Simply put seborrheic keratosis is the type of skin infection that causes an individual’s skin to look ugly. Skin appears to have lesions that vary in size from very small to very large once. The main cause of seborrheic keratosis is not known however scientists and researchers believe that the two main causes of seborrheic keratosis is heredity and the skins direct exposure to the sun rays. Keratin is a substance present on our skin and forms the outer surface of our skin. Sometimes the keratin may undergo unlimited growth leading to keratosis.

Seborrheic keratosis is not harmful since it is non cancerous. It is painless and not itchy hence one can stay with it on the skin comfortable without any worries that is if you don’t mind about your public image and also if you don’t disturb them. Seborrheic keratoses are sensitive to touch and any slight disturbance will cause them to irritate especially the large once. Due to cosmetic reasons it is recommended that you get rid of the infection preferably at their early stage of growth.

It is not easy to detect seborrheic keratosis on the skin when in the early stages of growth this is because they are not visible to the human eye. You will only feel them to be itchy once they are disturbed for example if you rub your hands on your skin. When the lesions are irritated they turn red and can bleed.  The lesions vary in color from waxy, smooth to rough. They range in size from very small of up to 1 millimeter to almost 6 millimeters in diameter. The lesions are multicolored therefore you can find some being red, pink, tan, grey or even grayish black. Seborrheic keratoses usually grow slowly by slowly and rarely fade away on their own although in some cases they can.

In case you have any lesions on your skin it may not necessarily have to seborrheic but nevertheless have a medic diagnose your skin and test if you have keratosis or other skin infections. Biopsy taste is usually carried out to test if the lesions may be carrying cancerous infections. Treatment of the lesions is then carried out depending on the extent of the infection. Seborrheic keratosis is not an infection to worry about however if you don’t want them on your skin then you can have a doctor remove them.

 

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