Are Skin Tags a Sign of Diabetes?

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