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Old 07-11-2009, 05:56 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by charisse** View Post
When I was Dx with PCOS he asked if I had always had skin tags in my underarm and small ones around my neck line. When I told him no these have been only appearing in the last 2 years he said this is usually a dead give away for IR. He also mentioned that those two areas will usually have a darker color then the rest of my skin which is the case for me also but never thought anything of it until then.
And yes I just tie a string or piece of my hair around them and they fall off...LOL ! Its cheaper and it always takes forever to get an apt to the dermo..
Yeah, funny you should mention that I've noticed darker skin colour on those areas. Is that an IR sign too?
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