to snip my skintag?

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It;'s courtesy of DS2, who is now nearly 2.

It;s been growing silently since that pregnancy, the fucker is HUGE now.

It;'s on my side. Big and fleshy and flappy.

I catch it on my clothes and it stops me showing off my otherwise amazeballs bikini bod in public, donchaknow.

Shall I fuck it off with the nail clippers?

If youse dare me I will do it.

I had mine done by the GP (cauterisation). hurt like fuck afterwards! if I had the contortionist ability, I would try the dental floss/cotton route before snipping them off.

It;s big enough, If I flatten it it;s about a cm across.

I'm curious as to what constitutes a huge skin tag?

x-post, sorry!

What causes skin tags then? And why do they appear in pregnancy?

I haven't got one, I am just nosy.

I would snip it off. What's the worst that can happen?

I have a few.
I had a massive one on my inner thigh that my doctor burnt off when I was in my early teens and it left a scar.

I might try the cotton tying on my other ones though, but I have one on my nipple (sorry tmi) will it work there and will it be safe? (I'm 35 weeks pregnant if that makes a difference?!)

A skin tag is generally formed where things rub on the skin. They are very common under arms where sleeves and bras rub and on necks from collar chafe. Ive had several. I had one on my neck that DS used to call my 'rice crispy'! It was exactly where the car seatbelt rubbed my neck. It shrivelled up and fell off of its own accord in the end. Ive had others off via tying. Its easy.

LeGav It could bleed PROFUSELY!

I had one on the edge of my nipple. A quick go with the nail scissors and it was gone. Didn't hurt but bled like the proverbial bastard. Still it stopped eventually and no longer gets caught in my bra. :)

Gav, you can bleed to death.

my GP doesnt treat them as it is cosmetic. I went to a beauty place who zapped them with heat and it didnt help much. I tied floss round it and when that didnt get rid of the humongous one in my armpit quick enough I got dh to cut it off with scissors instead (was too fat to get it between the teeth of the nailclippers). It did bleed quite a lot but has healed up beautifully. Smaller ones have been nailclippered off without floss. DH even got me to nailclipper one of his off too.

They are harmless, but unfortunately, can get caught on clothing etc and then bleed which can be awful. I believe a gp can cauterise them off with a general appointment, but tieing them off with cotton achieves the same result!xx

Well, the bleeding will stop in the end.

I had one on the end of my nipple, I cut it off with nail clippers.
It hurt like fuck, and bled loads, I don't recommend it!

Get the doctor to do it, really, please.

You wouldn't bleed to death would you?

I am probably the least helpful person on this thread.

OWWW fucking Norah at attacking the END of your nipple with nail clippers.

Yeah, the bleeding will stop when you are DEAD.

I tried it with teh nail clippers and COULDN'T.

Waaah.

You lot are mad with the nail clippers!!!!! USE THE COTTON!!!!!!!

Snap justmakingdo, anything on the nipples has got to go in my opinion.

Also, I've never heard of anyone bleeding to death from a home skintag removal.

Reeling, GetOrf, come and do it for me?

Bloody hell

This thread is making my bottom feel a bit wibbly and I'm a doctor

I would go down the cotton route. But as evidenced by my wibbly bottom I would appear to be a coward.

The nipple one has made me wince and my knuckles contract.