Tundra Gypsy
Veteran Member
I have a couple of skin tags on my neck; how does one go about removing them? Any easy home rememdies? Thanks!
How Do You Remove Skin Tags?
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Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
Mine are on little stalks. A VERY sharp toenail clippers and a quick swab after of hydro peroxide does the trick. I get the darn things in my bra line also.
ArmyOfFive
Inactive
I do the (sanitized) clippers or very sharp scissors here.
Irritating little buggars they are!
Irritating little buggars they are!
Sassafras
Veteran Member
DD calls it our 'dining room table surgery'. A swipe of alcohol, sterile tweezers to stretch the tag, and new sharp cuticle scissors (also sterilized) to snip them off. I spent good money one time years ago to have the doctor do just that.
**Warning...if you let the base of the tag get too big, it will hurt like the dickens cutting through. Been there. Done that.
**Warning...if you let the base of the tag get too big, it will hurt like the dickens cutting through. Been there. Done that.
Volleyball Granny
Inactive
My aunt had about a zillion of the on her neck...the doctor wanted to charged per tag--a lot! I yanked them off with my fingernails and swabbed her down with rubbing alcohol. The doctor had a fit!
By the way, the spots healed almost overnight...and the skin tags never grew back.
By the way, the spots healed almost overnight...and the skin tags never grew back.
Tundra Gypsy
Veteran Member
Thanks for your responses; I think I'll try the less painful way first, then if that doesn't work, I'll get the clippers out.
Genevieve
working on it
I had a big one right in the middle of the arm pit. Every time I shaved the darn thing would bleed. I had to go to the dermatologist to get it and another one removed. Had to pay the co-pay of $25 and it hurt for a few days ( and no deodorant ew lol), but it was worth it. It hasn't come back and that was 2 years ago.
Now I have a bunch of tiny ones all around the bra line. Maybe it is the thyroid. Because I'm hypothyroid and I noticed them around the same time I was diagnosed. Hmmm....
I've also heard years back on tv that they were caused by a virus. Who knows! LOL
Now I have a bunch of tiny ones all around the bra line. Maybe it is the thyroid. Because I'm hypothyroid and I noticed them around the same time I was diagnosed. Hmmm....
I've also heard years back on tv that they were caused by a virus. Who knows! LOL
Kathy in WV
Down on the Farm...
If you hold ice on them for a minute before you snip them theres no pain. If its very big the "stalk" will bleed quite freely, dip a q-tip in alum powder and dab onto the bleeders to get it stopped. I'm plagued with them... and hate them... so I've removed several!
NamasteMama
Senior Member
Skin tags are the result of blood sugar that is too high. Stop eating sugar. ;0)
Leigh19717
Senior Member
I was told that they are a result of skin contact with skin as well as hormones? My blood sugar is fine and I have 2 on my neck, so I would be curious on it.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
they are hereditary some of us are more proned to them than others. As for the ones in the armpits, go see your GI doc as those indicate polyps in the colon.
K-
K-
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrochordon you can read all about them at the linky, complete with photos.
meandk0610
Veteran Member
where did you find out about this?
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
The hereditary part or the polyp part? The polyp part was from my GI doc and it's only a certain place in the arm pit.
K-
meandk0610
Veteran Member
the polyp part. did the doc mean in the armpit or would even close to the armpit indicate colon polyps?