and it has been there as long as i can remember. Anyway, yesterday when I put my seatbelt on I felt pain, and touched my neck and it was the skin tag. Well, same thing today - and my boyfriend noticed tonight that it turned really really dark brown?!? usually it's the color of my skin and totally 100% unnoticable. It hurts and is dark brown now. WHAT'S WRONG????
2006-10-04 15:16:52 · 10 answers · asked by T S 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
Nothing, just cut if off. I do that to mine when I get them. Once I had one turn brown, I cut it off and never saw it again.
2006-10-04 15:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by CJBig 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skin tag: A small tag of skin that may have a stalk (a peduncle). Skin tags may appear on the skin almost anywhere although the favorite locales are the eyelids, neck, armpits (axillae), upper chest, and groin.
Invariably benign, this tiny tumor of the skin usually causes no symptoms unless repeatedly irritated as, for example, by the collar.
Treatment may be done by freezing with liquid nitrogen or by cutting off with a scalpel or scissors if the skin tag is irritating or cosmetically unwanted.
Medically, a skin tag can be termed an acrochordon or a cutaneous papilloma. But it is far better known as a skin tag.
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2016-04-28 09:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Home surgery, man. Sterilize a pair of scissors. Cut the skin tag off at the base. Apply pressure with a clean cotton ball until the bleeding stops. Apply neosporin and a band-aid. Do this once a week or so, one or two at a time so you're not covered in bandages and sores all the time. Your doctor can do this for you, but it is cosmetic rather than medically necessary, so your insurance will likely not pay for it.
2016-03-18 04:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be a good idea to visit a dermatologist; however, you could remove it yourself quite simply. Get the "Freeze off" type of wart remover. Freeze the skin tag at least twice and then tie a loop of thread around it very tightly. It hurts a little bit, but not as much as simply "cutting it off." Over the next day or so, you can tighten the string a little if it gets loose and you can re-freeze it if you want, but the first two "treatments" usually kill it off completely. The skin tag will fall off in a day or two. This is actually how my doctor removed one from my neck. I removed one from my hip by myself and it worked out just fine. So, freeze it, freeze it again, tie it off, and wait a day or two. If you're worried about it being malignant or infected, see a dermatologist and they can remove it and do a biopsy. Good luck!
2006-10-04 15:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by Myzyri 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has gotten irritated—maybe some internal bleeding like a bruise. It might be the time to have a dermatologist clip it, since it is in an area where further irritation can be expected. For now cold compresses for two days to minimize swelling and then warm compresses to aid resorption.
2006-10-04 15:22:31 · answer #6 · answered by DrB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To get rid of it ... tie a piece of cotton tight around the tag to stop blood going through it, it will just drop of when it is ready. My Dad used to do this when he had one.
2006-10-04 15:27:24 · answer #7 · answered by charm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably just a tiny capillary inside it popped; the color could be the dried blood.
If the tag bothers you, you can have it removed.
2006-10-05 21:50:18 · answer #8 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would see the doctor and have it checked. It is better to be safe than sorry. I think removing it is probably fairly simple, then they can send a sample away to be tested.
2006-10-04 15:20:58 · answer #9 · answered by freggs 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just pull it off. You might want to go to the Dr and see if it might be cancer.
2006-10-04 16:56:33 · answer #10 · answered by Coconuts 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋