Seborrheic keratosis is a common skin growth. it can look like a wart and it is common, harmless, noncancerous growth on the skin. It usually appears as a pale, black, or brown growth on the back, shoulders, chest, or face.

Despite their appearance, seborrheic keratoses are harmless. Most people get these growths when they are middle aged or older. Because they begin at a later age and can have a wart-like appearance.

Seborrheic keratoses tend to:

• Start as small, rough bumps, then slowly thicken and develop a warty surface
• Have a waxy, stuck-on-the-skin look
• Be brown, though they range in color from white to black
• Range in size from a fraction of an inch to larger than a halfdollar
• Form on the chest, back, stomach, scalp, face, neck, or other parts of the body (but not on the palms and soles)
• Cause no pain, though some itch