Skin tags are horrible. Although it’s not dangerous it can be a real pest to get rid of. Because certain areas of your body is prone to develop these skin growths, they often appear and reappear in greater amounts – even after having them removed.

Skin tags are hereditary and although the exact cause is not clear it tend to affect people who re overweight more than people who are not. While it poses very low risk for skin diseases, it does have some other reasons why you might want to remove skin tags from your body.

1. Self Consciousness
Having these skin growths in very visible parts of your body can be deeply embarrassing and many women who get them on very visible parts of the body can be very self conscious of it. If you are avoiding wearing certain clothes because of it, then maybe you should consider getting them removed.

2. Bleeding and Itching
If they are on very uncomfortable parts of the body, it can easy catch on your clothing or get caught in a zipper. If they rip off and start bleeding it can become very painful and often it can become an open wound that can get infected.

3. Melanomas
Although they are not considered malignant growths, skin tags can become malignant. The real danger is if you are spending a lot of time in the sun and if your tags are exposed to the sun all the time.

You have quite a few options for skin tag removal. Apart from many medical procedures, there are a lot of very effective home treatments that can get rid of them without any pain or scarring. If you are concerned about it, you might want to consider speaking to your doctor first.

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