| Skin Tags Skin tags are usually elongated rolls of skin found on arms, necks, and axilla. These pedunculated often brown papules, are known as acrochordons and fibroepitheliomas. Zinc, nickel, rubbing or friction was thought to cause these warty-like lesions; however, their morphology suggests that papilloma viruses play a role in their development although this theory is unproven. Skin tags are associated with impaired carbohydrate metabolism and increased atherosclerosis. Some studies suggest that skin tags are linked to the presence of diabetes rather than being independently associated with obesity. This theory is also currently unproven. Skin tags require no intervention but are readily destroyed by snipping or electrodessication. Neck or axilla skin tags may spontaneously twist, die and either fall off or cause an infection during the skin death process. |
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