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Help Please: What are these Brown Spots on Skin?
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Hey There! I definitely would see a Dermatologist. These could be as simple as lovely age spots called "seborrheic keratosis" or "actinic keratosis" from sun exposure. Have you been out in the sun a lot or tanned a lot over the years? I have gotten more of both of these with age, especially on my arms. I have had skin cancer as well that looked like absolutely nothing, but was basal cell carcinoma, due to my sun exposure. Please get these checked.
If mine (keratosis) itch or become irritated, my Dermatologist removes them with liquid nitrogen (Cryotherapy). It burns like the dickens for a few minutes, but, heals nicely and I've had no scarring from removal.
One of your spots appears to be asymetric and I would definitely get that checked.
Blessings & Prayers.....
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SAME…ALL OF THE ABOVE! I had a friend suggest I have a “beauty mark” looked at…had been there for years…SURE ENOUGH!!! CARCINOMA! Went through MOHS 2x to get all affected layers…not a big deal. Now I see my Dermatologist every 6mos and she burns off anything that even looks ugly for me!!!
I Love Her!!! She’s absolutely the best and Thank God for Her Daily!
Sending Luv & Prayers!!!🤞🍀🙏🏻☮️
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I have fair Irish skin and had a lot of sunburns as a youngster when our idea of sunscreen was baby oil with iodine in it to make you look tan.
All that said as a preamble to the bill coming due for that now. I have a ton of keratosis, and a couple of spots that were pre-cancerous. A lot of the keratosis can be frozen and it is still not normal afterwards but after healing is reddish like a sunburn and then a light color afterwards.