What is senile plaque like

summary

In people's old age, most of the face and body will have some brown spots, and these spots are what we often call senile spots. Therefore, this paper analyzes the problem of what senile spots look like.

What is senile plaque like

First of all: senile plaques, known as "senile pigmented plaques", also known as seborrheic keratosis in medicine. It refers to a kind of lipofuscin pigmented plaque on the skin of the elderly. It belongs to a benign epidermal proliferative tumor. It is very common in the face, chest and forehead of the human body. In some people, it may also appear in the upper limbs and other parts.

Secondly: the disease mostly occurs after the age of 40 years old, mainly in the scalp, face, trunk, upper limbs, back of hand and other parts, but does not involve the palm, plantar. At the beginning, it was light brown macular or flat papule with smooth or slightly papillomatous surface. The number increased with age, with a diameter of 1 mm-1 cm, or several centimeters. The boundary was clear, and the surface was papillomatous. There was greasy scab on the surface, and the scab was easy to scrape off.

Finally: some lesions pigmentation can be very significant, dark brown or black, the color of old lesions vary greatly, can be normal skin color, light brown, dark brown or black.

matters needing attention

For the appearance of senile plaques, we have understood clearly, in daily life, senile plaques patients should pay attention to avoid greasy, spicy diet, do not drink too strong coffee.