What are Skin Tags?
Skin tags are a small skin grown which are flesh colored or little brownish. They can be developed on any part of body. Many people are suffering for this skin problem and searching for effective skin removal methods. Skin tag removal can be achieved in the most convenient and safe way at the skin specialist clinic in london.
Skin tags are small, benign growths that are composed of a core of fibers and ducts, nerve cells, fat cells, and a covering or epidermis. Additional names for skin tags include acrochordon, cutaneous papilloma, cutaneous tag, fibroepithelial polyp, fibroma molluscum, fibroma pendulum, papilloma colli, soft fibroma, and Templeton skin tag. They are often seen raised from the skin on a stalk called a peduncle.
Skin tags are fairly small flaps of skin that protrude from the surrounding skin on the body. Skin tags vary widely in their color and shape. Some are smooth, while others are irregular and bumpy. Some are flesh colored, while others contain pigment that differs from that of the rest of the skin. Skin tags commonly grow on the eyelids, in the crook of the elbow, in the armpits and on the neck, but it is normal for them to appear anywhere on the body. Skin tags can appear either as a flap attached to the skin or on a stalk-like structure of skin called a peduncle. When skin tags are attached to the skin by peduncle, they look like little mushrooms with a firm stalk and a bulbous tip. Skin tags are considered by dermatologists to be small tumors. However, they are benign, or harmless. Normally, skin tags grow very slowly to a specific size, up to ½ inch long (1.27 cm), and then cease growing. A tumor that appears to be a skin tag, but grows rapidly and consistently, may be another kind o
