Skin tags are benign, noncancerous, tumors of the skin. They consist of a core of fibers and ducts, nerve cells, fat cells, and a covering or epidermis.
They may appear on the eyelids, armpits, under the breasts, groin upper chest, neck, in the case of papilloma.

Skin Tags Causes

It is not clear exactly what causes of these tags. But it may happen when clusters of collagen and blood vessels become trapped inside thicker pieces of skin. As they are more common in skin creases or folds, the mainly reason may be by skin rubbing against skin. Some people appear to inherit an increased susceptibility to skin tags.

Skin tags affect people both males and females, but they happen more often during pregnancy, in people who are obese, and in people with diabetes.
They have been associated with hyperinsulinemia, when there is too much insulin circulating in the blood.

What Are The Risk Factors ?

These tags appear to be more common in people who are overweight and obese those with diabetes, women during pregnancy, possibly due to hormonal changes and high levels of growth factors those with some types of human papilloma virus (HPV) people with a sex-steroid imbalance, especially if there are changes in levels of estrogen and progesterone those whose close family members also have same.

Studies have found that skin tags are more likely to occur with obesity, dyslipidemia, for example, high cholesterol levels, hypertension or high blood pressure.

They have also been linked to insulin resistance and elevated high-sensitive C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation.
This suggests that skin tags may offer an external sign of an increased risk of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.

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