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Acrochordons - Causes, Symptoms & Treatment - Fibrofolliculomas Trichodiscomas

Alternative names :: Skin tag, Cutaneous skin tags & Papillomas

What is  Acrochordons ?

Acrochordons are small growths of skin that some people develop on an face, neck, armpits, & an groin. Acrochordons is a common, benign condition which consists of a bit of skin that projects from an surrounding skin & may appear attached For an skin. Acrochordons can vary quite a bit in appearance. They may be smooth or irregular, flesh colored or more deeply pigmented, & either simply be raised above an surrounding skin or have a stalk (a peduncle) so that an skin tag hangs from an skin. Acrochordons are very common soft harmless lesions that appear For hang off an skin.

Causes of Acrochordons

Acrochordons (Cutaneous tags) are very common, generally benign skin growths that occur most often In an post midlife. They are tiny skin protrusions, & may have a small narrow stalk connecting an skin bump For an surface of an skin. It is not know what causes acrochordons. However, an common causes are :-

• Chaffing & irritation from skin rubbing together.
• an tendency For develop skin tags is inherited (runs in families).
• Human papilloma virus (wart virus).

Symptoms of Acrochordons

Some of an common symptoms of acrochordons are :-

• Usually very small, Although sometimes half an inch long.
• May have a narrow stalk
• Located on an neck, armpits, trunk, body folds, or other areas
• Usually skin-colored, occasionally darker

Treatment of Acrochordons

Treatment is usually not necessary unless an cutaneous tags are irritating or are cosmetically displeasing. an growths may be surgically removed, removed by freezing ( cryotherapy ), or electrically burning off (cautery). Some people have their Acrochordons disappear if they take chromium picolinate 200 mcg twice a day.

What does a Acrochordons look like under a microscope?

an outer layer of an skin (an epidermis) shows overgrowth (hyperplasia) & it encloses an underlying layer of skin (an dermis) in which an normally-present collagen fibers appear abnormally loose & swollen.

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