What are "benign skin tumors" and what types are there?

What are "benign skin tumors" and what types are there?

Harry Saperstein, MD, FAAD (Dermatologist, Clinical Assoc. Professor, Medicine, Private Practice and UCLA) gives expert video advice on: Why is the sun harmful to my skin? and more...

The skin is the surface of our body, much like the roof is the surface of your house. In the same way that it's not abnormal to have a leaf on your roof, it's really not abnormal to have growths on our skin. It's got a tremendous amount of environmental damage and mechanical changes and, so, many things occur on the skin which are not malignant. On a daily basis, I will see thousands of benign lesions for every, occasional, malignant one.