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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
recurrent skin tag?
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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recurrent skin tag?
by worriedok, Apr 07, 2007 12:00AM
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Almost two years ago I noted an approximately 2 mm flap of skin at the dorsal base of my penis (near to where the scrotum, penis, and trunk of my body all join up). It was attached at the base and freely movable.
I thought that it was probably a skin tag, but for peace of mind (terrified of having a wart) I went to a dermatologist who looked at it with a magnifying lens and said "95% sure" it's a tag. Then he snipped it off.
So now about two years later it's back. Looks about the same to me and in retrospect I guess that I had noticed something forming there slowly for some time (6 months).
My questions to you are as follows:
1. Can skin tags recur or could it be a wart? I am inclined to just leave it alone this time and forget about it, but I don't want to play any part in spreading the HPV virus if it's actually a wart.
2. Is it possible that when the doc snipped the skin tag off that he left a little residual skin tag tissue and that is what gave rise to the new tag that I have now?
Thanks.
Almost two years ago I noted an approximately 2 mm flap of skin at the dorsal base of my penis (near to where the scrotum, penis, and trunk of my body all join up). It was attached at the base and freely movable.
I thought that it was probably a skin tag, but for peace of mind (terrified of having a wart) I went to a dermatologist who looked at it with a magnifying lens and said "95% sure" it's a tag. Then he snipped it off.
So now about two years later it's back. Looks about the same to me and in retrospect I guess that I had noticed something forming there slowly for some time (6 months).
My questions to you are as follows:
1. Can skin tags recur or could it be a wart? I am inclined to just leave it alone this time and forget about it, but I don't want to play any part in spreading the HPV virus if it's actually a wart.
2. Is it possible that when the doc snipped the skin tag off that he left a little residual skin tag tissue and that is what gave rise to the new tag that I have now?
Thanks.
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Apr 07, 2007 12:00AM
, Apr 07, 2007 12:00AM
Yes, skin tags can recur. I'd show it to a doctor again. If there's any doubt, removing it anjd sending the specimen for pathology might be worth doing, just so myou don't have to think about it anymore. But I'd bet on its being a skin tag.
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
