Contents:
- Medical Video: Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy on Howard's Moles!
- The process of forming a mole on the skin
- Why do some people have lots of moles?
- 1. Genetic factors
- 2. Live in hot climates
- 3. Certain medicines
Medical Video: Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy on Howard's Moles!
Do you have a mole? Are there few or many? Everyone usually has this sign in parts of the body that are visible or not visible to the eye. Are you curious, how can you have these small brown or black spots on the skin? And what does it mean if you have more moles than others? See the following article.
The process of forming a mole on the skin
Moles or Nevus Pigmentosus is a small brownish or slightly black spot that is visible on the surface of the skin. Brighter skinned people will usually have more moles than those with darker skin. Nevus usually begins to appear in childhood and grows during the first 25 years of one's life, and others have been around since birth.
According to research, an average person has 10 to 40 small spots on his body and this is considered normal and normal. Moles are skin growth that usually occurs and results from natural processes in the skin.
Melanin is a pigment or natural dye that gives the skin, hair, and rainbow membranes color to the eyes. On the skin, melanin is produced in cells called melanocytes. Melanocytes are located in the top two layers of the skin layer. Melanocytes tend to spread evenly along the skin and give a natural color to the skin.
When exposed to the sun, melanocytes produce more melanin, and blacken the skin by producing brown on the skin due to sunbathing or exposure to the sun. When melanocytes cannot spread evenly and accumulate on the skin at one point on the skin, moles form on your skin.
These spots can form anywhere on the body. But it tends to grow more often on body parts that are often exposed to the sun such as hands, arms, chest, neck or face. Display or amount Nevus Pigmentosus someone can change. This is caused by hormonal changes.
These small spots are dangerous and some are harmless. Even though it's not dangerous, some people become insecure because of the shape that sometimes interferes with their appearance.
Why do some people have lots of moles?
1. Genetic factors
Someone who has bright skin tends to have more nevus than people who have dark skin. The growth of moles will usually appear for 25 years in the early days of life. But there are also many people who have this sign from birth. This will be more likely to occur to someone whose family member also has many of these signs and this can decrease.
2. Live in hot climates
According to research moles will easily appear in people who live in hot climates. This is caused by the frequent exposure of the sun. Because when exposed to the sun, melanin will produce more melanocytes and if a lot of melanocytes are piled up and not spread evenly, the nevus will easily form and appear.
3. Certain medicines
The appearance of moles that continue to increase in the body may be triggered by the consumption of certain drugs, such as hormonal drugs, antibiotics, and antidepressants.
These drugs will decrease the performance of the immune system so that the sensitivity of the skin can increase to sunlight. This then relates to the causes mentioned earlier and increases the risk of having more moles.
