Skin tags - removal

[jinkster]

Hello all,

Ive got a couple of skin tags on my back. I've been looking at getting them removed. Some mention a Cryo pen and others freezing them off.

Prices seem to vary from £70 to £300 to £800.

Has anyone had any removed? Thanks

[TheThing]

Nail clippers.

[Mr_J]

TheThing said:

Nail clippers.

Has been discussed before. I'm like you and cut them off myself with some nail scissors; or get Mrs J to snip the ones I can't reach.

They barely bleed.

[smifffymoto]

Cut off the blood supply by tying cotton thread around it.

[Dazdot]

smifffymoto said:

Cut off the blood supply by tying cotton thread around it.

I did the above and Nail clippers. Nail clippers definitely easier and quicker, no blood, no pain.

[Scabutz]

Does the nail clippers work with really big ones? If got a clanger under my arm. A remnant from when I was big fat fatty. I don't want to drop 200 notes to remove it but also don't want to bleed out or get sepsis.

[bigfoot7]

I had a couple of skin tags that were getting in the way, but had great results using one of these tools.

[bigpriest]

DIY with cotton or if you want to pretend to be a nurse:

Kit from Amazon

Just make sure the band is pushed on tight, leave for a few days and you get perfectly healed skin.

[numtumfutunch]

smifffymoto said:

Cut off the blood supply by tying cotton thread around it.

Also done this, takes a while but certainly effective

[LunarOne]

I'm a bit of a fatty and get the odd one under my arms every few years. Always used nail clippers. It stings a bit and it bleeds a tiny bit for about a minute or so. Then it's over and you forget about it for a few years until the next one appears. I have a colleague at work who has hundreds around his face and neck. I really want to get him a suitable pair of nail clippers for Christmas and hope he knows what to do with them, but it's really none of my business.

[Gas1883]

Wife got some stuff from boots for one I had on my neck ( pain when shaving ) , worked in days , just painted it on .

[illmonkey]

I had some professionally removed, mainly as I had 2 on my face and didn't want to hack at them. Think it was £75 and had 4 or 5 done at the same time.

I've more now, and thinking of doing it proper again, it's not that much and the thought of clipping them off haunts me

[jagnet]

jinkster said:

Hello all,

Ive got a couple of skin tags on my back. I've been looking at getting them removed. Some mention a Cryo pen and others freezing them off.

Prices seem to vary from £70 to £300 to £800.

Has anyone had any removed? Thanks

A plasma pen is a more recent skin tag removal method:


https://creativetouchrotherham.co.uk/blog/post/und...

£800 - that must've been a lot of skin tags, surely?

Edited by jagnet on Tuesday 27th February 14:41

[TGCOTF-dewey]

numtumfutunch said:

smifffymoto said:

Cut off the blood supply by tying cotton thread around it.

Also done this, takes a while but certainly effective

My wife assures me this will be equally effective should we get divorced.

[jinkster]

Thanks for the help.

Heading to the local beauty place tomorrow so they can have a quick look. Looking like £40 for 15 mins.

[Mr.Chips]

Local GP did mine. Twenty minutes was all it took. The big ones were a bit stingy and the nurse dabbed a styptic pencil on any that bled. They do come back and can be a sign of potential type 2 diabetes. I only get them removed now if they get caught in clothing or interfere with shaving etc.

[jinkster]

Been today. £40 for 15 mins worth. The lady told me she uses a pen to burn them off. Booked in for Friday !

[dobly]

GP surgery should be able to check that they aren’t anything sinister and then remove. I had a skin tag / mole that bled for about 15 mins - glad I didn’t try that with the nail scissors in my bathroom. Doc sent it away for biopsy testing - not cancerous but not your usual skin tag or mole.

[EmilA]

I use this exact kit from Amazon. It takes a week or two to fall off but its basically pain free. I feel a little pinch at the skin tag spot at first, and sometimes find I have to cover the tag with some tape so the band doesn't fall off when I'm asleep. It's also really cost affective too!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TYVOM-Removal-Patches-Rem...

[WilliamWoollard]

bigpriest said:

DIY with cotton or if you want to pretend to be a nurse:

Kit from Amazon

Just make sure the band is pushed on tight, leave for a few days and you get perfectly healed skin.

^^^^This

Completely pain free, quick and easy, they just fall off after about a week and leave no mark.