What are Skin tags?
Skin tags, also known as acrochordons, are tiny, benign growths that are often the same colour as your skin. They frequently have the appearance of a mass of skin tissue growing from a short stem. Sometimes they are darker and can look like a raised mole. While most skin tags range in size from 1 to 5 mm, some can reach a few centimetres in length.
How to diagnose skin tags?
Skin tags are diagnosed by medical professionals following a quick examination. Inquiries regarding your medical history will be carefully screened for disorders that increase your likelihood of developing skin tags. A brief examination helps exclude growths that can resemble skin tags.
Should I undergo any tests?
Skin tag diagnosis is confirmed without the need for tests. Your healthcare provider might take a sample (biopsy) and submit it to the lab for analysis if they have another suspicion.
When should I think about having a skin tag removed?
If the skin tag becomes inflamed or bleeds easily, you might want to discuss removal with your doctor.
How to cut off skin tags?
Skin tag treatment can be done using a variety of techniques.
A scalpel or other sharp object may be used in the course of treatment, which is often performed in-office.
An extremely cold gas (liquid nitrogen) to freeze it.
Heat (cauterization) to burn it off or halt the bleeding.
Avoid skin tags in the future
You can start by maintaining a healthy weight.
Engaging in regular exercise.
Steer clear of jewellery and anything that could brush against your skin.
What are Warts?
When one of the several viruses in the human papillomavirus (HPV) family infects your skin, these tiny, noncancerous growths show up. The virus in that area causes additional cell proliferation, which thickens and dries out the skin's outer layer. Although they can appear anywhere you have skin, the odds of getting one are higher on your hands or feet. Depending on where it is and how it appears, the type of wart will differ.
Treatment and types of Warts
If you have a wart, a dermatologist can tell by looking at it. A dermatologist might need to take a skin biopsy in certain uncommon circumstances to be certain. When is cases where a biopsy is required, the wart will be removed and sent to a lab. A little portion of the wart will be examined under a microscope in the laboratory.
A dermatologist may use one of the following wart removal treatments:
Cantharidin: A dermatologist can use cantharidin to "paint" a wart in order to treat it while the patient is still present. A blister develops underneath the wart as a result of cantharidin. This dead wart can be eventually removed by your dermatologist.
Cryotherapy: Freezing is the most popular method for treating common warts in adults and older children. The procedure is not particularly painful. For those with dark complexion, it may result in black patches. Repeat treatments are frequently required.
Electrosurgery and curettage: Common warts, filiform warts, and foot warts can all be successfully treated with electrosurgery (burning). Curettage involves scraping the wart with a small, spoon-shaped instrument or a sharp knife. These two techniques are frequently combined. Prior to or following electrosurgery, the dermatologist may scrape the wart off.
Excision: Removing the wart surgically by the dermatologist (excision).
RF Cautery treatment for skin tag and Wart removal
The best method for treating warts, skin tags, keloids, moles, unwanted hair, and sun-induced damage is radio frequency cautery or RF Cautery.
RF Cautery Treatment
The RF Cautery Treatment Technique uses high-frequency radio waves (2 MHz-Megahertz) to cut, coagulate, or remove soft tissue. The radio waves are transmitted by the doctor using a handpiece with an active electrode. These waves are concentrated at the needle end or wire loop electrode, causing an energy release that creates steam inside the cells, vaporising them and splitting the tissues.
Side effects of RH Cautery treatment
Immediately after radiofrequency ablation, the following side effects may be experienced:
Burning and/or hypersensitivity over the injection site
Numbness and/or tingling over the injection site
Bleeding
Infection
Scaring
Pigmentation
These signs might occasionally cause the treated region to feel sunburned. Although these symptoms may persist for the first few days or weeks, they can be controlled with rest, ice application to the sore area on occasionally, and topical or oral treatment.
A Note From the Cradle of Youth Clinic
It's likely that you'll develop a skin tag or wart at some point in your life because they are so frequent. Skin tags and warts may be ugly, but they are not malignant and shouldn't be a cause for alarm. You can get them taken off if the way they look annoys you or if they rub against your skin, jewellery, or clothing. Skin tag removal from one of the best dermatologists in Bangalore can reduce the chance of complications and decreases scarring.