Are you feeling less confident while talking to others, as your skin doesn't glow and look healthy? If yes, then you may consult a skin doctor who can give you proper advice to make your skin healthy and shine by suggesting some useful tips. They may advise you to take balanced diets (including green vegetables, fruit, and grain), regular exercise and creams and lotions.

Skin is the largest organ of the body which makes a person beautiful and confident. Today, millions of people are suffering from the skin disease and seeking proper diagnosis and treatment. Dermatology is a popular branch of medicine which deals with treating various kinds of skin related diseases. Dermatologists play important role in healing normal and complex skin ailments.

Why to consult a dermatologist?

Today, people want to look young and want to make their skin disease free from any kind of acne and scar. When it comes to treating skin related disease people become very conscious and want best healing methods to make their skin healthy, glow and natural. Dermatologists give each patient personalized care and attention while treating different types of skin disorders. They not only diagnose and treat people with skin disorders but also give advice for different types of diseases related to the hair, scalp and nails. They suggest proper treatment methods for hair, scalp, pigmentation and nail. Moreover, dermatologists are expert in treating the cosmetic disorders of the skin also like scalp infection, hair loss, nails infection and skin inflammation problems.

New techniques in dermatology

Dermatologists use latest techniques such as Botox (used for aging or wrinkle treatment), chemical peel method, Dysport (muscle contraction method), Juvederm (muscle contraction method), skin rejuvenation method, laser therapy (for hair removal), Perlane (hyaluronic acid filler method), Sculptra (for soft tissue filler) and many more. They may use surgical methods to make one’s skin young and beautiful while some of the methods may be non-invasive also.

Summary

Dermatology is a very important branch of medicine that deals with treating complex skin diseases with over the counter method, surgical and non-invasive methods. A person can make their skin free from any diseases after consulting an experienced skin specialist. A professional dermatologist is expertise in treating various kinds of diseases like scars, wrinkles, rashes, rheumatic birthmarks, psoriasis, eczema, cancer, acne and many more.

Skin tags are called as skin growths which are benign (non-cancerous) and appear in a group or cluster. It appears like a hanging skin like narrow stalk on the surface of the skin. It is said to occur from rubbing against the skin. A cutaneous tag usually occurs in people who are diabetic and overweight. Medically, it is termed as Acrochordon and Fibroepithelial polyp.

A skin tag usually occurs in the following parts of the body:

• Neck
• Eyelids
• Middle parts  of the body
• Bending parts of the  of the body  like knees and  elbows
• Underarms

What causes skin tags?

The exact causes have not been found for the skin tag, but the following factors are responsible for this disorder such as:

·        Rubbing against skin
·        Hormones factors, particularly during pregnancy
·        Insulin resistance (syndrome X)
·        Hormones factorsiIn Acromegaly (gigantism)
·        Human papilloma virus (the virus that crates warts)

People who are overweight and suffering from the obesity are prone to develop this disorder very easily. Further, it has been seen that women with larger breasts are also prone to developing the tags under the folding parts of their breasts.

Treatment for skin tags

Treatment for skin tags are not needed, as the tags are extra growth of the skin and don’t contain any cancerous properties. It has been seen that most of the tags go away spontaneously by rubbing of the skin against cloth and   do not need any surgical treatment. If the growths are painless and harmless, you may decide not to remove it by surgical methods. It is wise to treat it with useful home remedies like tying off the narrow stalk at the base with a string.

Treatment includes following methods:

• Surgery
•  Cryotherapy (freezing the affected parts at low temperature and treat it with liquid nitrogen)
•  Cauterization (Burning method to remove tags)

When you need to contact your doctor?

You need to contact a doctor if the tag crates irritation, itchiness and inflammation problem. Moreover, if you don't like this extra growth on several parts of your body, you may contact doctor to remove it permanently.

Summary

Skin tags are called as narrow stalk which are non-cancerous but some tags don’t look good, so people want to remove it permanently with surgical method. It goes off spontaneously by rubbing of the skin against towel or cloth.