Skin "tags"

[mickylonster]

Hi , I wonder if anybody knows if there is a procedure to remove small tags of skin , these seem to be growing on the inner upper arms near to my armpits, and also a couple on my inner thighs, I need to take extra care when toweling dry these areas, as quite often catch the tags and experience quite painful snagging ?? any help/advice would be much appreciated

[Mrjlh]

Hi , I wonder if anybody knows if there is a procedure to remove small tags of skin , these seem to be growing on the inner upper arms near to my armpits, and also a couple on my inner thighs, I need to take extra care when toweling dry these areas, as quite often catch the tags and experience quite painful snagging ?? any help/advice would be much appreciated

Simply go to a dermatologist and ask to have them removed. No big deal. They either burn them off or "snip" them off. They may use a "local anesthetic" for pain relief if they are too big. Suggest using a hospital because they'll more equipted for it than the outside clinic. Even the "shopping mall clinics" can handle it too.

[krading]

My Aussie doc told me to cut them off myself with a pair of nail scissors. A dab of antisceptic and a brave smile is all you need.

[soloman]

I wouldn't go near any butchery/self butchery. Certainly do not go for the dryice burning off system that some general practice doctors use. I had many many mostly very small ones. I got a perfect results from a doctor who does beauty procedures (such as botox, spider veins, broken capillaries, etc) and he lasered them off. But BE WARNED, this procedure was very very painful. He injected a little local anaesthetic into each one, this was very painful. Then the laser - OH MY GOD did it burn!! But PERFECT results. Make sure that they have a laser before you commit to the procedure. A laser is an expensive piece of equipment and so some may talk of using laser but use something else.

[lopburi3]

Laser should not hurt at all (or very little). I have had a number of abnormalities removed with such at Vejthani by two different dermatologists. You have the choice of a cream or injection. Cream will take about 40 minutes but injection is almost immediate and found it about the same as a pin prick. I did avoid looking at the laser process but it really was not any serious pain (and I had some large/deep removals). I do recommend laser highly over the old CO2 can freeze (which results in a major mess/long heal time and for me did not work as spots came back).

[wichianburi1]

Hi , I wonder if anybody knows if there is a procedure to remove small tags of skin , these seem to be growing on the inner upper arms near to my armpits, and also a couple on my inner thighs, I need to take extra care when toweling dry these areas, as quite often catch the tags and experience quite painful snagging ?? any help/advice would be much appreciated

Laser worked for me; it is fast and efficient.

[camerata]

Laser is the normal treatment, after anesthetic cream has been applied for 45 minutes. I've only been given a local anesthetic injection for something that is large, like keratosis, never for a skin tag.

[KevinBloodyWilson]

My Aussie doc told me to cut them off myself with a pair of nail scissors. A dab of antisceptic and a brave smile is all you need.

If you want to do them yourself, put a paper clip on them, or tie them off with cotton. A week later they will fall off; if they get a bit sore from clothes, use cotton put a plaster over the top.

What my Aussie doctor said and I got rid of a few doing just that. Never been a problem, never been painful.