Yes. According to American Academy of Dermatology, skin tags are indeed a sign of diabetes. Apart from skin tags, you may also experience other warning signs on your skin such as:
- Yellowish, reddish, or brown patches. It is also referred to as necrobiosis lipoidica
- A velvet like feeling when you touch certain darker areas of your skin. It is also referred to as acanthosis nigricans
- Thickened and hardened skin, which is also called digital sclerosis
- Blisters
- Skin infections
- Open wounds or sores
- Shin spots, also referred to as diabetic dermopathy
- Outbreak of small bumps that are usually reddish-yellow. It is also referred to as eruptive xanthomatosis
- Raised lesions or bumps, also known as granuloma annulare
- Dry and itchy skin
- Scaly patches around your eyelids. These can happen on eyelids too. The medical name for this condition is xanthelasma
