How can skin tags be removed?
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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 Time: 6:31 AM
The thought of having cutaneous projections on the skin, or skin tags, is a thought abhorred by many.
Having skin tags has caused discomfort and embarrassment to some people. When it appears in regions like face, neck or hand, it is so obvious and it needs to be removed. Even if they are not painful, these benign lesions are very distracting and mar the skin. Therefore, people find it important to know how to remove skin tags. If these benign lesions appear around the underarm area, shirts with full sleeves may cause a lot of discomfort. If the skin tags constantly rub against fabric, the discomfort could turn into pain.
Here is how you can remove skin tags using tea tree oil.
Before removing these tags, the region needs to be kept clean. Moreover, it has to be kept dry. Thus you need not perform this process, as soon as you take bath. You need to have on hand a medical tape, sterile cotton, and the tea tree oil. Put a few drops of pure unadulterated tea tree oil on the cotton and rub it against the areas with skin tags. Then you can tape this region with the cotton that is soaked in the oil. The effect of the treatment will better in this way. Repeat the whole process in a few hours. You can repeat this several times in a day. This is done till the skin tag gets loose and falls off from the skin. If it falls off on its own, there will be less pain.
Use of duct tapes for removal of skin tags.
Cut equal sizes of duct tape into squares. The skin tags will be covered using these squares. When the duct tape becomes loose, you can peel the duct tape slowly. If the duct tape is pulled off quickly, you might encounter some bleeding. It normally takes a couple of days or more for the tape to loosen. The skin tag area can be covered with bandage for at least one day. The region will be a little sore for around one day or two days.
Is there a way to remove skin tags at home? There are some simple tools that you can use to do just that. Scissors that are of the manicure type would be better. It is very useful to remove the tags by cutting at the stalk region. However, this can be achieved, only if the stalk is very thin. Thick stalks can not be dealt with using scissors, unless you are prepared for extreme pain. You would need to consult a dermatologist for this. You can also apply some special antibiotic ointments. You can also apply some alcohol and gauze in the areas close to the skin tag. Some people might have bleeding problems. The bleeding could be stopped by the gauze. Use the alcohol to sterilize the scissors before use. All these can be purchased before removing the tags.
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