You probably already known this from your research, that if your son does have moles, they are common and appear after birth:
"Moles are small clusters of pigmented skin cells. Nearly everyone has moles, which usually appear after birth."
The Cleveland Clinic has some great info: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/healthy_living/skin_care/hic_moles_freckle...
"There are several skin lesions that are very common and almost always benign (non-cancerous). These conditions include moles, freckles, skin tags, benign lentigines, and seborrheic keratoses."
And, just to rule out the worst-case scenario (none of the below sound like your description):
The ABCDE's of skin cancer:
The following ABCDEs are important signs of moles that could be cancerous. If a mole displays any of the signs listed below, have it checked immediately by a dermatologist:
* A symmetry—One half of the mole does not match the other half.
* B order—The border or edges of the mole are ragged, blurred, or irregular.
* C olor—The color of the mole is not the same throughout or has shades of tan, brown, black, blue, white, or red.
* D iameter—The diameter of a mole is larger than the eraser of a pencil.
* E levation—A mole appears elevated, or raised from the skin.
Does any of this help? If not, let us know and we'll keep searching for you. You're right--there is not much information specifically for skin conditions in infants. (I looked up the major peer-reviewed, medical journals--Archives of Dermatology and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology--and they are too advanced for my reading/knowledge).
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You probably already known this from your research, that if your son does have moles, they are common and appear after birth:
"Moles are small clusters of pigmented skin cells. Nearly everyone has moles, which usually appear after birth."
The Cleveland Clinic has some great info: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/healthy_living/skin_care/hic_moles_freckle...
"There are several skin lesions that are very common and almost always benign (non-cancerous). These conditions include moles, freckles, skin tags, benign lentigines, and seborrheic keratoses."
And, just to rule out the worst-case scenario (none of the below sound like your description):
The ABCDE's of skin cancer:
The following ABCDEs are important signs of moles that could be cancerous. If a mole displays any of the signs listed below, have it checked immediately by a dermatologist:
* A symmetry—One half of the mole does not match the other half.
* B order—The border or edges of the mole are ragged, blurred, or irregular.
* C olor—The color of the mole is not the same throughout or has shades of tan, brown, black, blue, white, or red.
* D iameter—The diameter of a mole is larger than the eraser of a pencil.
* E levation—A mole appears elevated, or raised from the skin.
MedlinePlus "Skin Conditions" list, with photographs (scroll to bottom of page):
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/skinconditions.html
Another picture of a skin tag, from MedlinePlus:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/9902.htm
Does any of this help? If not, let us know and we'll keep searching for you. You're right--there is not much information specifically for skin conditions in infants. (I looked up the major peer-reviewed, medical journals--Archives of Dermatology and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology--and they are too advanced for my reading/knowledge).
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