skin tag

[skin tag]

noun

1. a small, soft, pendulous benign growth of skin, generally found at eyelids, armpits, neck, groin, and other skin creases and folds.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skin tag¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Unauthorized mole and skin tag removers sold on Amazon put the company in the crosshairs of the Food and Drug Administration, which sent a warning letter to the retail giant this month asking that it remove the products from its website.

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As part of its research, the agency says it bought two of the offending products on Amazon: the “Deisana Skin Tag Remover, Mole Remover and Repair Gel Set” and the “Skincell Mole Skin Tag Corrector Serum.”

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The two mole and skin tag removal products appear to no longer be available on Amazon’s website.

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But there are still multiple other mole and skin tag removal serums and creams for sale on Amazon, according to a search for “mole remover.”

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Some of the devices use a ligation method with small rubber bands to cut off a skin tag’s blood supply.

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