I think I have a skin tag. It is so small though. It's like the size of a pimple, but I still want to get it off badly. The doctor would think I'm crazy if I came in just to have that taken off. So, are there any home treatments that you can use at home?
2006-12-10 11:02:35 · 9 answers · asked by Captain705 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
First of all, a doc will not think you're crazy. That's a very normal complaint that takes about 10 minutes to fix. There are no home remedies that will work as well as having it removed in the doc's office.
2006-12-10 11:04:38 · answer #1 · answered by J 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not really safely. Skin tags almost always have to be frozen or cut off. Also, your provider would not think you were crazy for going in just to have this removed. I have patients come in all the time for things like that!
2006-12-10 19:07:03 · answer #2 · answered by K13 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just a word of advice, go to the doctor. Dermatologists make a fortune on these things, so that tells you that many many people go in for this very reason. Whatever you do, don't try to remove it yourself. Both my husband and I cut them off ourselves (before we even met) and both of us said the same thing about it. It was far more painfull than either of us anticipated, and they bled very hard. It was hard to control the bleeding. If you tell the doctor that it's really bothering you (it hurts when your clothes rub up against it) your health insurance should cover the cost of the removal.
2006-12-10 19:14:26 · answer #3 · answered by Goddess 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Here's what my doctor told me to do. Tie a piece of thread around the tag. Make sure it's tight. Put a bandaid over it. It will fall off in a few days.
I did this and it worked fine.
2006-12-10 19:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by Julie 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You can tie a clean thread around the base of it, pull it tight, so it strangles the tag, and it will dry up, and fall off. A nurse I know it a dermatology clinic says she cuts them off, but they bleed like hell, so be warned. If you try any of these remedies you do so at your own risk, I am merely repeating things I have heard.
2006-12-10 19:07:49 · answer #5 · answered by a1952male 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
My ex-husband had them. They have to be medically removed. If you try to remove them yourself they will only grow back. By doing it yourself you also might damage the skin and leave yourself with another mark on the skin. You do it yourself, they will only grow back. Go see your doctor, tell him/her something to the effect of they are getting irritated by being rubbed by clothes, you hand etc. Make something up, but go see a doctor.
2006-12-10 19:08:38 · answer #6 · answered by onelight 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm covered with the effing things! One of these days I am going to get up the nerve to do the string thing on a couple of them.
2006-12-10 19:32:57 · answer #7 · answered by Mad Roy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I had one once so I cut it off with a pair of scissors, it bled a little but it wasnt so bad
2006-12-10 19:11:22 · answer #8 · answered by wookie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tight encircling with a filament to cut its blood supply ,it drops off spontaneously...
2006-12-10 19:09:39 · answer #9 · answered by abdelmoaty_ismailia 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋