There are many of us who have been fed up with skin tags. The ugly culprits just pops up anywhere on the body and create some inconvenient and unpleasant situation for us. Though these tiny little tumours are harmless, sometimes they can be a matter of serious concern. Skin tags when change shape and colour frequently, can become malignant. Visit the doctor as soon as you notice such thing happening. Skin tags can be removed pretty easily using either dermatological or homemade remedies. So, if you are thinking about how to remove skin tags easily, better don’t be worried at all.
The dermatologist’s way
Cryotherapy. This procedure is pretty simple. Some amount of liquid nitrogen is poured on the skin tag. This freezes the tag. The tissues of the tag dry up quickly and ultimately the tag to falls off. It takes 7 to 10 days for the tag to fall off. Healing time in this procedure is couple of weeks.
Dermatologist may also use a scissor to simply nip off the tag from its base. This happens pretty quickly. Dermatologist even may not use anaesthesia in this procedure. Pain experienced is very minor and not to be scared of. Healing time in this procedure is just a couple of days.
Electro surgery. A current emitting electric needle is used for this procedure. This may cause little more pain than the previous procedure and local anaesthesia can be done if the doctor decides to do so. The skin tag is burnt by the needle so that the tissues inside completely die. A complete removal of the tag happens in this procedure.
Therapies done at home
a) Fingernail polish is one of the available homemade therapies which could be used to remove skin tags at home. Cover the skin tag with fingernail polish three times a day for few days. The tag will fall off after few days.
b) Extract some juice from onion and apply it on the skin tag for a few days. This helps the skin tag to dry up and die pretty fast.
c) Rub the skin tag with a cotton ball soaked with apple cedar vinegar few times a day for few days. Wash the area around the skin tag thoroughly before performing this procedure. This is an effective way to remove skin tag.
d) Tie the base of the skin tag with a dental floss to prevent the blood flowing into the tag. After sometimes the tag becomes numb. Now using a nail clipper you can pull off the tag without any bleeding.
e) Make a paste using baking soda and castor oil. Apply the paste on the skin tag and put a bandage on it. Repeat the process for a week. The tag will surely fall off.
After doing one of the above mentioned procedures if you succeed, skin tag may well pop up on another part of your body. It depends how much you are prone to developing skin tags. Survey record shows that type II diabetic patients and obese people are more prone to skin tags. So are pregnant women.