencies.

Is a premalignant condition of thick, scaly, or crusty patches of skin. It is more common in fair-skinned people. It is associated with those who are frequently exposed to the sun, as it is usually accompanied by solar damage. Since some of these pre-cancers progress to squamous cell carcinoma, they should be treated. Untreated lesions have up to twenty percent risk of progression to squamous cell carcinoma.

An actinic keratosis site commonly ranges between 2 and 6 millimeters in size, and can be dark or light, tan, pink, red, a combination of all these, or have the same pigment as the surrounding skin. It may appear on any sun-exposed area, such as the face, ears, neck, scalp, chest, backs of hands, forearms, or lips.

Is the most common form of skin cancer, affecting approximately two million Americans each year. More than one out of every three new cancers are skin cancers, and the vast majority are basal cell carcinomas. These cancers arise in the basal cells, which line the deepest layer of the epidermis. It rarely metastasizes or kills, but it is still considered malignant because it can cause significant destruction and disfigurement by invading surrounding tissues.

Arises in the squamous cells that make up most of the skin’s upper layers (epidermis). Squamous cell carcinomas may occur on all areas of the body including the mucous membranes and genitals, but are most common in areas frequently exposed to the sun. More than 250,000 new cases of squamous cell carcinoma are diagnosed every year. That makes it the second most common skin cancer, after basal cell carcinoma.