What is acrochordon?
Acrochordon is a small skin growth that forms and hangs from the skin surface. This normal skin growth is usually benign, harmless and painless, although it can occur under irritation when it is wiped on clothes. Because acrochordone is usually not associated with any harm, treatment is generally not necessary. The characteristics will be placed, which can appear acrochordon, are on the armpit of man, folds of body and neck. Acrochordon is also known as the skin brand or fibroepithelial polyp.
It is not known what specifically causes acrochordones to form, although it seems that friction plays a role, for example, when the skin wipes on the skin. This would explain why one of the most common places of acrochordon will appear, are the folds of the body. Some risk factors for forming acrochordones include pregnancy, obesity and diabetes. Men and women gain acrochordones and skin growth can also occur at any age. The number of acrochordones that one acquires differs and increases with age.
physically acrochordons are usually small but maybe as large as 2 inches (about 5 centimeters) on average. Some acrochordones are attached to the skin with a short narrow stem. In addition, acrochordones can be either colored or a darker look. Although acrochordones may resemble other health conditions, they can usually be diagnosed through sight. Another analysis of acrochordons usually takes place, if they look strange, in which case the affected person could undergo a biopsy.
Sometimes small acrochordones fall alone, but largely, as soon as the skin growth is formed, they usually do not leave without treatment. Those who want to have treatment usually do this due to irritation or cosmetic purposes. Treatment is usually performed by a dermatologist and involves removing skin growth. Different methods of treatment of cryotherapy and electrosurgery, as well as ligations and surgical excision.
The purpose of treatment is to be able to do it to make the skin growízněn. Cryotherapy as such freezes acrochordon, while electrocurgery applies to it electrical current and ligation is bound to skin growth, while surgery includes the use of scissors. After the treatment of acrochordones, they do not grow back, but that does not mean that the new one does not appear in other areas of the body. Although it is useful to understand risk factors, there are no measures to prevent acrochordons.