Symptoms of SKIN LESIONS, BENIGN

There are a number of benign skin lesions. Skin tags are soft, flesh-colored buds, often on stalks, found on the neck, armpits or groin. They tend to develop with advancing age. Moles can be flat or raised lesions with clearly defined borders. They may be black, blue, red, yellow or brown. Enlargement of a mole or changes in the color of a mole may signify the development of a cancer and should be immediately evaluated by a physician. Cherry spots are pinhead-sized, bright-red lesions on the chest or back. Strawberry marks are bright-red raised areas in infants that grow until they are removed. Keloids are irregular, thickened areas of skin that usually begin at the site of a scar and gradually increase in size. Dermatofibroma produces rounded nodules, usually brownish and usually on the legs. Freckles are localized areas of increased skin pigmentation. They are flat, brownish spots of pinhead-size or larger. They do not increase in size or change color.