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A member asked:
At what age should someone with a skin tag start screening for bowel polyps / cancer (have had the skin tag since age 19 and am 31 now)?
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Not related: Skin tags do not increase or decrease the risk of colon cancer. Screening for colon cancer before age 50 is not recommended for people who have no risk factors (such as family history of early onset colon cancer or multiple colon polyps).
Answered 9/29/2016
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Talk to a doctor: the best person to answer that question is your doctor although in my opinion they are totally benign
Answered 9/19/2014
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Skin tags: I don't know of any association between skin tags and mucosal polyps of the colon. If there is one I would like to know about it. The normal age to have your first screening colonoscopy is 50.
Answered 9/19/2014
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