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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

What Is A Skin Mole

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Moles, and Other Common Precancerous Skin Lesions

By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD Health Expert
Hi everyone. Today, I want to discuss "precancerous" skin lesions as these are commonly diagnosed and treated. I hope that this helps explain what these lesions are and why it is important to have them treated.

The most common "precancerous" skin lesion is an "actinic keratosis", which is a sun-damaged area of skin that usually appears as a red and scaly patch of skin. Because it is caused by sunlight, the most common location for actinic keratoses is the face, ears, scalp, arms, upper back, and ... Read more »

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What is Ocular Melanoma?
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert

...can lead to death without there ever being a strange mole on the skin. Although dermatologists... Read more »

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Pregnant Women, Kids and Skin Cancer
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert

...everyone.  Today I want to talk about new or changing moles in kids and pregnant women as these... Read more »

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Basal Cell Carcinoma is not and will never be Melanoma
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert

..."melanocytic nevus", also known more commonly as a "mole." If the melanocytes of the mole are... Read more »

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How Did This Skin Cancer Form?
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert

...easily or because they were born with a "damaged" mole (meaning that even at birth the mole has... Read more »

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Free Skin Cancer Screening in May, Skin Cancer Awareness Month
By Sue Chung , Health Expert

...look for the ABCDs:  Asymmetry—one half of the mole looks different than the other Border... Read more »

Health Guide

Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: Introduction
...clusters that appear on the surface as small, dark, flat, or dome-shaped spots, which are usually harmless moles or liver spots.When cell proliferation occurs in a controlled and contained manner,... Read more »
Birthmarks: pigmented
Nevus sebaceous; Hairy nevus; Nevi; Mole; Cafe-au-lait spots; Congenital nevus Symptoms Skin, abnormally dark or light ... Read more »
Birthmarks: pigmented
Nevus sebaceous; Hairy nevus; Nevi; Mole; Cafe-au-lait spots; Congenital nevus Treatment Treatment varies depending on the type of birthmark and... Read more »
Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: Risk Factors
...immune system deficiencies can also cause melanoma. People at high risk include those with multiple moles, large moles or atypical moles.Age and GenderMelanoma in Adults. Melanoma is most common... Read more »
Birthmarks: pigmented
Nevus sebaceous; Hairy nevus; Nevi; Mole; Cafe-au-lait spots; Congenital nevus Prevention There is no known way to prevent birthmarks. It may be... Read more »

Medications

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...METHOCARBAMOL - ORAL Pronounced: (meth-oh-KAR-ba-mole) Side Effects Stomach upset, nausea,... Read more »

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...grounds change in the appearance or size of skin moles/lesions changes in skin color loss... Read more »

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...grounds change in the appearance or size of skin moles/lesions changes in skin color loss... Read more »

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...unusual skin changes, change in the appearance/size of moles, unusual growths/lumps, swollen... Read more »

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