Chances are that your grandmother has a mole, a spot on the skin that is usually round or oval in shape. Moles can be small or large, smooth or lumpy, and range in color from pink, brown, red, or black. Skin moles can occur on any area of the body and even sprout hair. Moles are melanocytes or cell factories that make pigments to give skin its color that have grown in clusters rather than spreading throughout the skin. Moles can appear at any time or at any age; even babies are born with them occasionally. In fact, if you look carefully enough, you may find between 10 and 50 moles on your own body!
- Why doesn’t it hurt to cut my hair?
- Why do my fingers get all pruney in the bathtub?
- How does the body cool off?
- Why do some people have freckles?
- Why do people have different color skin?
- Which hair grows the fastest?
- How many hairs do I have on my head?
- What is pus?
- Why do scabs form?
- Who invented the earliest milking machines?
- What causes a bruise?
- Which is the body’s biggest organ?
- How much air does a person breathe in a lifetime?
- Are the lungs connected to my voice?
- How do people breathe in and out?
- Does the brain feel pain?
- How can you measure a heartbeat?
- How many parts are there to the brain?
- What does my brain do, besides think?
- Why is blood red?
