First skin tag!

Yes I did this too ! Many years ago , possibly in my 20/30s and yes it did drop off , one needs to 'choke' it with finger nails for a minute or so ,
But recently I had a very strange looking nodule white and growing slowly like a stack ! This was on my right arm just above elbow , It was also rough , causing clothing to catch up on it, which was annoying, but also slightly painful!
I asked Dr if it could be burnt off by freezing? But she said no and made apt for it to be cut out !
I have been left with a small bruise mark that's permanent, and a tenderness in this area , plus it looks like more fat residue collects under it !

Bloody things- I hate them! Loved MissAdventures post though! I'm not at all squeamish so will definitely try her 'barbaric' approach! I'm not too bothered about bits and pieces appearing on my torso ( let's face it, our other halves are ageing too!), but I really don't want 'bits' appearing on my face! I'll follow all advice given on Gransnet and post accordingly!
If there was a witch living locally I'm sure she could make use of our 'drop off, burn off and snip off bits'.

I have read that nail polish works very well on skin tags - haven't tried it, but if I get any more I intend to paint them with clear polish and see what happens. 'Had a sort of 'rash' of them on my neck a few years ago so I got an emery board and VERY lightly roughed up the surface area where the tags were for just a few seconds - it didn't hurt, and I speak as a complete wimp. After a few days the tags seemed to dry up, and washed away under the shower.
Cider vinegar seems to work well on skin things too; some years ago I had a very small patch of slightly pink rough skin on my shin that looked potentially nasty. Visited the GP who did examine it carefully and said it was not dangerous and 'just one of those things'. Someone told me to try cider vinegar, dabbed on every night, and the patch vanished very quickly. She had used it to get rid of a similar rather unsightly skin blemish. Don't know about skin tags but it might work- perhaps worth a try.

I went to a doctor in France about something else and pointed out a skin tag asking if it was anything to worry about whereupon he took out a pair of scissors and cut it off before I knew what was happening.

www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Skin-Tags

Might find the answer here?

Skin tags, seborrhoeic warts and ordinary warts. GPs are no longer doing these. Seborrhoeic warts are the coloured irregular raised ones can be frozen off by Harley Court who have sessions at good beauty salons, about £150 for about six, skin tags too, although my daughter cuts them off with sharp little scissors and a dab of aftershave (ouch). Had an unsightly SW removed by advanced laser but it grew back. Ordinary warts Dr Scholls freezing kit did the job. All the other paint on stuff did not touch any of them. What a lovely opportunity to set yourself up in a small business. Hope this helps anyone, the seborrhoeic warts used to be called senile warts, grow anytime post 40. Ouch.

Problems of ageing, not had a problem with skin tags yet, waiting for that little joy. Arthritis since my 30s, worst is my big toe, so painful, good supply of Paracetamol & Ibrufen Gel. Eyebrows are still darker than my hair, not something I'm worried about.

My face is now more sensitive, always wear Factor 30, can't wear foundation as that brings me out in spots

Still it's better than the alternative

Another is age spots I have a couple on my once beautiful face ( not really) and cannot find anything to cover then that doesn't disappear in two minutes flat

I am very susceptible to skin tags inherited from my father I believe. Years ago we had a specialist Dr who would burn them off - I had to make a double appointment to allow for time to get this done. However a couple of years ago I went back as I had loads - smallish ones and ones that had grown so much that they got caught on any chain or necklace I wore around my neck. As with previous posters this was now considered a cosmetic procedure and not covered on the NHS.

About 4 years ago my husband was asking what I wanted for Christmas and so I asked if I could try and get the skin tags removed privately. Off we went (Harley St) and I had them all lasered off. There were quite a few and even the little ones which were tiny were lasered. I had a couple of pain killing injections before the procedure and it didn't hurt at all. I was left with lots of little scabs and I had to wear a scarf around my neck to cover these. It was winter so not a problem. The consultant confirmed that I will probably get more but they do take ages to grow. He called some of them 'sun spots'. I now wear SPF 50 around my neck and face which is where I get the majority. One of the best Christmas presents I have ever had - but it was expensive. However I enjoyed the experience of toddling off to Harley St and getting the unsightly and uncomfortable things removed.

Pheonix & Charliegirl I am also a club member.
I'm 58 this year, my tags and general body grumbling and creaking started last spring.

I wouldn't worry re eyebrow colour
It seems to be fashionable to have dark eyebrows even with fair hair

Going back to tags
I mentioned the tags to Dr on spur of the moment (at Drs for another medical problem)
I said I was thinking of trying cotton thread as the liquid remover hadn't worked.
He checked both tags which were quite large
I told him that they were actually a problem because my bra was rubbing the one tag and the other tag on inner thigh was being rubbed by jeans and trouser seams.
He told me to book double appointment. & he would remove them
Getting double appointment was the hardest bit!
I think if you were able to say that the tag was causing you discomfort your doctor would be more likely to remove rather than if it was just a cosmetic problem.
I had my tags removed last summer.

I have a skin tag on my eyelid so went to GP last week to see if it could be removed. He said it could no longer be done under the NHS but I could get it done privately by a specialist, which would cost a lot of money. Years ago it would have been removed by the GP but not any more. Any ideas?

My son tied up my Dil's skin tags on her neck with surgical thread - worked a treat! He's not a medical doc but near enough!

www.sterex.com/news/skin-tag-removal/

Advanced electrolysis is the way to go with skin tags, quick and easy with a proficient therapist. I've had a few removed this way, also a mole has reduced in size and had some thread veins on side of nose treated. I'm near Stamford, Lincolnshire - treatment has cost me £38 for 15 min session which is ample time for treating a few skin tags. Hope this helps.

I think beauty salons do skin tag removal.

I have had them since been in my 30s. Sister has them too so I think it runs in families

I'm sure there is an old fashioned remedy which involves putting raw meat (bacon?) on them, then burying the bacon or something?

If they are small and thin and accessible I have done this by contantly twisting the stem with a finger. A sort of rolling action with my finger tip. Do this regularly several times in the day until it twists enough to stop the blood supply and then drops off.
Not in public though.

I don't think it is my imagination but I have found that dusting with baby powder in creases actually stops the friction and therefore the skin tags appearing. I have noticed that some of them have just gone overnight when I started doing this, so I am going to carry on for about a month and see what happens.

Has anyone heard of any old wives treatment apart from tying with cotton because with some of them you cannot do that as they are flat to the skin. I get them underneath my bra line because of the friction there.

Skin tags will not be removed on the NHS because of this saving money drive. You can get kits from the chemist to remove them but don't be tempted to cut them off because they bleed a lot.

Knees and hips are next to be crossed off the list of things the NHS will treat. If you have one that really hurts then go to the doctor now rather than later. Get in before they drop them from their list of things to do.

When to the GP to ask for removal of skin tags as my granddaughter seems to be fascinated by them in a macabre way! They no longer remove them!! What next???

I have one on my face wich Im very conscious of. Appeared a few weeks ago. Saw gp and he hs booked me into his clinic where he will burn/freeze it off (not sure which!) he says it will take 5 mins.

I got rid of two skin tags using the tied off with cotton method. One of them was quite difficult as it was not absolutely flat but was flattish, but it was on my neck and therefore unsightly. Anyway I persevered with putting the cotton round it's base, that was the difficult bit, but it then dropped off about a week later.

You can get a small kit which does the job painlessly - I got mine from Amazon.

This is one of the worse things about ageing. What happens to a once flawless skin, and the general decreptitude. I seem to discover a new blemish/mole or whatever every week. I find it very distressing.