Skin Tags
Skin tags may become irritated with friction particularly
in overweight people. When the skin is confused as to which direction it
should grow, it simply grows out and skin tags appear. Medically, these
tags are known as acrochordons. Avoiding excessive weight gain and
constrictive clothing which causes friction, helps prevent skin tags
from appearing. Skin tags can be easily removed by a dermatologist.
Skin tags may be pigmented but rarely cause any diagnostic problems
unless inflamed. Some are in fact pedunculated seborrhoeic warts and
others simple papillomas (fibroepithelial polyps).