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How do skin tags appear?
Skin tags are small, soft, flesh-colored growths on your skin. They come in different colors and sizes, ranging from a few millimetres to 5cm in width.
They can be as little as a flattened pinhead-sized lump when they first appear. While the majority of skin tags are small (2 mm-5 mm in diameter) and around one-third to one-half the size of a pencil eraser, some can grow as big as a large grape (1 cm in diameter) or a fig (5 cm in diameter). Skin tags commonly appear on the neck, armpits, groin, and beneath the breasts. They can also appear on the eyelids or under the buttock folds.
Skin tags resemble warts in appearance, so they are usually:
- Smooth and soft (warts are coarser and have an uneven surface)
- Knobbly and dangle off the skin (warts are usually slightly raised or flat)
- Non-infectious
- Painless in some cases, but can feel uncomfortable.
