What is the difference between red moles & cherry angiomas?
Red moles are common features of an aging skin. Elderly people have it as a common sign of old age. It grows spontaneously with time, whereby the cells of that local part of the skin continue to divide and enlarge until there is a substantial elevation of skin with a reddish colouration. It is genetic and can be passed down the generation of both the paternal and maternal lineage. So, most people who have their mother or grandfather plagued with red moles are very susceptible to its attack. Cherry angiomas are also small red lumps that commonly grow on the skin, and they are often confused for red moles. Cherry angiomas occur as a result of concentration of dilated capillaries on the superficial areas of the skin. They occur mostly on the abdomen and on the torso. They characteristically bleed when they are bruised because of the concentration of blood vessel. However they do not have actively dividing cell, so they are not essentially red moles.
