Facial Mole Removal

can skin tags be removed non-surgically?

those little buggars hurt when my necklaces scrape them, but i don’t have the $ or insurance to get them removed by a doctor. -i am willing to try any removal creams or home remedies that are out there!

You CAN remove skin tags yourself. Some people will suggest that you don’t due to health issues but I have seen it done and it’s not as complicated as it may seem. It is YOUR choice! My father have done that and I’ve helped him remove 3. What he did was pull the skin tag toward and had me tie a piece of thread around the skin tag and tightly enough make a knot looping around the tag and I then tied it; then I cut the ends of the remaming thread with a scissor. Leave the knot around the skin tag and it will eventually become loose and will fall off eventually on its own. You can retie it every 2 days giving it a fresh tight knot. It did hurt him a little, more like a litle sting but it was worth it b/c he removed every single one he had. He really didn’t feel like going to the hospital just for that. A doctor sometimes uses the same procedure, he/she might use a surgical suture (a string if you will) and tie a knot around the skin tag. Suture stays on until tag falls off. The suture/knot is very tight and cuts off the flow of blood to the skin. If you are going to do this yourself make sure your hands are clean, wash them first to prevent infection and have someone help you b/c that will make it much easier and also they need to tie the knot around the skin tag for you, I doubt it can be done alone.

Additional Info:

How can they be removed?
Skin tags can be removed for cosmetic reasons by the following methods:

*Cryotherapy (freezing)
*Surgical excision (often with scissors)
*Electrosurgery (diathermy)
*Ligation (a suture is tied around the neck of the skin tag)

In cases in which a skin tag is irritated or cosmetically unwanted, treatment may be done by freezing the tag with liquid nitrogen, tying off the tag with a thread or suture so as to cut off the blood supply, or cutting off (excising) the tag with a scalpel or scissors.