Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Skin Tags have medical significance & serve as a warning sign that the sufferer is not metabolically healthy.

Dr. Annette Bosworth

Skin tags may be different than some lesions I have pealed from the skin and they never grew back.  So she may be talking here only about skin tags and not other lesions we might confuse with the label of "skin tags." 

Primary skin lesions are either present from birth or develop during your lifetime. Types include,

  • Bullae: A vesicle that is more than 1 centimeter (cm) and filled with fluid.  A blister.
  • Macule:  Less than 1 cm in size, a flat non-palpable lesion. See here
  • Papule or maculopapula: An elevated solid lesion, up to 1 centimeter in size. It has clear borders, is firm, and can appear in various colors.
  • Patch: A flat, discolored lesion, greater than 1 cm in size
  • Plaqu: A lesion that is raised like a papule, greater than 1 cm in size. It is solid, rough, and flat-topped.
  • Vesicle: A fluid-filled blister less than 1 cm in size
  • Pustule: Similar to a vesicle but filled with pus instead of fluid
  • Nodule: A circular, elevated, solid bump greater than 1 cm in size 

Primary skin lesions tend to be divided into three groups:

  • Lesions formed by fluid within the skin layers: Examples include vesicles and pustules.
  • Lesions that are solid masses: Examples include nodules and tumors.
  • Flat lesions: Examples include patches and macules.

Secondary Skin Lesions

Secondary skin lesions arise from primary skin lesions. This can happen when a primary skin lesion is:

  • Disturbed
  • Irritated
  • Changes over time

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