Anal skin tags are caused by the swelling of the pile or haemorrhoid externally causing the skin to stretch. Once the haemorrhoid shrinks people can often be left with anal skin tags. These anal skin tags can be treated by us separately, but you need a surgeon assessment to ideally diagnose what is the true cause of anal skin swelling. Key symptoms on opening bowels

• Swelling of skin tag = skin tag and haemorrhoid
• Bleeding and sharp pain that lasts for few hours = fissure (tear in anal skin)
• Bleeding and minimal if any discomfort = haemorrhoid

Haemorrhoid vs Skin Tag Checker for Protruding Anal skin [table id=18 /]