Don’t ignore this one skin sign that might mean cancer, doctor warns

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Don’t ignore this one skin sign that might mean *******, doctor warns

Don’t brush off this advice.

Dr. Scott Walter, a board-certified dermatologist in the Denver area, is asking his

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to be aware of an unusual symptom that can warn of a serious internal ********.

Rapid growth of white, fine hair in places that are normally hairless may mean you have a rare skin condition called acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa (HLA).

“Lanugo is defined as fine, non-pigmented, wispy hairs, similar to what a baby makes after birth,”

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last week. “But in adults, the growth of these hairs is paraneoplastic, meaning it’s a disorder that an internal ******* causes our body to react in a certain way.”

Rapid growth of white, fine hair in places that are normally hairless may mean you have acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa, Dr. Scott Walter warns in a new TikTok. Dr. Scott Walter / TikTok

Walter said lanugo grows on the ears, cheeks and nose. It’s been linked to cancers of the lung, *******, *******, colorectum, gastrointestinal system, ******** tract and ovary.

“What’s crazy is that this sign can precede the diagnosis of ******* by two and a half years, meaning this could be the first sign that you have *******,” Walter said. “Now, again, this is super rare, and I don’t mean to scare you, but I think it’s an interesting way of our skin telling us something’s going on internally.”

Fewer than 1,000 Americans have HLA, according to the

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Symptoms include ******* inflammation, swollen bumps on the *******, an altered sense of taste, diarrhea and weight loss.

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, a 68-year-old woman reported feeling like her ******* was burning — and she had fine lanugo hair all over her face.

Fewer than 1,000 Americans have the condition, according to the Genetic and Rare ********* Information Center. Getty Images

She was diagnosed with HLA and rectal ******* before undergoing radiotherapy.

Doctors note that the hair may stop growing if they can treat the underlying *******.

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