Seborreic keratosis

I have one about the size of a 2 pound coin on my shin I’ve been told that it’s nothing sinister, I managed to scrape it off a couple of times but it’s always returned

I have a multitude on my back. In recent months, a few have appeared on my face. I had one on my chest, which a GP noticed when she was about to burn off a wart on my neck, and she said she could do the one on my chest, which she did. However, it didn’t heal very well, leaving quite a raw looking patch. Last year, I was at the local dermatology clinic due to a small skin cancer on my nose. I let the dermatologist see it, and she decided to do a biopsy on it, and it turned out to be malignant. It was removed, and I was told that it had penetrated the fat layer, but she was positive that it had all been removed. It was a small mark, but it needed eight stitches, and the scar is two inches long. I’m quite annoyed with the GP.

I have used fulvic acid nail cream and it’s very good.
It got rid of a wart on my finger.
I use it occasionally on all my fingers and toe nails.

I must get some more.

Does anyone have a picture of this as I would be interested to see. What it looks like.

In the past, I was plagued with skin tags on my neck (stopped wearing neck chains and the tags stopped). I went to Boots and saw the pharmacist and she recommended something called Cryotag which freezes the offending skin and then it falls off (may take a couple treatments). I have recently been told that a patch on my temple is seborreic keratosis and I have successfully used the Cryotag on that. Note - it says it should only be used for skin tags, but the GP assurred me it was ok. (Cryotag is not cheap - about £25 -£30 for a container which lasts a long time.)

I've had some frozen off by my GP & had to have some treated with chemotherapy cream last year as they were pre-cancerous. I now have to cover up in the sun, which, as a sun worshipper in the past, is difficult. But it's sunbathing over the years that's done the damage. I've also recently had some treated with steroid cream.

Cryopen at a local beauty clinic between £50-£75 to remove up to 4. If they are big you might need more than one session. It works by freezing them , doesn’t hurt, no down time and literally takes minutes

I visited my gp 2 weeks ago as I had a seb k on my tummy area which was bleeding from my waistband rubbing against it. He checked it wasn't anything sinister and advised that the surgery have a Cryopen on order to freeze such things. Since then the seb k started becoming looser and came off in the shower yesterday. However I have two more which also catch onto clothing so will have them taken off if possible. I had one frozen off by a freezing spray a couple of years which has never returned.

I wonder if this is what I have on my back several patches of sort of dry skin that sometimes I'm able to scrape off with finger nail. These are colourless though so maybe different?

What damage we have done to our skin in the past without knowing.
I lived by the coast in Kent from 6 to 18 years old and we were tanned from June to September. Then holidays in the Med. . No wonder I have many seb keratosis.
It's factor 50 all the way now.

I had one on the side of my cheek near my ear. My hair covered it mostly. After a year or two it just dropped off and left no scar.

As these are viewed as cosmetic if you want them treated the NHS won't do them. So unfortunately you have to go down the private route. Just had about four on my face removed by cryotherapy where they were frozen with liquid nitrogen. He also did several on my back and a couple on my stomach. £600+ but money well spent for me. I know they sometimes come back which is a bummer but I hate having them. They have no root just clusters of melanin skin cells. Even covering up with SP50 when in the sun they still develop. I call them barnacles. It's age, familial genetics and sun exposure. Cryotherapy doesn't hurt just stings a bit. Once treated with liquid nitrogen they'll fall off after a few days.

I had two large areas removed by freezing with liquid nitrogen. After a few years they just grew back.

I had two pencil rubber sized ones removed from my shin by laser in the local beauty clinic. It was a bit stingy during treatment but they fell off after a week and never returned. I had the same treatment for red thread veins on my cheeks which was also really successful. I paid £45 for a 15 minute session. Hope this helps.

I've had mine (on face, neck and shoulders) removed by a private dermatologist. The treatment is called cryotherapy and she sprayed the 'lesions' as she called them with short bursts from a can of liquid nitrogen. It freezes them off. It hurts a little bit, like being pressed with a cigarette end (not that I ever have been), but the burning pain is momentary.
Afterwards you feel sore for a couple of hours, especially on the back if you've had treatment there. It takes some weeks for the lesions to disappear but they really do - it's a very effective treatment. They can come back but not for some considerable time, a couple of years or so and some don't come back at all.

I'd really recommend the treatment which cost me £90 per session (I had four sessions and four lesions were treated at each £90 session). It's made a huge difference to my confidence and the clothes that I can wear, lower necklines for example.

I am not sure if the right thing, but I have had success with white juice of a dandelion applied a few times a day.

My back

A face one

I thought it was just me.....my back and much of my front are covered in them. GP said no referrals on NHS so went to a private skin specialist to be told it was genetic and nothing could be done. 20 minutes, £200. I've found many of these posts helpful and useful , thanks to everyone.

I have them on my scalp. I am very embarrassed about going to the hairdresser. I went to a private dermatologist but she wouldn't remove them. She said they could look worse. She recommended Vasaline but its done nothing to help

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I wonder if this is what I have on my back several patches of sort of dry skin that sometimes I'm able to scrape off with finger nail. These are colourless though so maybe different?

Sounds like I have the same on my legs and my left hand (which I hate as so visible). I just did a quick google as a result of this thread and think they are stucco keratosis. Non contagious which I have been worried about and have been using a separate hand towel. They recommend a urea cream so I have ordered some.

Ah yes this definitely is what I have . Not a lot but maybe 6 different places. I wonder if it's a hormone build up or lack of

Your back could be my back grannybuy. Same on my front. And as well as my large crusty rice krispie close to my eye, I also have, similar to yours, flat 2 dark brown raised"lesions" on my temple above my ear. I would have hated them as a younger woman. I will be pleased to see the back of the facial ones.
I too will call them barnacles.

I get some of these lesions on my scalp. I treat my outbreaks with a gel called "Youth Restoring Gel". This is a gel composed of vitamins A.C.E and Sea Buckthorn produced by GRUUM , A British company using ethical products. I have used it successfully on blood spots and small scars and a. small mole on my face. A little goes a long way.

I had one on my temple frozen off by the GP but it came back a few years later. Someone recommended that Scholl verucca gel that you paint on - and it seems to work .
I paint it on for a couple of days, then when it’s dry - just peel it off and the wart comes with it .