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| shineoftheever |
Posted - 10/07/2007 : 21:07:52
I was gonna post some pictures so you all know what i'm talking about, but they are pretty sick so google them yourselves. anyways, just wodering if anybody else gets these badboys? i have a few in my armpits which i have had burned off before, but they just come back. i now have the most uncomfortable one ever right on the inside of my thigh where my ginch rub, i gotta get this fucker removed, the doctor told me to "pinch it off" or tie a piece of fishing line around it and do it that way,but i can't bring myself to actually tear the bastard off. i'm gonna get another doctor to burn it off, even if have to pay for it. anyways, here's some real info:
What Is It?
A skin tag is a soft, skin-colored growth that hangs from the surface of the skin on a thin piece of tissue called a stalk. Its medical name is acrochordon. Skin tags are not skin cancer and cannot turn into skin cancer.
Skin tags typically appear as people age. They are quite common in
people 60 and older. They are more common in women. A tendency to
develop skin tags may run in families. Skin tags also develop commonly after pregnancy.
Skin tags appear most often in skin folds of the neck, armpits, torso, beneath the breasts or in the genital region. They can become irritated if they are in an area where clothing or jewelry rubs against them, and they may be unsightly.
Symptoms
A skin tag at first may appear as a tiny soft bump on the skin. Over time, it grows into a flesh-colored piece of skin attached to the skin surface by a stalk. It's easy to move or wiggle a skin tag back and forth. A skin tag is painless, although it can become irritated if it is rubbed a lot.
If a skin tag is twisted on its stalk, a blood clot can develop within it and the skin tag may become painful.
Diagnosis
Doctors can recognize a skin tag easily by looking at it. For a skin tag with a characteristic appearance (soft, easily movable, flesh-colored or slightly darker and usually attached to the skin surface by a stalk), you won't need any tests. If you notice that a skin growth is too firm to be wiggled easily, is a different color than surrounding skin, is multicolored or has raw or bleeding areas, ask your doctor to examine it. If it is not obvious that your skin growth is a skin tag, your doctor may want to do a biopsy, which means he or she will remove a small piece of skin to be examined in a laboratory.
Expected Duration
Skin tags are permanent growths unless you have them removed. Many
people develop multiple skin tags.
Prevention
There is no way to prevent skin tags.
Treatment
Doctors remove skin tags with sharp scissors, a sharp blade or, less
commonly, by freezing or burning them off at the stalk. Bleeding can be stopped with a chemical (aluminum chloride) or electric (cauterizing) treatment.
Because skin tags are only a cosmetic concern, not a medical problem, most health insurance plans will not pay for their removal.
Prognosis
The outlook for people with skin tags is excellent. They are not
cancerous or precancerous growths, and they can be removed easily.
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| tisasawath |
Posted - 10/09/2007 : 04:34:30
my dog had this develop on the outer side of the eyelid. i tied a piece of sewing thread around the stem real tight and it dried and fell off in coupla days.
low cost diy veterinary medicine (peta people don't frown; a visit to the real vet would've been far more traumatic. for the dog's psyche i mean, not my wallet)
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| kathryn |
Posted - 10/08/2007 : 21:02:21
Important point: make sure it is a skin tag and not something else. Don't just assume it's a skin tag and benign. Always have a doctor check out any changes on your skin.
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Originally posted by shineoftheever
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Diagnosis
Doctors can recognize a skin tag easily by looking at it. For a skin tag with a characteristic appearance (soft, easily movable, flesh-colored or slightly darker and usually attached to the skin surface by a stalk), you won't need any tests. If you notice that a skin growth is too firm to be wiggled easily, is a different color than surrounding skin, is multicolored or has raw or bleeding areas, ask your doctor to examine it. If it is not obvious that your skin growth is a skin tag, your doctor may want to do a biopsy, which means he or she will remove a small piece of skin to be examined in a laboratory.
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| floop |
Posted - 10/08/2007 : 20:32:30
is that a skin tag in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 10/08/2007 : 11:15:49
ba-dum-bum!
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 10/08/2007 : 05:58:05
I bet you always wondered what that was between your legs huh?
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| shineoftheever |
Posted - 10/08/2007 : 01:01:40
uhh, i don't notice the ones in my armpits, i actually have only two. but this new one is flippin' annoying.
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| billgoodman |
Posted - 10/08/2007 : 00:32:40
at least it's not cancer, but I reckon they must be very uncomfortable (at least to the eye).
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| shineoftheever |
Posted - 10/07/2007 : 21:08:53
oh, enjoy your thanksgiving dinners!
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