Skin Tags Health Video

Skin tags are a natural part of the aging process but can be removed by a doctor. Learn about skin tags from a doctor in this video on skin care.

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Can be easily removed with thread
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Natural part of the aging process

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Dr. Loretta Ciraldo, the author of the book Six Weeks to Sensational Skin, is a board certified dermatologist who has made numerous appearances on television shows such as Good Morning America. She holds a degree from Hunter College in New York, an M.D. from Downstate University at SUNY, and did her residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Ciraldo has been a board-certified dermatologist since 1982, and is currently a voluntary professor at the University of Miami, where she runs a clinic in cosmetic dermatology.

DR. LORETTA CIRALDO: Hi. I'm Dr. Loretta Ciraldo, author of "Six Weeks to Sensational Skin" and a dermatologist for nearly 30 years and professor of Dermatology at University of Miami School of Medicine. Now, many people ask me about these little tags that can form especially in the creases of our skin; most noticeably that'll be on our necks, under our arms, and sometimes in our groin area, and we call these "tags", which are oftentimes a little bit darker than our normal skin colors so they're sometimes brownish in color. They can kind of hang and have a flaccidity to them; they're not firm-appearing. We call these "skin tags" and what I do want you to know is number one, they're not very easily preventable. Most of the time, skin tags are part of the normal aging process. They do have a little hereditary influence so if you notice that you're getting skin tags as early as your 30s, those tags might be brought on just by simple genealogy; maybe you've inherited them from your mom or grandma or whatever. The good news about skin tags is that they're very easily removed. You yourself could get some nylon thread and tie the thread around the tag and see, if you do this nightly for a period of a week, if you can kind of strangulate the base of the tag and you may see it fall off, or you may want to go to a good board-certified dermatologist who oftentimes can use one of a number of procedures to remove skin tags without any scars. Bad news, most of the time, your insurance is going to consider it cosmetic but it's definitely a worthwhile procedure even to pay for at your dermatologist.

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