Skin Tag, Wart or Seborrheic Keratosis? How to Tell the Difference Skin tags, warts and seborrheic keratoses can look surprisingly similar to the untrained eye, but they’re actually very different. Skin tags Soft, small growths that hang off the skin, usually flesh-coloured or slightly darker, with a smooth surface. They love friction areas like the neck, underarms, eyelids, groin, and under the bra line. If you can gently move it and it feels like a tiny flap of loose skin, it’s likely a skin tag. Warts Rough, raised and often described as “cauliflower-like” in texture. They’re caused by a virus (HPV), which means they can spread to other parts of

Skin tags have to be one of the most common blemishes I see. You notice one. A few months later, there’s another. Then a small cluster, and clients ask me: why do I keep getting these, and is there anything I can do? This may answer it for you… Friction is the biggest culprit Skin tags form in areas where skin rubs against skin or against clothing. That’s why they so often appear on the neck (necklaces, collars), under the arms, around the bra line, on the eyelids, in the groin and under the breasts. If you’re prone to them, anywhere with regular friction is a likely spot. Genetics play

Can the NHS Remove My Skin Tag or Milia? It’s a conversation I have a lot with clients who have explored these routes and ended up at my door. They have been to their GP to check their blemish and left none the wiser, maybe knowing what it is but not knowing what they can do about it, and they weren’t sure where to go next. If that’s you, you’re not alone. And there is a reason for it. The NHS policy across most of the UK now explicitly excludes the routine removal of benign skin lesions for cosmetic reasons. That includes skin tags, milia, sebaceous hyperplasia, seborrhoeic keratoses, cherry