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Cherry angioma, also called cherry hemangioma [1] or Campbell de Morgan Spot, [2] is a small bright red dome-shaped bump on the skin. [3] It ranges between 0.5 – 6 mm in diameter and usually several are present, typically on the chest and arms, and increasing in number with age. [3] [4] If scratched, they may bleed. [5]
A mole can be either subdermal (under the skin) or a pigmented growth on the skin, formed mostly of a type of cell known as a melanocyte. The high concentration of the body's pigmenting agent, melanin, is responsible for their dark color. Moles are a member of the family of skin lesions known as nevi (singular "nevus"), occurring commonly in ...
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Kurtz has many risk factors for melanoma, including fair skin and red hair, many moles on her body, a family history of the skin cancer and lots of ultraviolet light exposure. She loves being ...
The body uses UV light to generate vitamin D so there is a need to balance getting enough sunlight to maintain healthy vitamin D levels and reducing the risk of melanoma; it takes around a half-hour of sunlight for the body to generate its vitamin D for the day and this is about the same amount of time it takes for fair-skinned people to get a ...
For example, Eilian's cancerous mole was much darker than the other moles on her body, she notes. Melanomas are more common in “very fair-skinned people,” who have red or blond hair, or blue ...
Moles of this type may also be located elsewhere on the body, and may also be considered beauty marks if located on the face, shoulder, neck or breast. Artificial beauty marks have been fashionable in some periods.
Mom of 3 Says 'Pulled Muscle' Was First Sign of Stage 4 Melanoma, Adds She Never Had a 'Dodgy Mole' or Lesion on Her Skin Cara Lynn Shultz November 11, 2024 at 2:00 PM