Armpit Skin Tags

Armpits are a very common place to get skin tags. Skin tags are small flesh coloured or slightly darker growths of soft tissue. Armpit skin tags are harmless but can be annoying, cause embarrassment or catch on clothing and cause discomfort.

The reason armpit skin tags are so common is because they tend to happen in areas of the body where there is friction on the skin. In the armpit, the skin of the arm rubs over the skin of the torso.

If you have other people in your family with armpit skin tags, you are more likely to have them yourself because of genetic predisposition.

Being overweight makes you more likely to get skin tags, but people of any weight get skin tags.

Men, women and all genders get armpit skin tags. They get more common as you get older, but even children can get armpit skin tags.

If you have armpit skin tags and you don’t like them and would prefer you didn’t have them, they can be permanently removed using surgical excision, heat methods of removal (electrosurgery diathermy) or cryotherapy freezing.

Surgical excision and electrosurgery are instant, cryotherapy takes 1-4 weeks in general for the skin tags to fall away. All methods can leave a scar, which is usually a red mark and fades to close to the colour of the surrounding skin over time.

At Skin Tag Removal Wales we specialise in skin tag removal and have helped get rid of huge numbers of armpit skin tags for people like you. The feedback we hear most from people after treatment is they wish they’d done it earlier. If you would like information about permanently getting rid of your armpit skin tags, you are invited to contact Skin Tag Removal Wales on 07438431182 or skintagswales@gmail.com.