Skin tags. Anyone ever used thread on one

[KarlWrenbury]

If so, how long until it fell off?

Yes I did! It only took a few days I think.

I cut a skin tag off with sharp nail scissors 🙈

Yes same, few days and gone, worked so well. Never came back. One in armpit that had bugged me for years plus one on nipple after second round of breastfeeding 🙈. Hurt a bit getting the thread tight but totally worth it.

Tooth flioss will do it.

Yes. A few days. Strong sewing thread

I squeezed a large one between my breasts with my nails a LOT and it fell off a few days later! You just need to stop the blood getting in it.

I sterilise nail clippers in the baby bottle steriliser. I took one off my lower eyelid recently and now I can use eyeliner under my eye again.

Yes I have, but I got a local beauty place to tie the thread. (It's a service they offer not a random request 😂). All fell off after about 3 or 4 days and haven't reappeared. That was 20 odd years ago.

You can buy skin tag removal “elastic bands” off Amazon and they work really well!

You can get applicators that put a sort of band on them. Using thread … I have never managed to get it to stay on. I did accidentally twist one, which then hurt like hell and bruised but fell off / days later.

I had one recently I used tea tree oil on it & fiddled with it a lot & it dried up & fell off. Wasn’t a massive one though.

Bought a little device from Amazon with little tiny elastic bands for like £7. Worked a treat. Fell off after a couple days. Got rid of 3 on my neck after having DS

Another vote for the little elastic band kit from Amazon. Very satisfying when it falls off and you can inspect it!

Thanks all. Armpit area

may I ask for a link to the Amazon kit please? H is driving himself - and me - potty about his skin tags

Yes I had quite a big armpit one that was quite sore. I tied thread round it. The end went black and then it fell off. Took about a week in total.

You can get these tiny elastic bands and a little tool for putting them on. Cost about £13 off Amazon. It worked brilliantly on DH and loads left.

How do you know if they are skin tags and not something more sinister. I have two by my arm pit and they are quite floppy (small, but floppy)

I had one last year and it was horrible near my nipple of all places, I just kept twisting it daily and then it eventually fell off. So happy to be rid of it as hated it.

Yes, many times.
Tie the cotton tightly around the base and cover with a plaster as they do sometimes feel a bit tender for first day or two.
It'll darken, then go black and drop off in a few days. No more than a week anyway.

I have lots of really tiny skin tags on my neck - but together they look awful, like someone has splattered mud on me. I guess the elastic band thing wouldn’t work on really tiny ones? Don’t know what to do about them - I must have about 30!

Link to something similar I got a couple years ago: www.amazon.co.uk/Bestomrogh-114Pcs-Remover-Patches-2-5mm/dp/B09P9QJRCK/ref=mp_s_a_1_14_sspa?keywords=skin+tag+removal&qid=1657170742&sr=8-14-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExQUNTOU8wVkFaRUJWJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTY1MTc4MVBMQUcySzI0TDVVMyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwODA4MDc3MkgxNFlSS1JCT1VYNSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX3Bob25lX3NlYXJjaF9tdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl