subject: Skin Tags - Who Gets Them And Why? [print this page] You washed your face while bathing and noticed a small piece of hanging skin on your eyelids. When you were about to put deodorant under your arms, you noticed another one of thems on your armpit - and then another on your neck.
What are they and where do they come from? Those skin growths or Achrochordon are called skin tags. They are brown, irregular and usually wrinkled small piece of skin found anywhere in the body. However, they are commonly found on the eyelids, on the neck, on the armpit and some other sensitive areas of the body too. They are commonly found in friction or rub prone areas where the skin rubs against clothing. They also grow in body parts which crease like those in the armpit.
Although they usually appear in middle-aged people up to the old age some kids can be affected. Skin tags are acquired as a person grows, hence, they do not appear right at birth. However, children and toddlers are also as prone to getting them if their activities require frequent skin to skin friction.
Overweight people, people with diabetes and pregnant women are more prone to this condition. For overweight people, they occur because of the unavoidable frequent rubbing of their body parts. For pregnant women, studies show that a rise in their hormonal levels causes skin tags.
Although they are regarded as tumors, they are all benign and proven not to cause cancers if left untreated. In addition, skin tags are not painful though they can be irritated with repeated rubbing. There are also some cases wherein they burst because of their large size. When it bleeds you should probably see a doctor as infections can be troublesome.
