Acrochordon, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
1:14 Causes of Acrochordon
2:14 Symptoms of Acrochordon
2:35 Diagnosis of Acrochordon
3:03 Treatment of Acrochordon

ACROCHORDON
Acrochordon also called skin tags are small, painless benign tumors that form mostly in areas where the skin folds or creases, but also in other areas.
• Their favorite locales are the neck, upper chest, groin, eyelids, armpits, and eyelids.
• Acrochordon may appear as single lesions or multiple lesions in the same site.
• They may appear as either rough or smooth and may attach to the skin by a short fleshy stalk referred to as peduncle.
• Their sizes may range between 1 to 5 millimeters, some may be as large as 1cm or even 5cm in diameter.
• More than half if not all of the population have been reported to have acrochordon at some point in their life.
• Acrochordon arw prevalent in adults and the elderly, although they may also form in children and toddlers.
• They are painless, harmless but can be very annoying.
• Although some acrochordon may at some point fall off, some persist once formed.