Skin Tags

Skin tags are ordinary benign developments skin that resembles tiny bits of drooping grape. They are small and flesh-colored. They dangle by a string of fine tissue, and are often located around the neck, under the armpits, bordering the eyelids, under the breast or upper chest and in the groin of the body. They appear were the skin is chafed by clothing being worn.

The growth of skin tags are creased and wrinkled. Skin tags can be as small as a piece of rice or as large as a grape, and can develop anywhere that skin is present.

We can all develop skin tags. They don’t occur as part of the birth process; rather, they seem to develop between the ages of 30 to 60. Skin tags are seen in people that are obese and in women that are pregnant. Even healthy people are prone to acquire skin tags.

Skin tags are not related to serious health problems. They are irregularities, but are considered ordinary. Half of the American population has had some exposure to them during their lifetime. A genetic factor is considered to be present.

There are multiple treatments for the removal of skin tags: they can be burnt with an electrical object, by the freezing of the tags, by the restriction of the blood flow to the tags, and with a surgical apparatus.

Each of the methods is considered insignificant surgery, performed in the doctor’s office. Since tags fall under cosmetic needs, the removal may be covered by health and medical insurance.