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How do doctors tell between a wart and a skin tag?
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By looking: Warts are, well, warty. They feel harder and thicker than normal skin and they will probably have a flat base. Skin tags look and feel like skin and usually have a pedicle that lets you move it back and forth. Warts don't move.
Answered 4/7/2013
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See below: Warts tend to be round and raised. Skin tags tend to protrude from the skin in a small flap.
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