#Latest news with #seniorHealthDaily Mail25-05-2025HealthDaily MailTruth about the crusty brown skin patches you get after middle-age - and if you should be worried about cancer, revealed by DR ELLIEI am 77 and have crusty patches on my breasts, back and stomach. Could they be cancerous? Dr Ellie Cannon replies: It is unlikely. These sound like seborrhoeic keratoses – harmless skin growths that affect around three-quarters of people over 70 and often appear as rough, crusty patches in shades of tan, brown or black that can grow several centimetres wide.
Daily Mail25-05-2025HealthDaily MailTruth about the crusty brown skin patches you get after middle-age - and if you should be worried about cancer, revealed by DR ELLIEI am 77 and have crusty patches on my breasts, back and stomach. Could they be cancerous? Dr Ellie Cannon replies: It is unlikely. These sound like seborrhoeic keratoses – harmless skin growths that affect around three-quarters of people over 70 and often appear as rough, crusty patches in shades of tan, brown or black that can grow several centimetres wide.