10 Causes of Skin Tags
Cause #4: Friction
This is one of the few causes of skin tags that is not strictly medical in nature. While friction between the skin and clothes certainly tends to occur more often with obesity – which is one of the reasons that obese people are more likely to develop skin tags – it can occur in people of all shapes and sizes.
People who wear clothes that are very tight or aren’t comfortably fitted will be more likely to develop friction-induced skin tags. This is especially true for people who are very active, and their clothes are constantly rubbing up against their skin.
Skin tags also occur in areas of the body that simply rub together frequently, such as the armpits.
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