Syringomas are benign, skin-colored elevations of the skin typically found around the eyes, including on the eyelids. Typical to syringomas, this image displays multiple skin-colored, firm, small lesions. These benign lesions typically appear near the eyelids, but they can occur lower on the face or even the trunk of the body. This image displays the classic elevations of the skin typical of syringomas. This image displays syringomas on the neck. This image displays syringomas on the forehead. This image displays the cobblestone appearance of the skin under the eyes typical of multiple syringomas.
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Picture of Syringoma: Syringomas are benign, skin-colored elevations of the skin typically found around the eyes, including on the eyelids. Divider line
Syringomas are benign, skin-colored elevations of the skin typically found around the eyes, including on the eyelids.
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Treatments Your Physician May Prescribe
If the diagnosis of syringoma is suspected, the doctor may want to perform a skin biopsy.

The procedure involves:
  1. Numbing the skin with an injectable anesthetic.
  2. Sampling a small piece of skin by using a flexible razor blade, a scalpel, or a tiny cookie cutter (called a "punch biopsy"). If a punch biopsy is taken, a stitch (suture) or two may be placed and will need to be removed 6–14 days later.
  3. Having the skin sample examined under the microscope by a specially trained physician (dermatopathologist).
If syringoma is diagnosed, no treatment is necessary because it is a benign condition. However, many people find syringomas cosmetically disturbing and want to have them removed.

Though there is a risk of scarring, destruction of syringomas is fairly simple and may include:
  • Burning (cauterization) with an electric needle
  • Cutting out (excision) with a scalpel, scissors, or flexible razor blade
  • Carbon dioxide laser treatment
  • Procedure to rub out the lesion (dermabrasion)
  • Freezing (cryosurgery) with liquid nitrogen
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2008

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