SPOT THAT WARRANT MORE THAN A GLANCE

. Thursday, September 25, 2008
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Age spots are harmless, but you want to make sure you don’t confuse a possibly cancerous skin problems with a sun spot, says Joseph G Morelli, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology and pediatrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. For a suspected age spots-or any-spot or growth, for that matter-use the ABCD test, answering each question Yes or No.
  1. Shape: Is the spot asymmetrical?
  2. Borders: Are the borders irregularly shaped?
  3. Color: Is the spot multicolored?
  4. Diameter: Is the spot larger than the end of a pencil eraser?
Interprenting your Anwers
  1. Skins tumors, or melanoma, are often asymmetrical. They’re also often raised with irregular surface. Age spots are flat, and the surface of the skin is normal, except for the discoloration.
  2. The border or perimeter of a skin tumor is irregular, raised and clearly defined, as opposed to the flat, often poorly defined border of an age spot.
  3. Melanomas are usually multicolored. Age spots are light to darker brown.
  4. Melanomas are usually 7 to 10 millimeter in diameter, or about one-fourth to one-third of an inch. Age spots vary in size; some are larger than this ,and some are smaller.
If you had any yes answers, schedule an immediate appointment with a dermatologist to have your spot checked out. Melanomas are fast –moving form skins cancer that can be fatal, so don’t’ delay.

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