Sebaceous Hyperplasia - Information on Sebaceous Hyperplasia

Sebaceous Hyperplasia Information

Sebaceous Hyperplasia is basically a skin disease typical to youth, but it may occur to the people at any age. Sebaceous hyperplasia is a skin condition in which a person develops small, yellowish growths, usually on the face. A variant of this condition, known as Fordyce's condition causes tiny yellow dots in groups and sometimes in sheets on the lips, inside the mouth, and sometimes on the genital skin.

We have provided you here all symptoms, causes and treatment methods of Sebaceous Hyperplasia. Sebaceous hyperplasia can be difficult to clinically differentiate from basal cell carcinoma. Often multiple lesions which are similar are present. They do not tend to bleed as easily as do basal cell carcinomas.

Causes of Sebaceous Hyperplasia

The cause of the Sebaceous Hyperplasia is unknown. These problems tend to run in families. Neither sebaceous hyperplasia or Fordyce's condition is contagious.

Treatment of Sebaceous Hyperplasia

Methods For Treating Sebaceous Hyperplasia are :

• extensive or disfiguring, oral isotretinoin or, in females, antiandrogens,
• individual lesions may be removed by light cautery, diathermy or laser vaporization.