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Acrochordons (Skin Tags)

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One skin tag removal option is cryosurgery. Not all lesions that look like a skin tag are one; on rare occasions it is appropriate to send a fleshy, soft, pedunculated lesion for biopsy. Most acrochordons can be snipped, electrodesiccated, or lasered.

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  1. Belle Meade Dermatology, Nashville, TN, USA

    Kimberly Dawn Vincent MD, FAAD

  2. Department of Dermatology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    William Abramovits MD, FAAD

  3. Departments of Family Practice and Dermatology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA

    William Abramovits MD, FAAD

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA

    William Abramovits MD, FAAD

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Dallas, TX, USA

    William Abramovits MD, FAAD

  6. Texas Tech University, Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA

    William Abramovits MD, FAAD

  7. Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Dallas, TX, USA

    William Abramovits MD, FAAD

  8. Dermatology Treatment & Research Center, 5310 Harvest Hill Road, Suite #160, Dallas,, TX, 75230, USA

    William Abramovits MD, FAAD

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  1. Dermatology Treatment & Research Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

    William Abramovits

  2. Eastern Dermatology and Pathology, Morehead City, North Carolina, USA

    Gloria Graham

  3. The Unit of Plastic Surgery, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

    Yaron Har-Shai

  4. St Anna Hospital, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Renata Strumia

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Vincent, K.D., Abramovits, W. (2016). Acrochordons (Skin Tags). In: Abramovits, W., Graham, G., Har-Shai, Y., Strumia, R. (eds) Dermatological Cryosurgery and Cryotherapy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6765-5_114

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