![]() Syringomas can affect just about anyone at any age, but they are more common in women than in men, and arise most frequently during adolescence and at midlife. Though they most often appear below the eyes, they also can form elsewhere on the face, in the armpits, on the chest or lower abdomen, or on the male or female genitalia. ![]() Syringomas can occur singly or in clusters. The duct becomes enlarged by and clogged with the extra cells, forming a hard round bump about one to three millimeters in diameter. A syringoma forms when (for unknown reasons) there is an overgrowth of cells within a sweat gland duct. ![]() Schultz, MD, an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and author of It’s Not Just About Wrinkles. “The bump you see is just the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ because at least half of the syringoma lies beneath the skin’s surface,” said Neal B. Got a smattering of hard white, yellowish or skin-colored bumps on the skin under your eyes? You may think that they’re particularly persistent pimples-but they’re probably syringomas, or benign tumors that form in the ducts of the sweat glands. ![]()
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