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I have a brown rough scaley place on my skin it started out small after 2 years it's the size of a dime could it be skin c?

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Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

See below: Round, rough, uniformly brown, scaly/waxy spots on the skin increase with age; they're called seborrheic keratoses & are benign. If your lesion has mixed colors, irregular shape, indistinct margins, bleeds, or is elevated, by all means it should be examined by pcp or dermatologist. If any doubt about lesion, see doc.

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Answered 3/26/2019

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