OT: Skin Tags - do you have them?

and if so, how do you deal with them? Anyone try the "at home" removal? (strings, sterilized scissors... this is giving me chills just thinking about it... ) I know there is a chance of infection... but my grandma used to do this all the time and she's still alive to tell about it! My dermatologist will do it, but I only see him once every six months (and he's booked solid until my next appt) and I want these GONE. Thoughts? Thanks!

My hubby has them and he just goes to the PCP and he cuts them off at the office. Robin

OMG! I have terrible ones between my legs. They are so big that they would need stitches if they were removed. I wish I had had Dr.C remove them in surgery. I tried home remedies but they weren't fazed by them. I guess I need to find a dermatologist. I just hate showing them to anyone. Cathy

Mine are small(ish) but they're on my neck. YUCK. I hate them. I want to chop my hair off into a short layer-y choppy cut, but I won't do it until these are gone. My dermatologist doesn't use anything to numb the area before he cuts them!! Just the thought of that makes me I'm scared!

Melissa - I get a lot of them on my neck and around my eyes. I do the string method and it works and there is no pain, but they have to be large enough to get a piece of thread around the base. Tie it tight and the tab will fall off in a few days. With smaller ones I crush them with a pair of tweezers (the tab itself has no nerve endings) and they will die and fall off. Probably not the best method, but it works for me. Good luck Cindy B

OH I GET THEM TO BUT IF YOU GET THEM WHEN THEY ARE SMALL, JUST TAKE A PAIR OF TWEEZERS , HOLD IT OUT AND CUT IT WITH A TINY PAIR OF SIZZORS. DOES'NT HURT AT ALL. I ALWAYS DAB IT WITH SOME PEROXIDE AFTER TO. GOOD LUCK

Melissa, AAWWWRRRUUUCCCKKKK!!!!! These home remedies give me the willies! I had several on my neck and I had my gyn who is also a skin specialist remove them in his office this summer (derm. was booked solid for months). It was painless (he numbed the areas--novocain like the dentist was the worst part.). He "burned them off" left little charred ends and when they were gone within a few days--no more tagettes! e-mail me if you want his name/number.

I've always heard that skin tags are angel kisses. Can't for the life of me figure out why Cathy P's angel is kissing the inside of her legs though!