Definition
- Commonly known as skin tags or fibroepithelial polyps, are benign outgrowths of normal skin
Risk factors
- Acrochordons are common in adult individuals,
- Risk increases with age
- Obesity
- Diabetes mellitus
- Observational studies suggest that acrochordons may be a skin sign of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome
- Skin tags also appear with increased frequency during the second trimester of рrеgոаոϲу and may regress postpartum
Cause
- Acrochordons usually occur in sites of friction
- Axilla, neck, inframammary, and inguinal regions.
Clinical
- They can become symptomatic and bothersome for many patients when traumatized (eg, caught on jewelry, rubbed by clothing, itching).
- An infarcted аϲrοϲhοrԁοn, resulting from torsion of its peduncle, appears as a red or black lesion
Diagnosis
Treatment