To get this removed? (And what is it?)

This sounds amazing. I'm definitely getting one.

Our GP's don't do this any more, that and ear syringing, have to have them done elsewhere.

My son had verruccas all over his feet for years, nothing worked, even tried needling. I eventually got him what looked like a cheese grater for his feet to use on his feet after using the saylic acid. He got a bit vigorous with it and made them bleed and they literally fell off within 2 weeks. It's was so odd, as if the bleeding stimulated his immune system.

{mention:Foreheadthing}i@Foreheadthingi had a nurse cut loads of odd moles off my face 15 years ago. She was taking one off my back in the GP surgery and said she would do them but she want meant to do faces.i had to sign a disclaimer, you can hardly see where she did them, they are just slightly lighter skin. I'd definitely get that checked though.

Our GP just burns them off.

I really want to know now if the pin head/lighter thing is what I’m imagining.

Re: safe at home I've used mine for about 3 years and never had any issues, just need to make sure everything's cleaned etc. and new tips are used.

A dermatologist friend recommended I get one when I'd been moaning about my cherry angiomas and I was getting fed up of the hassle of using the pin head/lighter technique.

I zap nearly everything with it now 😂 zit? No problem ill just plasma the yellow head instead of squeezing it. Mmmmmmm 🤣

Thanks...

My first thoughts to your last line are not printable 😂

Mines the Voneen Plasma Pen from Amazon. I can't link to it for some reason but it's the 19.99 one (it was £35 when I bought it)

It looks like a vibe with a pointy thing that shoots a tiny lightening bolt.

Don't get them mixed up 😬

It doesn’t sound it’s very safe 😂but sounds like it works!

Plasma pen- is this something that can be safely used at home?

I've done the cotton tied round method on a few within easy reach one's with success, they fell off..

I'll look for a plasma pen...any recommendations for a tried and tested one please?

You need a plasma pen for the skin tags 😃

Im peri menopausal and get them under my arms and around my neck. Out comes the pen, quick blast at the stalk. Off it drops. Lovely.

Since going through the Menopause I've had a a good few of these type of things appear on various parts of my body...those and skin tags...loads of skin tags.

Oh and if you do get it froze off be warned it might just drop off your face at a random point in time.

The one on my top lip landed in a Big Mac ☹️

I've got a few of these on my thigh, identical. They go really brown when I false tan so I look like I have tiny choc muffin tops sprouting out my leg.

I bought a plasma pen thing from Amazon and burnt a small one off just to see what happened and it did work but I wouldn't recommend doing it on your face (I originally got it to deal with cherry angiomas and got a bit over excited at what else i could plasma off 🤣 it works on skin tags too!)

GP can prob freeze it off I had a mole froze off my top lip. Hurts like fuck though!!

Looks like Sebherroic keratosis. I had two removed from my back on the NHS last year.

NHS won't treat warts because they "go by themselves" my son has a fillious wart under his nose GP sent us to dermatology they said they wouldn't treat it because it was on his face and told me to use OTC remedies which all say don't use on the face meanwhile he has something that looks like a barnacle on his face that no-one will treat

He also has around fifteen verrucas on his feet that no-one will treat and are very resistant for ten years

Don't try and remove it yourself. Go back to the GP. If it's growing, it will likely need checking. It's sometime difficult to differentiate between BCC and the more benign skin changes without a biopsy. And that looks a lot like the BCC my friend just had removed from their neck.

If it’s SK (which it looks like) try swabbing with a high strength Salicylic Acid or hydrogen peroxide solution.

I used a salicylic acid wart treatment on mine and it worked a treat. Took a couple of weeks (and it did sting a bit once the area started to soften!)

Mine was on my cheek but looked just like yours. My next step (if the acid didn’t work) would have been laser treatment, but I wanted to try a cheaper option first. Glad I did! Saved £££s!

I had similar, was concerned but kept being fobbed off so I fibbed and said it was painful at times and they begrudgingly took it off, sent it off and it was a type of skin cancer.

I had what I thought was a clear mole on my face. There is a private skin clinic near to me. They accept photo uploads so I sent them a photo, then had a consult and they removed it. Except it wasn't a clear mole it was a BCC (Basal Cell Carcinoma) basically slow growing skin cancer.

There is a teeny white scar that you cannot really see unless you know where you are looking. Because it was on my face I wanted someone who specialised in surgical procedures and I could see their previous work and reviews.

See if you can find a skin clinic which will tell you what it could be from a photo.

It’s worth noting that some GPs are experts in minor surgery, especially at some of the bigger practices. We’ve got one at ours. I think it depends what background they have. We also have a GP who used to be a consultant and does tricky coil removals etc as that was her specialism

“GP has seen it a couple of years ago, didn't know what it is but wasn't concerned.”

This bit is infuriating.

It looks like a ‘waxy wart’

They can be frozen off at the gp surgery but in my experience that doesn’t work for everyone. I would try a few things mentioned above and go back to your gp if it’s worrying you.