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Skin tags? #8351748
02/25/25 09:26 AM
02/25/25 09:26 AM
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Piney va. soon be 19
cotton Offline OP
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Getting lots of them, anyone know how to get rid of them????


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Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8351752
02/25/25 09:29 AM
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I get em on my neck I just rip em off. Or use toenail trimmers . Prob not correct way but they aggravate me

Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8351861
02/25/25 11:28 AM
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I used to have 15-20 on my neck. I'm a type 2 diabetic and wasn't taking very good care of myself. I finally decided to get serious and get it under control about 3 years ago. One day I realized my skin tags were gone. With a little research I found they can be a sign of diabetes. Not really an answer to your question but if you haven't had your A1C checked for a few years it might not hurt. It could save some serious problems later on.

Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8351888
02/25/25 12:25 PM
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Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8351892
02/25/25 12:28 PM
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Don't they make an ointment that will take them off like they do with warts? I'd check with your local druggist.


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Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8351904
02/25/25 12:39 PM
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I just had some burned/frozen off my back and face. You're family practice doctor should be able to do this in his office.


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Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8351907
02/25/25 12:41 PM
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look up putting vinegar on a cotton ball and holding it over one with a band aide. its an acid. I over did it when I did mine and had a little burn mark not realizing vinegar could actually hurt me but it worked. Just follow the directions and you'll be fine. Good luck.

Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8351912
02/25/25 12:45 PM
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I had lots of them , who are we kidding I still have lots of them

I ha the DR cut a bunch off in 1999

the sound of scissors cutting skin near your ear it not a good one

basic procedure is go around cleaning them all with povidone-iodine then clean your small sharp scissors with alcohol and let dry , then pull out with a tweezers and snip as close to the skin as you can

hold a clean tissue on it till it stops bleeding , basically like a bad shaving cut.

now if your on thinners a silver nitrate pencil/stick like the vet uses when they cut too deep in a nail

none of this will be without pain but it doesn't hurt long

optional method , any one that annoys you twist till it hurts too much , then repeat when it stops , give it a few days they generally fall off like a scab if you stopped the blood flow to them with enough twisting , you are left with a little nub but not too bad.

if they annoy me now I mostly use the twist method , so I have gotten rid of most of the ones that touch my collar on a shirt.

if you cut , clean the skin and the tool , infections suck


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Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8351924
02/25/25 01:03 PM
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On blood thinner so not wanting to snip em, besides some of are in places I can see to snip lol
Reckon I will check at Walmart and get remover stuff.


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Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8351987
02/25/25 02:15 PM
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If you can get a full twist on them, keep doing it until they dry up and fall off in a couple days. Otherwise, tie them off with fishing string and they will dry up and fall off.

Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8352006
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There used to be these pen shaped things you could get from a drug store that could be activated to make them extremely cold, and then you could use it to freeze off warts. I imagine you can also use them for skin tags, or they have ones specifically for skin tags.

Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8352016
02/25/25 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by cotton
On blood thinner so not wanting to snip em, besides some of are in places I can see to snip lol
Reckon I will check at Walmart and get remover stuff.


also on thinners , and if they are out of site and not bothering me , I leave them.

waxed dental floss , tie a knot synch it down is another option . works very much like banding does.

they don't have big blood flow so cut the blood flow and they die.


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Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8352029
02/25/25 03:35 PM
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Just like turning a bull into a steer. It works well.

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Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8352038
02/25/25 03:45 PM
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I have just one, but it's like 3/4 " long....its on the outside upper thigh near the buttock, it doesn't bother me so I let it grow... grin

Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8352101
02/25/25 05:02 PM
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Small sharp scissors. Just nip them off. Takes a split second and only bleeds about like a cut with your shaving razor.

Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8352103
02/25/25 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by cotton
On blood thinner so not wanting to snip em, besides some of are in places I can see to snip lol
Reckon I will check at Walmart and get remover stuff.


I missed that. Still I'd snip them or get the doc to do it when you go for an appointment. A little bandaid and they'll stop bleeding even on thinners. The remover stuff takes for ever and it hurts way worse IMO.

Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8352163
02/25/25 06:23 PM
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When you go to the Dr's office have him burn them off with nitrogen it only takes a few seconds and it's over with.

Re: Skin tags? [Re: cotton] #8352216
02/25/25 07:18 PM
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A razor blade and a pair of tweezers. That’s all the Doc does, ain’t any sense in paying him to do what I can do.

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