and what does it look like and how do you get it?
2006-10-24 07:00:27 · 5 answers · asked by Freaky 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
A skin tag is a mole. It usually just appears, mostly on older people. It has nothing to do with an STD!
2006-10-24 07:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by mommafrog 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cutaneous tags are very common benign skin growths that occur most often after midlife. The tags stick out of the skin, and may have a small narrow stalk connecting the skin bump to the surface of the skin. Cutaneous tags are usually painless and do not grow or change. However, they may be irritated from rubbing by clothing or other materials. Cutaneous skin tags are more common in people who are overweight or who have diabetes.
The only symptom is a growth on the skin. The growth (tag) is usually small, although some may be up to a half-inch long.
Other characteristics are as follows:
Located on the neck, armpits, trunk, body folds, or other areas
May have a narrow stalk
Usually skin-colored, occasionally darker
Treatment is usually not necessary unless the cutaneous tags are irritating or are cosmetically displeasing. The growths may be surgically removed, removed by freezing (cryotherapy), or electrically burning off (cautery
you need to see a doctor to see if its a skin tag or hpv virus.....warts.......
2006-10-24 17:48:57 · answer #2 · answered by purple 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All a skin tag is, is a tiny bit of skin that sticks up, off your skin. Looks just like a tiny little tag, it doesnt hurt or itch or anything, just sits there. Apparently they are hereditary, which would make sense as my sister and I both get them, and so did my nan. They dont do anything, just sit there, and look a little bit unslightly. (My b/f hates them and keeps trying to pull them off!) If you get them, tie a little piece of thread round it, they should fall off, my mum did this to my sis when she was a baby, as she had one on her cheek. (My mum isn't just a weirdo, the doc told her to do this!) If you get something that looks similar, but its itchy, red, sore, etc, you should probably go to the doc, as it might not be a skin tag. Hope this helps!
2006-10-28 06:00:08 · answer #3 · answered by iwatchedthestarsfallsilently 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
raised skin, like a mole, but usually colorless. you get them in places like under you arms and where skin rubs together.
2006-10-24 14:26:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anyone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is itchy, red, soar, and smells like fish.
2006-10-24 14:01:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋