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  1. #1
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    Jul 2009
    Riding it out...
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    Here's a couple more harmless things, I know I tend to focus on the terrifying when I google for myself...HTH

    Angiokeratomas

    These are tiny clusters of dilated blood vessels with a scaly top, seen after puberty usually on the labia majora. They tend to become more numerous in older age. They are bright red initially but can become darker, almost black. Very occasionally they can bleed slightly if knocked. Other than that they don’t cause symptoms and are harmless.If they are causing problems they can easily be removed in the doctors office.

    Seborrhoeic keratoses

    These are harmless warty lesions found all over the skin in increasing numbers in people as they age (senile warts!) They are found on the labia majora in women from the thirties onwards. They are often dark in colour 2-5mm in diameter or larger. They can be solitary or multiple. They can cause alarm because of the colour, confused with melanomas. They are not anything to worry about with no potential to turn cancerous.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Aug 2007
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    Here's a couple more harmless things, I know I tend to focus on the terrifying when I google for myself...HTH

    Angiokeratomas

    These are tiny clusters of dilated blood vessels with a scaly top, seen after puberty usually on the labia majora. They tend to become more numerous in older age. They are bright red initially but can become darker, almost black. Very occasionally they can bleed slightly if knocked. Other than that they don’t cause symptoms and are harmless.If they are causing problems they can easily be removed in the doctors office.

    Seborrhoeic keratoses

    These are harmless warty lesions found all over the skin in increasing numbers in people as they age (senile warts!) They are found on the labia majora in women from the thirties onwards. They are often dark in colour 2-5mm in diameter or larger. They can be solitary or multiple. They can cause alarm because of the colour, confused with melanomas. They are not anything to worry about with no potential to turn cancerous.
    thank you thank you - i looked and looke but could only find bad stuff!

    they are not scally or "warty" eewww looking, but im hoping its one of them PHEW........... Im a bit calmer now