Author: Dr Ian Coulson, Consultant Dermatologist and Editor-in-Chief, 2023.
Edited by the DermNet content department
This 20-year-old woman has noticed that the skin under both eyes has changed over the last few years.
These are typical syringomas (syringomata) in the most frequently encountered location. They occasionally develop in the bathing trunk area and on the upper trunk. They are benign tumours of the sweat duct; they may be familial.
Unlike xanthelasma, which tend to produce plaques, syringomas remain as discrete papules.
There are no easy treatments. Light electrocautery can help as may laser, but all modalities may scar, and recurrent lesions are common.
