Good observations! But hopefully you learned something in coming to those conclusion...
The chance of a random skin lesion being skin cancer is extremely low. Apart from the appearance key things to look for are a lesion that is not going away particularly if it is changing in appearance.
Here are some other common skin lesions:
- Dermatofibroma (harmless skin growth)
- Actinic keratosis (sun damage)
- Milium
- Comedome
- Acne pustule / nodule
- Viral wart
- Molluscum contagiousum (harmless viral growth)
- Cherry angioma (harmless blood vessel growth)
- Spider naevus (another type of blood vessel growth)
There are more than 2000 diagnoses in dermatology so not an exhaustive list!
The chance of a random skin lesion being skin cancer is extremely low. Apart from the appearance key things to look for are a lesion that is not going away particularly if it is changing in appearance.
Here are some other common skin lesions: - Dermatofibroma (harmless skin growth) - Actinic keratosis (sun damage) - Milium - Comedome - Acne pustule / nodule - Viral wart - Molluscum contagiousum (harmless viral growth) - Cherry angioma (harmless blood vessel growth) - Spider naevus (another type of blood vessel growth)
There are more than 2000 diagnoses in dermatology so not an exhaustive list!