Que es la Lentiginosis?
¿Qué es la Lentiginosis?
Las lentiginosis son un grupo heterogéneo de cuadros o síndromes, congénitos o adquiridos, caracterizados por la aparición de una cantidad excepcionalmente alta de lentigos simples, por lo general en edades tempranas de la vida.
¿Cómo saber si un lentigo es maligno?
El lentigo maligno empieza como una mancha plana marrón de forma irregular que se agranda lentamente. Con el tiempo, la mancha puede convertirse en un melanoma, un tipo de cáncer de piel que empieza en la capa superior de la piel y luego invade la capa subyacente.
¿Cómo tratar los lentigos solares?
Los léntigos solares no necesitan tratamiento puesto que no evolucionan a cáncer de piel. Sin embargo, por razones estéticas pueden tratarse con diferentes cremas a base de vitamina C, vitamina A, alfahidroxiácidos o hidroquinona, sin embargo la mejoría suele ser transitoria.
What causes a lentigo?
Most types of lentigo are caused by sun or radiation exposure. Lentigo is most common in middle-aged or older people. Solar lentigo is caused by sun exposure and is often referred to as age spots or liver spots. Solar lentigo commonly appears in sun-exposed parts of your body.
What does a lentigo look like?
Both look like a flat or slightly raised brown patch, similar to a freckle or age spot. They have a smooth surface and an irregular shape. While they’re usually a shade of brown, they can also be pink, red, or white.
Can lentigo go away?
Lentigines or lentigos are like freckles, Barankin says. But where a true freckle will fade in the winter when sun exposure is limited, these spots do not go away on their own. Lentigos are the result of sun exposure.
Is a lentigo cancerous?
Lentigo maligna is the precursor to a subtype of melanoma called lentigo maligna melanoma, which is a cancerous (malignant) growth of the cells that give our skin cells color….Edit This Favorite.
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Can age spots disappear on their own?
Unlike freckles, which are common in children and fade with no sun exposure, age spots don’t fade.