Hyperplasia of the sebaceous glands

In the shallow layers of the skin are located the sebaceous glands, and they're all over the body except the soles and heels. Sebaceous gland consists of an open duct, which is directed into the hair bag.

Location of glands on the body is not uniform, and in some places they are much like the skin of the face and head.

In those areas of the skin where there is hair, lips, nipples, the mucous membranes of the genitals there are sebaceous glands, which are called "free."

Note also that the sebaceous glands produce sebum throughout a person's life, and they are most active in the first year of life and during puberty that is during adolescence.

Important! As for hyperplasia, is a condition in which there is a rapid growth of certain elements of the tissues, and if you take the disease by the sebaceous glands, there is a tumor-like lesion of the shares of the gland.

This pathology appears after 30 years, but the majority of patients presented with elderly people. Rare but hyperplasia can occur in infants, however, in this embodiment, the disease is fast enough and completely independently, without treatment.

Reasons

Medicine so still can't give an exact answer, what is the cause of hyperplasia of the sebaceous glands. Some doctors tend to attribute the cause of the development of hyperplasia of the sebaceous glands to the issue of hormonal failures.

In General, the question of the relationship of hormones to the appearance of hyperplasia is particularly acute. The second reason for the development of the disease, many doctors tend to call the use of corticosteroids.

Symptoms

Underpinning all of the symptoms of hyperplasia is the appearance of small papules. As a rule, such

When compressed, the papule laterally from the center of the dome can begin to transcend the sebum in the form of a small amount of cream-like, white mass.

Another symptom may be the appearance of spider veins.

This clinical picture is very similar to the development of basalioma. However, you can almost immediately determine that this is not a malignant tumor, as basalioma does not emit sebum when squeezed.

Hyperplasia of the sebaceous glands eruptions in the form of papules most often localized on the skin of the cheeks, nose, forehead, i.e. in places of the greatest congestion of sebaceous glands. Rarely papules are noted on skin forearms.

Without treatment, these papules can absolutely not change, and some do not disappear, but absolutely not progressive.

Treatment of papules with hyperplasia of the sebaceous glands

As with the question of the causes and treatment of hyperplasia, an effective response yet. Treatment stillhas not been developed. In principle, in the basis of effect on papules is the moment of their mechanical removal, which is cosmetic indications.

If you delete the papules rarely used is the method of surgical exposure, even in spite of its high efficiency. The problem is that on a place of operation, one way or another, but left scars. This point is fundamental when choosing a method of removal of the papules, especially when the removal should be carried out with skin exposed areas of the face.

As we have noted, the surgical method is the only acceptable one. Let us consider in detail several methods to remove the papules with hyperplasia of the sebaceous glands.

• Here also note that delete is completely bloodless, as koaguliruut all small vessels and capillaries. The operation is performed under local anesthesia. After the removal to the site of the papule, a small crust, which must fall within approximately two weeks. Extremely not recommended to tear off, as this can cause scars on the skin

  • Cryotherapy. The basis of the method the freezing papules by using liquid nitrogen. Under the influence of low temperatures papule destroyed. The procedure is virtually painless under local anesthesia. If papules are many, recommended their removal within a few sessions.