Skin Tags- what are they??

conspirator

your local GP will remove them for free. Usually found in hot areas of the body and often look like moles.

Removal procedure is anasthetic and a hot wire which removes them.

Not very pleasent sounding, i opted out when i found out they were not moles

Errata

inkie wrote: »

I had a skin tag under my arm - I applied a ligature (made from a piece of cotton tied on tightly), the blood supply stopped and the tag dropped off in less than a week.

That used to be the way that GP's treated them, until they got hold of lots of fancy equipment they could use . And it's more or less the way little boy lambs lose some of their bits, and all lambs lose some of their tails.

shelly

If you have any skin tags its best to get them checked by a doctor. I thought I had harmless skin tags under my arm pits. Turns out I have human papilloma virus. In women HPV is responsible for virtually all cases of cervical cancer. As I found out.

I don't want to scare anyone but please get them checked.

littlemissmoney

Hi

I had a few of these by my armpit a few years ago which were very annoying as they rubbed on my bra. I went to the GP and had them all cut off. Painless and very quick. They haven't come back and I have no scars.

debzi

There are 130+ strains of the HPV virus, the vast majority of which are relatively harmless. The two strains known to cause cervical cancer are not the same ones that cause skin tags. So don't worry about it too much, folks.

anguk

I had one under my boob that rubbed on my bra, I happened to mention it to a surgeon when I was seeing him about something else and he cut it off! As I've got older a few more have appeared but they're small & don't bother me so I've left them, but I have one on my shoulder blade that's as big as a sultana! I might get that one removed.

My hubby had one and his GP tied some suture(sp) thread around it and it just fell off.

lynzpower

Ive got one in my inner thigh right at the top.
I dont think im brave enough to get it removed!!

Cazzdevil

I've got one right on my armpit, it's incredible that I've never managed to knick it when I shave the pits...

A friend of mine had hers removed with a heated wire, they just kinda skim it off but the heated wire seals the skin underneath it causing a tiny scab which will heal neatly and quickly.

Errata

debzi wrote: »

There are 130+ strains of the HPV virus, the vast majority of which are relatively harmless. The two strains known to cause cervical cancer are not the same ones that cause skin tags. So don't worry about it too much, folks.

For anyone who's not sure what they've got - lots of pix of skin tags and HPV warts if you google, and all in glorious technicolour !

shelly

I did what errata suggested as I didn't realise there was a difference. My HPV skin tags look like what images come up when you search for skin tags. They definately don't look like what come up when you search for HPV warts and they definately aren't in the place the HPV wart images are showing either.

They are all under my armpits and look like large skin tags. I can't shave my armpits as they bleed quite well I have had a few removed but they came back.
I still stand by my previous post.
Get them checked to be sure they aren't harmless.