Skin tags are small, soft, skin-coloured growths that hang off the skin and look a bit like warts on stalks. Skin tags are made of loose collagen fibres and blood vessels surrounded by skin. Skin tags are very common and mostly occur around the face, neck, armpits, groin and abdomen.
In the young skin tags are often caused by jewelry or clothing rubbing in the area. Pregnant women may also be more likely to develop skin tags as a result of changes in their hormone levels. As you age skin tags are more common in people who are obese or have type 2 diabetes.
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