Acrochordons are benign fibroepithelial outgrowths on a narrow stalk. Individually they are a non-event. Collectively, the count carries information.
Loose fibrous tissue covered by epidermis, concentrated where skin folds against skin. Tissue expression of insulin-like growth factor receptors is significantly higher in acrochordon tissue than in controls.
Multiple or rapidly appearing lesions are repeatedly associated with insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia. A sudden crop is a finding, not only a cosmetic complaint.
Number, distribution, rate of appearance, sites of friction, and whether acanthosis nigricans is present alongside.
Removal is quick and the lesion does not return at that site. New ones appear elsewhere if the underlying drivers are unchanged.
Home removal with thread or scissors risks bleeding, infection and scarring, and forecloses identifying a lesion that was not an acrochordon.
Acrochordons are benign fibroepithelial outgrowths on a narrow stalk. Individually they are a non-event. Collectively, the count carries information.
Multiple or rapidly appearing lesions are repeatedly associated with insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia. A sudden crop is a finding, not only a cosmetic complaint.
Number, distribution, rate of appearance, sites of friction, and whether acanthosis nigricans is present alongside.
Home removal with thread or scissors risks bleeding, infection and scarring, and forecloses identifying a lesion that was not an acrochordon.
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