MISSOULA, Mont. — Sebaceous gland tumors are benign “warty” like growths that occur on the skin in older dogs and sometimes in older cats. While they can be similar in appearance, these are different ...

Your skin produces sebum, which can be waxy or oily. Sebum production can contribute to acne, but it also moisturizes and offers protection for your skin. Sebum is an oily, waxy substance produced by ...

Generally the result of age- related decreases in androgen production, sebaceous hyperplasia is characterized by common asymptomatic papules. The condition occurs most frequently in healthy ...

Medicare covers sebaceous cyst removal when medically necessary. This includes cases where the cyst causes bleeding or pain, shows signs of inflammation or infection, or has recently gotten larger.

New research from Rockefeller University's Elaine Fuchs examines how skin cells involved in oil production develop from a newly identified population of cells adjacent to the hair follicle. Their ...

Here we have developed a novel method of culturing human sebocytes without transformation and using a feeder layer-free culture system to examine the role of the TGFβ pathway in the control of ...