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Skin Tags
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What Are Skin Tags?
Skin tags are benign growths caused by the friction of skin rubbing against skin or clothing. Hormonal changes may stimulate their growth. Some skin tags are involving moles in the process of disappearing.
They tend to be more prevalent in women, particularly after pregnancy, and in middle-aged or elderly people. They are often associated with obesity and can sometimes be mistaken for warts, moles, or seborrheic keratoses.
What you see a flesh-colored, smooth, hanging piece of skin often found on the eyelids, neck, chest, back, armpits, groin, under the breasts-wherever there are folds of skin. Most skin tags are tiny but if irritated can grow to the size of a pea.
Harmless skin tags could signal opportunities for taking control of your health. If it is likely that your skin tags are a by-product of obesity or hormonal imbalance, caring for the underlying condition will help to prevent recurrence. There is also evidence that people with skin tags have a slightly increased risk of polyps in the colon, so be sure to share your history of skin tags with your dermatologist.
Skin Tags: Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a common and chronic skin disorder that affects more than 7.5 million Americans, 25% of whom have a family history of it. The initial appearance of psoriasis can happen at any age. Once diagnosed, it is a lifelong condition. Generally people will experience dry, scaly patches of skin cell proliferation.
These patches, called plaques, often appear on the elbows and the knees as well as the scalp and are generally not itchy. Those with psoriasis may go through bouts of remission, but then stress inevitably flares it up again. Environmental factors such as smoking, exposure to sun, and alcohol may affect how often psoriasis occurs and how long the flare-ups last.
There are various treatments to help with psoriasis. Application of topical agents such as corticosteroids, vitamin D3 derivatives, coal tar, or retinoids. Light therapy administered in the dermatologist's office. Oral medications such as retinoids, cyclosporine, and methotrexate and biologic agents such as Enbrel, Raptiva, and Humira that work on the immune cells may be used only after topical treatments and phototherapy have failed.
Skin Tags: The Environment
When you experience environmental changes such as traveling from a warm, moist locale to a dry climate with cold temperatures, low humidity, and wind, skin is much more likely to become sensitive. In the long term, chronic dryness may make the skin look more wrinkled and leathery, and prolonged scratching of the skin can produce lichenification -thick, dry, elephant-like skin.
When the barrier function is weakened through any of these means, the skin leaks moisture and its natural defenses can be compromised, allowing irritants, allergens, and infectious agents to more easily penetrate.
Pay attention to your skin tags.
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