The bumps are usually found on the chest, thighs, and upper arms, though they may also appear on the face sometimes. Keratosis pilaris is a harmless skin condition which causes rough, small, red or white acne-like bumps or patches on your skin. Remember to use a sunscreen with a high SPF of at least 30 when you go out into the sun. You can also use a steroid cream if they are itchy or red.
Using a moisturizer can help if the patches are dry. But it can persist for some years and may go and come during this time. Thanks to Dr Charlotte Proby for her permission and the photography.What to do: This condition typically resolves on its own and the skin color returns to normal. They usually occur on areas of skin exposed to the sun like the scalp or ear. Squamous cell skin cancers can vary in how they look. It might look skin coloured, waxy, like a scar or thickened area of skin that's very slowly getting bigger. Pronounced mor-fee-ic, this type of basal cell skin cancer may look like a sore area on the skin that doesn’t heal. They can look like warts or sometimes a melanoma. Pigmented basal cell cancers have dark areas, often brown, blue or grey in colour. Sometimes they have a sore (ulcerated) area and it may also have fluid filled sacs (cystic). You can often also see their blood vessels. Nodular basal cell cancers can look see through (translucent) and shiny. morphoeic basal cell skin cancer - also known as sclerosing or infiltrating basal cell skin cancer.There are different types of basal cell skin cancers. You can then show these pictures to your doctor. This gives you a more accurate idea about its size and can help you tell if it's changing. If you can it's a good idea to put a ruler or tape measure next to the abnormal area when you take the photo. You can take a photo of anything that doesn't look quite right. This is very important if you're regularly outside in the sun for work or leisure. Or you could get your partner or a friend to look. To look at areas you can’t see easily, you could try using a hand held mirror and reflect your skin onto another mirror. That way, you'll notice any changes more easily. To spot skin cancer early it helps to know how your skin normally looks. Non melanoma skin cancer tends to develop most often on skin exposed to the sun. So it's important you visit your GP as soon as possible if you notice a change in your skin. The earlier a skin cancer is diagnosed, the easier it is to treat.
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