I have many, many skin tags, and they seem to be multiplying by the dozens lately. They are embarassing to say the least. Most of mine are under my arms, on my neck, and in the folds of skin around my waist. But recently, I have found them in the creases of my legs and inside of my thighs. These rub and become irritated. Some of the older ones have become very large. I am desparate to have them removed, but my doctor said they would always come back and that they are hereditary.
Published: July 16
If you're gone take it off yourself, just don't cut it. It will bleed a lot sometimes. The recommended way that I have read about is to tie it off with a long hair or piece of thread. It will dry up and fall off without the need to cut anything.
Also, there is a new liquid product from DermaSil that will dry them up.
Published: July 03
I had a very annoying skin tag in my armpit that started out little bitty but grew huge and pesky. It would twist around and felt like my armpit was being pinched. It was also rather unsightly. My husband tied a piece of string far back on the "stem" of the skin tag, against my armpit. Within days I woke up and it had fallen off. Since then, I have tried this with several other smaller ones and have had positive results. My doctor advised this is how he would have treated this, as skin tags rarely require being cut off.
I had a small skin tag on the inside of my thigh that I noticed while waxing. I'm 27 years old and this is the first one I've seen on me, but my mother has them around her eyes. I pulled on it, and it didn't hurt too much, so I decided I'd cut it off as it is somewhat unsightly. I opted for scissors......pulled the thing up a bit, snipped and used a cotton ball for the minimal bleeding that occurred. I felt absolutely no pain. I wasn't expecting that, but cool! No big scab today, just a tiny mark, less than if I had cut myself shaving.
Published: June 20
I do not suggest this because I'm not a medical professional. I recently cut off my skin tags with a razor blade in my bathroom. They were very small and on my neck. Bleeding did occur, however it involved minimal pain and the results were instant.
Published: June 19
I'm in my forties now but started getting tags in my early thirties...I have found a fast and easy way to remove them with out much pain. Large toe nail clippers (not for the faint of heart) with the straight flat head. Sterilized w/alcohol first apply a numbing cream to the tag, clip and you're done. I usually apply a little of Hydrogen Peroxide after to ensure the cut is clean.
Published: June 16
I am a 48 year old male and have multiple skin tags around my arm pits. These are numerous and of varying sizes. I also get some on my neck but these are very small.
Recently one under my right arm pit became irritated and was bugging me constantly. The wife and I snipped if off with scissors and bandaged it up as it started to bleed immediately. This was expected and I figured it would clot and stop after a while. Long story short, there was lots of blood, messed up sheets, and we had to change the bandage three times, over a 7 hour period. I take aspirin, so my blood is pretty thin and takes longer to clot. After about 24 hours the site had healed enough that we removed the gauze and tape. This method works, but blood loss can result and discomfort can result by wearing a pressure bandage for a day. Next time I may try tying off the sucker and snipping it below the string. That should reduce the blood loss and be less messy.
Published: June 16
I had skin tags around neck and underarm for years. The ones around my neck seemed to be irritated by constantly wearing a gold chain. So I stopped. I did not get more but the ones I had continued to grow a bit. About 8 years had the Dr. take them off. The ones she cut healed fine. The ones she froze made huge purplish marks around my neck that did not fade for at least 3 months. She was horrified and had never seen that before. However, not wishing to try THAT again. I have cut a couple of small ones off myself. I pour alcohol over a pair of small sharp scissors, and apply alcohol on skin tag. SNIP it off quickly and apply a stiptix pencil my husband keeps for shaving cuts. Rarely have any bleeding. I apply Neosporin ointment immediately and have a great success with this. If I ever have to go to the Dr. for help with one in the future. I am going to insist on cutting not freezing!
Published: June 16
I am currently pregnant and I developed a skin tag I asked my doctor he said he can easily remove it when I am in labor so he can put anesthesia and wont hurt he is just going to cut it off. It does not hurt it just looks ugly.
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I have many, many skin tags, and they seem to be multiplying by the dozens lately. They are embarassing to say the least. Most of mine are under my arms, on my neck, and in the folds of skin around my waist. But recently, I have found them in the creases of my legs and inside of my thighs. These rub and become irritated. Some of the older ones have become very large. I am desparate to have them removed, but my doctor said they would always come back and that they are hereditary.