Pigment stains on the skin that are new or that change in some way can be skin cancer. But there are also many pigmented changes that are benign and that are more common the older you get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benign skin changes<\/strong> do not turn into cancer, but can be mistaken for skin cancer diseases.\u00a0A benign skin change can be removed with, for example, laser or freezing treatment.\u00a0You usually have to pay that for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seborrheic keratosis is an elevated change with an oily or dry and scaly surface.\u00a0The color can be anything from white to brownish-black but is usually light brown, brown or grayish black.\u00a0Most often you get age warts on the face and chest and back.\u00a0Seborrheic keratosis is also called age or dandruff.\u00a0Warts can be confused with any of the skin cancer\u00a0diseases malignant melanoma,\u00a0squamous\u00a0cell\u00a0or\u00a0basal cell cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dermatofibroma is also called histiocytoma or connective tissue.\u00a0It is a hard, brownish-red or brown knot that is usually light in the middle and darker all around.\u00a0The knot is pulled inwards as you pinch it.\u00a0The knot usually sits on the legs or arms.\u00a0It can be confused with skin cancer disease malignant melanoma.\u00a0The connective tissue node is removed if the diagnosis is uncertain or if the node causes discomfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lentigo Solaris\u00a0have defined pigment spots that are also called sunspots and sometimes age spots.\u00a0On light skin, the spots are beige to medium brown.\u00a0Stains cannot be seen on dark skin.\u00a0Foremost are the spots on the top of the hand and on the face.\u00a0The pigmentation is caused by the sun’s ultraviolet radiation.\u00a0Sunspots can be confused with skin cancer disease malignant melanoma.\u00a0Also read more about\u00a0birthmarks or liver spots, which all adults have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact a\u00a0health care provider\u00a0if you are unsure whether a skin change is benign or not.\u00a0Wait until it becomes every day if it’s a weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pigment stains on the skin that are new or that change in some way can be skin cancer. But there are also many pigmented changes that are benign and that are more common the older you get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,656,585],"tags":[696,704,694,703,699,697],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-birthmarks-and-skin-changes","category-skin-hair-and-nails","tag-benign","tag-benign-skin","tag-benign-skin-changes","tag-benign-skin-tumors","tag-changes","tag-skin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Seborrheic keratosis – age blackness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Dermatofibroma – connective tissue node<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lentigo Solaris – sunspots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n