Plain answers on the growths people notice and the symptoms they live with, from our health coaches — written for Hamilton, not a content mill.
Why some facial bumps never come to a head, how to tell milia from sebaceous hyperplasia and closed comedones, and why acne products do nothing for them.
A practical way to sort the small bumps that form on eyelids, why the eye area is treated differently from the rest of the face, and when to see a doctor.
Why soft yellow patches form on the eyelids, how xanthelasma differs from milia, what it can signal about cholesterol, and why creams do not shift it.
Why OHIP stopped covering cosmetic skin tag, wart and cherry angioma removal, the narrow cases it still pays for, and what to expect to pay in Ontario.
What causes seborrheic keratosis, why the growths look pasted onto the skin, how they differ from age spots and moles, and when a brown growth needs a doctor.
Why sebaceous hyperplasia is mistaken for acne and milia, why retinoids and salicylic acid don't clear it, and what electrocautery treatment actually involves.
Why cherry angiomas appear after 30, why they multiply, why they bleed so much for their size, and what actually removes the small red dots on your chest and arms.
A clinic's honest breakdown of drugstore skin tag kits, removal creams, freeze pens and Compound W — what they were designed for, and what happens on the wrong lesion.
What causes skin tags, why some people grow dozens, and the well-documented link between multiple skin tags and insulin resistance worth raising with your doctor.