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Acne is a skin problem that happens when oil and dead skin cells clog your pores. Mild acne may cause just a few red spots, or pimples. Severe acne can cause many pimples on your face, neck, chest, and back, or it can cause bigger, solid, red lumps that are painful and can cause scars.

Mild acne can usually be managed with over-the-counter medicines. But severe acne needs prescription medicines to help clear the skin and prevent scars.

Dermatitis is the general name used for any rash or inflammation of the skin. Different kinds of dermatitis cause different kinds of rashes. Common causes of a rash include new medicines, plants (such as poison oak or poison ivy), heat, and stress. Certain illnesses can also cause a rash.

An allergic reaction to something that touches your skin, such as latex, nickel, or poison ivy, is called contact dermatitis. Contact dermatitis may also be caused by something that irritates the skin, such as bleach, a chemical, or soap. These types of rashes cannot be spread from person to person.

How long your rash will last depends on what caused it. Rashes may last a few days or months.

Eczema is a group of chronic skin disorders that affect the hands, scalp, face, back of the neck, and skin creases of the elbows and knees. It can run in families, but it may occur for no known reason or be caused by an allergic reaction to certain foods, clothing, lotions, soaps, plants, or topical medicines.

Signs and symptoms of eczema may include itching, small bumps that look like blisters, and thickened and scaly skin.

Eczema can be treated with preventive measures and medicines. The goals of treatment are to ease symptoms, especially itching, and to control the rash.

Atopic dermatitis is one type of eczema.

A mole is a skin growth made up of cells (melanocytes or nevus cells) that produce color (pigment). Moles can appear anywhere on the skin, alone or in groups.

Most moles appear during the first 20 years of a person's life. Some may not appear until later in life. Although most moles are harmless, some can become cancerous. Signs of skin cancer include a change in the skin, such as a growth, an irritation or sore that does not heal, or a change in a wart or mole.

• Moles are usually brown, but they can be blue, black, or flesh-colored.
• Size and shape may vary.
• During the teen years and pregnancy, moles tend to become darker and larger, and new ones may appear.
• Some moles may contain hairs, stay smooth, become raised or wrinkled, or fall off in old age.

Psoriasis (say "suh-RY-uh-sus") is a long-term (chronic) skin problem that causes skin cells to grow too quickly and form thick, white, silvery, or red patches. They're most often found on the knees, elbows, scalp, tailbone, and back.

Psoriasis isn't contagious. It tends to run in families. There are many types of treatment that can help keep it under control.

Rosacea is a skin disease that causes redness on your nose, cheeks, chin, and forehead, and in some people, little bumps and pimples. People with rosacea may have dry, red, and irritated eyes, and in rare cases, an enlarged nose that is swollen and bumpy.

Rosacea is most common in fair-skinned people. Rosacea cannot be cured. But it can be managed with medicines. The redness may also be treated with lasers and intense-pulsed light (IPL). The rare cases of rhinophyma, where the nose is enlarged and lumpy, may be treated with cosmetic surgery.

Warts are skin growths caused by a virus. The virus infects the top layer of skin, causing it to grow rapidly.

Warts can grow anywhere on your body. Most warts go away on their own, but they may come back.