Table of contents:
- The process of forming a mole on the skin
- Why would anyone have lots of moles?
- 1. Genetic factors
- 2. Living in a hot climate
- 3. Certain drugs
Do you have a mole? Are the numbers a little or a lot? Everyone usually has this mark on the part of the body that is visible or invisible to the eye. Are you curious, how do you get these little brown or black spots on your skin? And what does it mean if you have more moles than others? Check out the following article.
The process of forming a mole on the skin
Mole or nevus pigmentosus are small brown or slightly blackish spots that appear on the surface of the skin. People with lighter skin usually have more moles than those with darker skin. Nevuses usually begin to appear in childhood and develop during the first 25 years of a person's life, and some are present from birth.
According to research, an average human has 10 to 40 of these tiny spots on his body and this is considered normal and normal. Moles are normal skin growths that result from natural processes in the skin.
Melanin is a natural pigment or dye that gives the skin, hair and iris their color. In the skin, melanin is produced in cells called melanocytes. Melanocytes are located in the top two layers of the skin layer. Melanocytes tend to spread evenly along the skin and provide a natural color to the skin.
When exposed to the sun, melanocytes produce more melanin, and darken the skin by producing a brown color on the skin due to sun or sun exposure. When melanocytes cannot spread evenly and accumulate on the skin at one point on the skin, moles form on your skin.
These spots can form anywhere on the body. But it tends to grow more often on parts of the body that are frequently exposed to the sun, such as the hands, arms, chest, neck or face. Display or number nevus pigmentosus someone can change. This is caused by hormonal changes.
Some of these little spots are dangerous and some are harmless. Even though it is not dangerous, some people become insecure because of its shape which sometimes disturbs appearance.
Why would anyone have lots of moles?
1. Genetic factors
People who have light skin tend to have more nevus than people who have dark skin. Growing moles will usually appear during the 25 years of early life. However, many people also have this sign from birth. This is more likely to happen to someone whose family members also have many of these signs and this can decrease.
2. Living in a hot climate
According to research, moles will easily appear in people who live in hot climates. This is due to their frequent exposure to the sun. Because when exposed to the sun, melanin will produce more melanocytes and if a lot of melanocytes are accumulated and not evenly distributed, the nevus will easily form and appear.
3. Certain drugs
The emergence of moles that continue to increase in the body can be triggered by the consumption of certain drugs, such as hormonal drugs, antibiotics, and antidepressants.
These drugs will make the performance of the immune system decrease so that the skin's sensitivity to sunlight can increase. This then relates to the causes mentioned earlier and increases the risk of having more moles.
