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| Name: Lizzi | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 1:58 PM |
| I have a few and so does my aunt. She said she asked her doctor about them and he said they are called skin tags but really didn't offer any reasoning for them. I have a large one on the upper part of my stomach and I hate it! I have seen some women who's necks are just full of them. They are really gross! I have cut a couple off of myself with nail clippers,they were really small. But the big one on my stomach I won't clip because it would probably hurt and bleed alot! Does anyone know anything about them and what makes them appear? ↑ |
| Name: winnmom | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 3:53 PM |
| My hubby had one and I acidently ripped it off with my nail.... I really do not know anything about them though...Have you googled them? ↑ |
| Name: winnmom | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 3:55 PM |
| Where do skin tags occur? Skin tags can occur almost anywhere there is skin. However, favorite areas for tags are the eyelids, neck, armpits (axillae), upper chest, and groin. Who tends to get skin tags? They are much more common with age beginning in middle age and they tend to be somewhat more prevalent in women than men. Is a skin tag a tumor? Yes, it is in the sense that it is a growth. However, it is a benign (harmless and not a malignant) condition. What does a skin tag look like under a microscope? The outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) shows overgrowth (hyperplasia) and it encloses an underlying layer of skin (the dermis) in which the normally-present collagen fibers appear abnormally loose and swollen. What problems do skin tags cause? Usually none. This tiny skin growth generally causes no symptoms unless it is repeatedly irritated as, for example, by the collar or in the crotch. How are skin tags treated? In cases in which a skin tag is irritated or cosmetically unwanted, treatment may be done by freezing the tag with liquid nitrogen, tying off the tag with a thread or suture so as to cut off the blood supply, or cutting off (excising) the tag with a scalpel or scissors. Is there another medical name for a skin tag? A skin tag is medically also termed a cutaneous papilloma or an acrochordon. However, a skin tag is best known as a skin tag. Skin Tag At A Glance A skin tag is a common but harmless skin growth. Skin tags are frequently found on the eyelids, neck, chest, armpits, and groin. Treatments include freezing, tying off with a thread or suture, or cutting off. ↑ |
| Name: amy | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 5:07 PM |
| my daughter had one i think it came with her nappy rash because it was down there i took her to the health visitor and they wanted to remove it but it disapeard a few weeks later how weird ↑ |
| Name: Lizzi | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 5:43 PM |
| Thanks for the info on them winnmom! I've seen women here and there who have a neck full of them and I don't see how they can stand the sight of them there. I'm glad I only have a couple! ↑ |
| Name: Lynne n | Date: Nov 22nd, 2006 2:29 PM |
| I have a few i had one the other day and my mum told me to tie some cotton around it to stop the blood flow so that it would drop off and it worked! ↑ |
| Name: Stacy | Date: Nov 22nd, 2006 3:45 PM |
| Skin tags are common where skin touches/rubs against skin. If you can get ahold of one twist it around itself then put out quickly. It will bleed a lot, compared to a pimple. Buy twisting & pulling you will pull out it's "roots". I got a lot of them while pregnant, & I would get rid ot them myself all the time. I would lightly pinch them with clippers then twist & pull, because I could never get my fingers in the right spot. ↑ |
| Name: Lynne n | Date: Nov 22nd, 2006 3:47 PM |
| It would be eaiser if i could do that when i get them stacy! But i am on a blood thinning drug so i cant really do that so that is why i did what my mum said! ↑ |
