Talk:Skin tag

message: Subsection "Natural Treatment": to purchase go to ...
Isn't that just spam? Why is this allowed here?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.179.45.217 (talk) 23:32, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Spam?

message: The lead states: "An acrochordon (also known as a cutaneous papilloma, cutaneous tag, fibroepithelial polyp, fibroma molluscum, fibroma pendulum, papilloma colli, skin tag, or soft fibroma". IANAD, but this is highly suspicious to me. "Papilloma", "polyp", "molluscum", and "fibroma" are not interchangeable terms.  Two sources are provided at the end of this, but it is entirely unclear which term is sourced by what reference, if any of them are at all.  This needs to be critically re-written, with every alternative term cited to a specific source, and those sources checked for reliability and for whether they actually say what it is claimed that they say.  As an example of how bad this is, please see Molluscum, which makes it very clear that molluscum is a viral infection, which has nothing to do with skin tags. Similarly, papillomas are viral, while fibromas have nothing to do with viruses at all. Finally, the term polyp only applies to abnormal growths on mucous membranes, which again has jack to do with skin tags.  It is very obvious that the lead section of this article is confused, inadequately sourced, and spreading misinformation. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont]  ‹(-¿-)› 21:51, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Alternative terms checked and sourced. SilkTork *YES! 09:41, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

text: Removed.SilkTork *YES! 09:41, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Accuracy of lead section strongly disputed

message: Currently, the line discussing using baking soda and castor oil to "dissolve" the skin tag references Edward Cayce, a self proclaimed psychic, and cites the website of recorder player as the source.  I am deleted this entry until it is better sourced. Ygbsm (talk) 02:55, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Baking soda and castor oil

message: I would suggest that if anyone is inclined, they could submit a creative commons photo of a skin tag.  The current picture isn't very clear.  --71.199.2.101 (talk) 11:33, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I, too, am going to ask for a better photo.  I was just reading elsewhere about some symptoms and Wikipedia was referenced for the text in this article, but not the image.  Surely a better one can be provided?  --Hordaland (talk) 13:41, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Better picture

message: This article quotes citation 9 as claiming there's association between diabetes mellitus or prediabetes with skin tags. I just read the abstract of that citation and it claims precisely the opposite - no association was found between skin tags and DM. What gives?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.122.238.225 (talk) 08:40, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you did not read all the way to the end of the abstract. It says, "No correlation was found between the localization, size, colour and number of the ST and the presence of DM. Our study indicates that ST are not associated with increased incidence of obesity compared to the general population. On the other hand, ST are associated with impaired carbohydrate metabolism, and may serve as means for identifying patients at increasing risk of having DM."  Invertzoo (talk) 07:32, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Diabetes

message: :I recently removed a statement from this article which said that skin tags are more common in men than women. 
:I have seen this generalized claim on other sources. For example, the company website "dermatology palm beach" makes this claim, but it does not specify what kind of skin tags: https://www.dermatologypalmbeach.com/skin-conditions-treated/skin-tag-removal/
:Recently, I added a reference to a specific document to the Syringoma page, authored by Neil Swanson, which does indicate that some types of skin tags are more common in men than women. Judging by the photo on the "dermatology palm beach" website, it may be that many types of benign tumors are broadly classifed as "skin tags" by dermatologists. 
:Does this article require more specification to boast the statement "skin tags are more common in women than in men", which is apparently based on dermatology clinic sources, or does it require that we identify which types of skin tags are more common in men than women, with peer reviewed articles or at least more detailed documents authored by known physicians, such as the Swanson reference:  https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5b42/e737195aca7af80eaf19b5de8023bd658ec6.pdf ?
Hunan201p (talk) 17:24, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  More common in men than women? 

message: The link for "fibrovascular" links to Vascular tissue, which concerns plants. The hatnote on that article refers readers to Circulatory system for circulation in animals. This looks like something that needs to be sorted out by someone better versed in medicine or biology than myself. Autarch (talk) 02:08, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fibrovascular core link