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Seborrheic keratosis
A condition that results in common harmless growths that can appear anywhere on the skin, primarily in older adults.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Preteen 6-13 | Rare | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | |||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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A 43-year old asked:
What is seborrheic keratosis?
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What exactly is seborrheic keratosis?
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A 39-year old asked:
How do you remove seborrheic keratosis?
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A 46-year old asked:
What's another name for seborrheic keratosis?
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A 42-year old asked:
What can be done for severe seborrheic keratosis?
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A 37-year old asked:
What are some ways to remove seborrheic keratosis?
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A 32-year old asked:
I have seborrheic keratosis, can I scrape them off?
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A 29-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: seborrheic keratosis?
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A 41-year old male asked:
Can a seborrheic keratosis slowly grow over a number of years?
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A 47-year old asked:
What are seborrheic keratosis? why do people get them? Can they be stopped?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Does it take a few months for multiple seborrheic keratosis lesions to appear?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Whats seborrheic keratosis? Is it normal for 24y/o get one? 2 different drs. Diagnosed it. Should i be worried? Are other medical problems associated?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Does a seborrheic keratosis require a biopsy?
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A 38-year old asked:
I have itching, could this be caused by seborrheic keratosis?
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A 63-year old female asked:
Home remedy to remove seborrheic keratosis.
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A 42-year old asked:
Can you use sea salt on seborrheic keratosis?
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A 48-year old asked:
Should a person use sea salt on seborrheic keratosis?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Can seborrheic keratosis appear as a tiny black, slighty raised dot? I have one, which I've scratch a tinier black dot off & it grew back twice.
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A 35-year old female asked:
Seborrheic keratosis: should I be worried if it starts to flake or peel off? What can I do to stop it? Do i need go dr? It's not itchy or irritating.
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A 42-year old female asked:
Can a seborrheic keratosis be on the breast?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Can you get a seborrheic keratosis near your heel?
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A 34-year old asked:
How can I get rid of seborrheic keratosis / skin barnacles?
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A 27-year old female asked:
My dad has a 5mm light brown warty looking thing on his arm that appeared seemingly overnight. He's 57. Hasn't grown since. Seborrheic keratosis?
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A 63-year old male asked:
Is a seborrheic keratosis that is focally pigmented & inflamed with an unusual nevus much worse than one that is not focally pigmented and inflamed?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Was told I have seborrheic keratosis on shaft. How do you treat or cure this issue? Is it rare to have this on the penis? Dermatologist want to freeze
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A 39-year old asked:
Help! very scared about seborrheic keratosis/mole removal. What do I need to know?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Doc said I have a seborrheic keratosis on my back.Sending me to derm in 3 wks.I now have itching/tingly below & to left of the sk.Is this related?
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A 39-year old male asked:
I had a seborrheic keratosis removed from my skin using liquid nitrogen. It was removed successfully, but the skin in that area is still numb to the touch. Is this normal?
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A 23-year old female asked:
My boyfriend did a biopsy and was diagnosed seborrheic keratosis instead of HPV wart which was a good news but is it still dangerous for me?
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A 63-year old male asked:
Is seborrheic keratosis that is focally pigmented and inflamed more like a regular seborrheic keratosis or does it possess features more consistent with melanoma? Pigmented keratinocytes Monomorphous basaloid cells?
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