Skin Tag Causes And Treatments

A large number of people are believed to have skin tags at some point of time in their lives. Skin tags can happen to anyone, but more frequently they crop up during adulthood and tend to increase with age. Skin tags are harmless growths on the skin that grow anywhere on the body. In medical terms they are known as ‘Acrochordon’ or ‘Cutaneous papilloma’. Skin tags generally appear in distinctive areas like underarms, neck, eyelids, buttock folds, groin folds and underneath the breast. They are benign growths. They differ in their appearances, the smaller ones can be flattened and dot sized growths, while the larger ones can be the size of a grape. Skin tags are generally smooth, lopsided and slightly wrinkled and brown or flesh colored. They dangle from the skin by a tiny stalk. As skin tags are harmless, there is no genuine curative reason to remove skin tags unless they act oddly, for instance suddenly growing in size and shape or changing color. Skin tags are thought to be unappealing and are one of the usual reasons for its cosmetic elimination. Sometimes a tag might be removed because of the irritation caused to it, resulting in bleeding or death of the skin tissue. By and large, skin tags are benign growths and non cancerous in nature. If they have to be removed, a doctor or dermatologist can help you treat skin tag. Read the article to know more about the causes and treatments of skin tags.