The difference between skin tags and flat warts

In real life, people may misidentify diseases due to their lack of understanding of medicine. The symptoms of many diseases are similar, and it is difficult for people who have not studied medicine to distinguish them. Flat warts are a very common skin disease in which small bumps appear on the patient's skin. Sometimes people confuse skin tags with flat warts. Below we will introduce to you the differences between skin tags and flat warts.

The symptoms of flat warts are a skin disease caused by a viral infection. The shape is not fixed, but most of them are round or polygonal. There are no obvious symptoms on the body, but there may be slight itching. Experts tell us that flat warts are a skin disease that occurs more frequently in young people, especially on the face and arms, which affects appearance.

Soft fibroma: also known as skin tag or fibroepithelial papilloma or fibrolipoma. Mostly occurs in the nipple area.

The surface of the tumor is basically consistent with the surrounding skin, with a pedicle connected to the skin and a soft texture. If the skin tag is large and unsightly, it should be removed from the pedicle, including some normal tissue.

Skin tags, whose medical name is "soft fibroma", are also called fibroepithelial polyps and soft warts. They are a kind of benign tumor with a pedicle. They are common in middle-aged or elderly people, especially in perimenopausal women, and can also be seen during pregnancy.

The clinical manifestations of skin tags are varied, so they are different for each person. Medically, they are divided into the following three types: ① Multiple wrinkled papules, mostly seen on the neck, soft in texture, 1 to 2 mm in diameter; ② Single or multiple filamentous soft fibromas, soft protrusions with filamentous proliferation, about 2 mm wide and 5 mm long; ③ Single pedunculated soft fibroma, which can occur on the face, chest, back and even armpits, and is more common in the lower trunk, groin, etc. It is usually a single, pedunculated, polyp-like protrusion that is soft, smooth, and about 1.0 cm in diameter or larger. It is often skin-colored or hyperpigmented.

Be careful not to make a mistake! Skin tags are benign lesions and do not require treatment. However, skin tags are sometimes difficult to distinguish from viral diseases such as common warts and flat warts, and viral diseases need to be treated early. If you have similar small fleshy growths, be sure to come to the hospital for treatment and let the doctor tell you whether you need treatment! Treatment: If there is a need for appearance, the skin tags can be removed through carbon dioxide laser or electrocoagulation. Larger skin tags can be removed surgically!