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Brown Pigmented Lesions
Skin spots, moles, freckles,
birthmarks, or age spots are almost always harmless. However it is
important to monitor all of your spots or moles, since a sudden or marked
change may be dangerous to your health.
Symptoms of Serious Changes
 | Moles that are larger than a pencil eraser, asymmetrical, irregularly
shaped, or contain shades of red, blue, white, or black. |
| Skin tags (small skin "stalks" or flap-like growths usually on the
neck, armpits, upper trunk, and body folds) that become red and inflamed. |
| Yellow, brown, or black growths on face, chest, shoulders, and back
that are slightly raised, waxy, or gritty, and may be more than an inch in
diameter |
Treatment
If your physician identifies your spots as
benign, Lasers
can be used to remove brown spots by
directing a pure green light at the skin. This selectively removes brown
while leaving the rest of the skin alone.
Laser treatment is useful for:
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Age Spots |
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Freckles |
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Liver Spots |
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Sun Spots |
In most cases, 1 or 2 sessions
(one month) apart are needed. The treatment needs no anesthesia, takes just
a few minutes, and is almost painless. Afterward, skin looks bruised and
reddish for 3-7 days, though covering with makeup is permitted.
A consultation is needed
for us to tell whether laser is right for you. Raised spots (like skin
tags, keratoses, and moles) are best treated by other means, such as the
electric needle. Please make an
appointment for a full consultation.
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Dmitry
Khasak, M.D.
Board-Certified Dermatologist and a member of the Intense Pulsed Light
Education Institute, and the American Academy of Dermatology.
Graduated from Columbia
Presbyterian Hospital in New York and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
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