Anyone had a skin tag removed by Cauterization, I have a Q'

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I had quite a large skin tag removed from the top thigh/groin area ish lol. My Dr' cauterized it for me and it still hurts almost 2 weeks on.

I am in agony with it, it burns, stings, I can barely walk due to where it was. Surely it shouldn't still hurt.

It looks quite sore around it and the pain is now spreading down into my leg/thigh and up into my tummy from the site of the cauterization. The site doesn't look infected or anything though so don't want to bother my Dr again if I don't need to.

The spreading pain doesn't sound good, I would make another appointment.

I had some cauterised years ago on my neck/chest area and they were a bit sore for a couple of days but fine after that.

I wonder if it's because your clothing or something is rubbing where the cauterisation was? Did you have a dressing on it at all?

I had a little plaster on it, Dr' said to leave it on for 48 hours and not to get the site wet, which I adhered to.

I suppose it is in a very awkward place lol but it has been 2 weeks.

At work yesterday I was in so much pain I had to take painkillers and my boss let me sit down for the rest of the day as I just couldn't carry on.

It is so tender, even more so than my appendix scar which I had out recently. Admittedly I am a big girls blouse when it comes to pain though

I just seem to have been at GP's loads just recently for myself and the DD's and I feel a bit of a hypochondriac going in again IYSWIM.

I would definitely ring up - my GP will do a phone consultation for something I've already seen her about if I don't want to take up a face-to-face appointment - maybe your surgery does something similar?

Thank you

I will give the surgery a ring in the morning and see if my GP will speak to me on the phone. I didn't know they did that lol.

hope it's better soon, sounds uncomfortable!

I had one removed from just below my eyelid, bottom eyelid if that makes sense, never had any problems at all.

Get yourself back to Dr's and get sorted out. You shouldnt be in that much pain. Even if you are a wuss when it comes to pain.

hope you feel better soon.

Thanks, will deff ring the Dr's in the morning to see what they say

I tell you though if this is the standard I am not having any more removed (I seemed to grow a lot of them when PG but this was the biggest)

Are they common in PG. I have always had one on my back but OMG when I was PG with DD1 they popped up all over then again with DD2.
(Slight exaggeration there lol)

Been to see the nurse this morning and it has gotten infected am on some anti b's and have to rub some anti fungal cream on it.

Hopefully will be better soon, Nurse said if no improvement to go back in a few days.