Skin Tags

[newlifehelp]

I have not ben aware of having these before but understand they can be an issue with diabetes. I have now got one very sore skin tag on my neck. Has anyone had an issue and removed it themselves with success.

 

[LaurenMoffitt]

I have not ben aware of having these before but understand they can be an issue with diabetes. I have now got one very sore skin tag on my neck. Has anyone had an issue and removed it themselves with success.

Most GP surgeries will remove in house or refer you to the local hospital.

Sent from my XT1032 using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

 

[Brunneria]

I am a bad person.

I use a pair of very sharp, very clean, nail or sewing scissors. Works like a charm. May need a plaster after, but not usually. Rarely bleed. Certainly can't be bothered to trek to the surgery for an appt.

Mind you, depends on size and location.

They are a side effect of PCOS, and I do not tolerate them. Consider them just one indignity too many.

 

[daisy1]

I also cut them off with some clean scissors. They don't grow again.

 

[Mep]

I go to the doc and get them burnt off (my doc refuses to cut them off as he tells me that could cause infection for diabetics). They're also a symptom of PCOS. I have issues with them on my neck in particular. If they change colour or start bleeding I get them removed.

 

[newlifehelp]

Thanks all. May go to see practice nurse, as this one is quite sore and red so don't want to tackle it myself.

 

[NicolaB70]

I put a good sticky plaster over mine and leave it for a few days whilst the skin tag dries out. When I remove the plaster the skin tag has gone or just comes off hen rubbed. They don't normally return.
Does it hurt cutting them off? I've got quite a few on my neck

 

[nomoredonuts]

Right, that's it. I'm off to the Doc to get tested. I might have PCOS.
That's "peeing 'cos of sugar", right?

 

[Mep]

the last one that was annoying me fell off on it's own... but that hardly ever happens for me.

 

[zand]

Well if @Brunneria is a bad person then I am a very bad person. I just pull them off with my finger nails. I'm not advising anyone else to do this but is saves time finding the scissors.

 

[Brunneria]

Well if @Brunneria is a bad person then I am a very bad person. I just pull them off with my finger nails. I'm not advising anyone else to do this but is saves time finding the scissors.

@zand, I confess I wanted to score your post 'Winner', 'like', 'agree', and 'funny' all at the same time.

I guess we are just a pair of arch-villain rebels, eh?

@NicolaB70 the little ones don't hurt at all. The bigger ones might sting for a couple of seconds. Beyond that, I find the process utterly painless and hassle free.

 

[Pipp]

I am a bad person.

I use a pair of very sharp, very clean, nail or sewing scissors. Works like a charm. May need a plaster after, but not usually. Rarely bleed. Certainly can't be bothered to trek to the surgery for an appt.

Mind you, depends on size and location.

They are a side effect of PCOS, and I do not tolerate them. Consider them just one indignity too many.

Oh my! A hairdresser snipped through one on my neck accidentally once.. It bled for ages and took a long time to heal. I guess it would depend on the size of the skin tag? I have heard of tying a fine thread ligature around them to cut off blood supply so they fall off. Or having chemical cauterisation. I don't manage them myself, as they usually appear in hard to reach places like the back of my neck or on my back. Too much of a coward for DIY so would ask at pharmacy, or pay at Spire clinic. Worry about infection.
I know. I am a wuss.

 

[Brunneria]

@Pipp if your hairdresser left the tag on, and bleeding, it would bleed like a stuck pig. And probably hurt too, since it would catch on stuff like collars.

You need to snip them neatly off at the neck (usually the narrowest part). That is when they don't bleed, or bleed minimally.

I tied the cotton thread thing once. OWWW!!!! and utterly useless. That was when I started using scissors. a 1000x better.

 

[Shar67]

My hubby had a big one on shoulder, I tied a bit of dental floss (it's sterile) round it to cut of blood supply, it turned black and dropped off after a couple of days. It didn't even leave a mark

 

[Pipp]

@Pipp if your hairdresser left the tag on, and bleeding, it would bleed like a stuck pig. And probably hurt too, since it would catch on stuff like collars.

You need to snip them neatly off at the neck (usually the narrowest part). That is when they don't bleed, or bleed minimally.

I tied the cotton thread thing once. OWWW!!!! and utterly useless. That was when I started using scissors. a 1000x better.

Blimey, how big are the ones you chop?
I have one on my back which feels like a pea, but is probably more like a peppercorn. No way am I going to hack at it with scissors. Like I said, wuss.

 

[NicolaB70]

Blimey, how big are the ones you chop?
I have one on my back which feels like a pea, but is probably more like a peppercorn. No way am I going to hack at it with scissors. Like I said, wuss.

That makes two of us then. I don't think I've got the guts to hack them off with scissors. I'll stick to using plasters

 

[Brunneria]

I would expect a peppercorn to need a plaster.

And I would tackle one long before it reached pea size, so think I would make an appt for that one...

I usually deal with them before they even get to the size of sesame seeds.

 

[Pipp]

That makes two of us then. I don't think I've got the guts to hack them off with scissors. I'll stick to using plasters

I am not sure how that would work? @NicolaB70
Do you mean you put the adhesive part of the plaster on top of the skin tag? How do you know it is ready to remove?

 

[Pipp]

I would expect a peppercorn to need a plaster.

And I would tackle one long before it reached pea size, so think I would make an appt for that one...

I sort of didn't notice until it was quite big. As a wuss, I will accept the advice to make an appointment.

 

[Pipp]

Of course, it could be a mole and not a skin tag.
Big trouble to mess with one of them.