Modern people are not surprised by either brown or red moles on the body, and the famous "fly" on the face is even considered attractive. But in ancient times, a mole was an undesirable phenomenon, indicating a curse of God or prophesying the blows of fate.
What is a mole?
This is a skin, pigmented formation, clearly limited and clearly visible. Moles themselves are not something ugly or pathological, and in certain parts of the body can even seem quite harmless and pretty. They gradually form on the skin over several years and appear most often on the face, trunk, arms and legs, representing small nodules or flat dots of brown color. Such moles are also called border birthmark.
But true birthmarks are already a potential threat to human health, and they look, for the most part, ugly, because they have a dark color, irregular shape and large size. In addition, these spots are not so easy to remove even in a surgical hospital. Birthmarks appear as a result of various developmental disorders in the local area of the skin and consist of pathological, so-called nevus cells that contain melanocytes or melonosomes. The spots come in a wide variety of sizes, color shades and shapes and are located not only on the skin, but also on the mucous membranes and even on the conjunctiva of the eyes.
Another kind of birthmark is called strawberry hemangioma and really resembles a forest berry in its appearance. These dark red moles on the body are rather convex, soft. Their sizes are also diverse - from a tiny seed to impressive formations. Appearance red moles on the body are primarily associated with the features of intrauterine development of the fetus, since such spots are formed from underdeveloped vessels, for some reason separated from the main vascular bed. Almost one in ten newborns already have such hemangiomas or appear during the first days after birth. But they disappear on their own after 6-10 years, so they try not to disturb or treat them. The stain gradually turns pale, becomes flatter, and then completely dissolves. But, of course, if such red moles on the body begin to grow, change color or shape or interfere with the normal functioning of the body, then you should consult a dermatologist to remove such formations.
There is such, though quite rare, a variety of moles, like cavernous hemangioma . It occurs in approximately 1% of newborns. Such a stain is formed from large and mature sections of blood vessels and “grows” even in the deep layers of the skin. In appearance, it slightly resembles strawberry hemangioma, but these bluish-red moles on the body are quite loose and do not have a clear outline. The spot during the first year of a child’s life increases in size, and then stops growing and disappears without a trace by 10-12 years, or leaving a thin scar.
The next kind of birthmark is a stork bite. These are pinkish-orange spots that spill on the face of a baby under the age of two years. They are located on the forehead, eyelids, around the mouth or nose and are clearly visible only during the crying of the child. Such moles are almost invisible and do not carry a cosmetic problem in adulthood.
There is another kind of red mole - a fiery nevus or, in another way, a wine stain. These spots form from the expanded capillaries and remain with the person for life, without disappearing or changing color. Currently, the interfering nevus can be removed with a laser.
Often there are also Mongolian and several types of coffee birthmarks.