Prevalence rises with age such that as much as 59 per cent of the population has skin tags by the age of 70 years. Skin tags are thought to affect up to 46 per cent of the population. Other common skin lesions that can be mistaken for skin tags are neurofibromas, seborrhoeic warts, viral warts and molluscum contagiosum. Sometimes skin tags can change colour and become black and this is usually when a lesion becomes thrombosed - it will drop off after a few days.
Patients experience few, if any, problems with skin tags although pruritus and discomfort can occur if the lesions are snagged by jewellery.
Nevertheless, the authors suggest that the malignancy potential of skin tags is low. The vast majority of skin tags are benign tumours but one study of 1,335 lesions found that four were basal cell carcinomas and one was a squamous cell carcinoma. They can also occur on the eye lids, abdomen, back and in the anal and vulvo-vaginal areas. They are usually seen in skin fold areas of the body, such as the neck, groin and armpits. Skin tags are small, stalk-like outgrowths of epidermal and dermal tissue, which can grow up to 5cm but are normally much smaller. We do not recommend that you take any clinical decisions based on this information without first ensuring you have checked the latest guidance.Ī: These look like skin tags, also known as acrochorda, cutaneous papilloma, fibroepithelial polyps, fibroma molluscum, soft fibroma and fibroma pendulum. Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research.International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship.
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