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Skin growths
Skin growths include warts, moles, skin tags, tumors, or anything extra on top of the skin. Depending on the diagnosis is how to treat it.
Dr. Sheila Calderon reviewed this
43 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: skin growths?
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A 28-year old male asked:
I have painless skin growth/ extension on the inside of both my cheeks, should I be worried about this?
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A 22-year old female asked:
This past years there is an excess skin growth in my butt. What should I do ? Before it is small but now it become big.
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A 37-year old asked:
What can aid skin growth and repair?
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A 38-year old asked:
What's the difference between cancerous and normal skin growth?
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A female asked:
Does dermabrasion result in new skin growth? Will dermabrasion make me grow new skin, and if so, how will it be better than the skin that is there now?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Is a small skin growth in the groin area cause for concern?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can freezing be used to remove aks and skin growths as well as warts?
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A 37-year old asked:
What foods will enhance and accelarate skin growth/repair after surgery?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I have an extra piece of skin growth near my anus in one spot what could it be ?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have some form of under skin growth on my elbow, been there for years now but of late it has become ainful. What type of Dr should i see?
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A member asked:
I cut on the ring of my anus while shaving. It is itchy and has formed some skin growth feels lumpy. What should I do? Keep moist or dry to heal?
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A 31-year old asked:
What cream helps promote healthy skin growth on a cut that needs to heal?
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A 37-year old asked:
A small skin growth resembling a pimple on my back? Been there too long to be a pimple, I think.
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A 34-year old asked:
Is there a particular condition that causes excessive skin growth under the fingernails and the fingertips?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I have some skin growth around my vaginal area. I had a barthlonian cyst around a year ago and its like the skin was stretched out or something. ?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can taking too many vitamins cause abnormal skin growths, skin tags, or things like that?
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A 35-year old asked:
How do you get rid of a skin growth on the chest that is sticking out and growing? Just cut it off?
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A 39-year old asked:
Why do I have a new skin growth that is itchy and hurts with a red ring around it? Could it be a cancer?
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A 40-year old asked:
I feel a extra skin growth protruding in my anus. Can anyone tell me what it is? Could it be a hemorrhoid?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Can anal fissures cause extra skin growths around anal area i've had anal fissure problems before this is the first time i noticed skin growths ?
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A 18-year old asked:
My rectum began to itch then bleed when defecate. And skin growth at top and bottom of anus opening?
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A 22-year old female asked:
After laser hair removal developed what look like tiny skin growths that haven't gone away after 3 months, what can they be?
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A 21-year old asked:
I have a small skin growth in my pubic mound that I've had for as long as I can remember. I recently began to worry that it may be a wart. Please help?
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A 38-year old asked:
How do you get rid of ak skin growths and bumps on your face and also skin tags. Is there a home remedy?
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A 17-year old female asked:
I have skin growths on my forehead. Not sure if they're flat warts. They're reproducing rapidly and are not too noticeable! Is thuja okay for remedy?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Can Platelet Rich Plasma affect The Labia Minora skin growth at all? Thank You?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I have a skin growth, for a lack of words it looks almost as a pimple on my arm and has been there awhile ?
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A 39-year old male asked:
I have a skin growth on my right index finger when i cut all skin off it appears as a red sensitive bump no mucus just blood comes out what is it?
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A 19-year old male asked:
What other conditions can cause white tiny bumps and extra skin growths around anal other than HPV (warts)? I do have problems with anal fissures.
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