Moles‌

Posted on the 15 March 2021 by Chandigarhayurved

Description

  • Our skin is the largest organ in your body. Skin moles are or growths on your skin that vary in color from your natural skin tone to brown black.
  • Moles can appear anywhere on your body or mucous membranes, one or multiple in number.
  • The life cycle of a mole is generally about 50 years. As the years pass, moles generally change gradually, becoming raised and lighter in color.
  • Most skin moles appear in early childhood age and during the first 20 years of life. It is normal for an individual to have between 10 to 40 moles by adulthood.
  • Often, hairs develop on the mole. Some moles will not change at all over the years and some will gradually disappear over time.

Types of skin moles

  • Common: This is a normal usual mole, a small growth on your skin that's pink, brown or tan and has a discrete edge.
  • Dysplastic: These moles are larger in shape than a pencil eraser and irregular in shape. Dysplastic nevi tend to have ill matched color with dark brown centers and lighter, bumpy edges. These moles tend to be inherited, and people who have them may have more than 100 moles on their body. If you have dysplastic nevi then you have a greater probability of developing malignant melanoma. Any changes in a mole should be checked for skin cancer by doctor.
  • Congenital: These are moles discovered on your skin when you were born. Congenital nevi prevalence is about 1 in 100 people. These moles may be more likely to develop into melanoma than moles that manifest after birth. If your skin mole is more than eight mm in diameter, it has more risk of becoming cancerous.

Causes of skin mole

  • When cells in your skin grow in a cluster instead of being spread throughout the skin.
  • Most moles are made of cells called melanocytes
  • Melanin pigment that gives your skin its natural color.

Risk factors

What makes Skin moles darker

The ABCDEs are main signs of moles that could be cancerous. If a mole displays any of the signs listed below, have it scanned immediately by your doctor:

  • Asymmetry: If one side of your skin mole does not match the other half.
  • Border: If the boundary of your mole are shabby, blurred, ragged or irregular.
  • Color: If the color of your mole is not the similar completely, or it has various shades of colors such as tan, brown, white, red, black and blue
  • Diameter: If the diameter of your mole is greater than the eraser (given with the pencil).
  • Elevation: If your mole has raised after being flat, or it grow over a short period of time.
The most common location for melanoma in

Men - Back region

Women - lower leg

Melanoma is the most usual cancer in women ages 25 to 29.

Prevention

Moles are naturally occurring skin growths that can't be prevented. However, you can be proactive about avoiding skin cancer (or diagnosing it early) by:

  • Regulating how much sunlight you get.
  • Apply sunscreen regularly.
  • Inspecting your moles at least once in month.
  • Early detection and treatment of melanoma

Being proactive about prohibiting skin cancer is important for your health, if,

  • Presenting family history of many moles, atypical moles, or a history of skin cancer.
  • You have fair skin
  • You have many moles on your body.

Blackheads

Blackheads form when a plug forms in the opening of hair follicles in your skin. Every follicle have one hair and a sebaceous gland that produces oil. This is called sebum , helps keep your skin soft and hydrated. Dead skin cells and oils gathers in the opening to the skin follicle, producing a pile called a comedo. If the skin over the pile stays closed, the pile or bump is called a whitehead . When the skin over the bump opens up, exposure to the air causes it to look black and a blackhead forms.

Aggravating factors

  • Excessive body oil production.
  • The growth of the Propionibacterium acnes bacteria.
  • Irritation of the hair follicles when dead skins cells are not shedding on a daily basis.
  • Undergoing hormonal changes that cause an increase in oil production during the teen years.
  • While taking birth control pills , taking certain drugs, such as corticosteroids or androgens

Management according to Ayurveda

Kashisadi Taila: This is purely herbal formulation in Ayurveda which can be applied over the moles under the prescription of Ayurveda specialist.

Mahamanjistharistha : It is a classical herbal preparation to reduce hyper pigmentation of skin.

Chandigarh Ayurved centre provides special Mukha lepam therapy for the treatment of moles and blackheads.