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Seborrheic keratosis and skin tags - removal?

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Poetrypatty · 02/02/2022 21:12

Has anyone else got these and ideally have you had them removed and if so how? Really don't like mine and one in particular looks awful.

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LapinR0se · 02/02/2022 21:15

Yes I gave them burned off by a dermatologist as soon as they pop up!

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Poetrypatty · 02/02/2022 21:26

Does that hurt LapinR0se? And if you don't mind me asking, approx how much is it?

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Poetrypatty · 02/02/2022 21:29

Sorry one other question, does it leave a scar?

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Undecicive · 02/02/2022 21:39

I have this running in my family. I couldn't afford to keep taking them off. If they appear on my face, I definitely will, though.

SvartePetter · 02/02/2022 21:46

I recently paid £400 to have 3 skin tags removed, one on my eyelid which is why I went in the first place. The other two were in my arm pit and tummy and I wouldn't have bothered with those if it wasn't for the eyelid one.

No scarring now a few months later. Clinic in central London.

MerryPoppings · 02/02/2022 21:48

Frozen off. A bit painful but worth it. No scarring. Expensive. I have wondered if I could do it myself with a wart freezer thingie!

Jinglebellsoncake · 02/02/2022 21:53

Cryotherapy 😃

1frenchfoodie · 02/02/2022 21:59

An amazon skin tag removal kit (tiny, tight elastic bands with an applicator thing) worked for 6-7 on DH’s chest and face. Worth trying if you dont need to leave the house for a couple of days?

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Poetrypatty · 02/02/2022 22:06

Thanks for all these replies. Interesting that the amazon kit worked for your dh 1frenchfoodie I feel a bit frightened to try this myself!
But it's expensive by the sound of it to get them removed. The main thing is the keratosis, one of them is quite big and so if I was getting that one removed maybe I could get a job lot like SvartePetter

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itsnotmeitsu · 02/02/2022 23:40

@1frenchfoodie > I used a skin tag removal kit '(tiny, tight elastic bands with an applicator thing)' on a skin tag that was under my arm that had got large, and started to embarrass me when I was wearing sleeveless tops. Was a bit fiddly but did the job within a couple of days and wasn't painful. No longer have that skin tag. I'm not sure it would work for the OP's need as it needed something to grip onto.

OP, I started to develop some of these as I got older and (may be coincidence) after pregnancy. I hated them. I used to pick at them and remove bits. As I've got (quite a bit) older, they seem to have disappeared of their own accord. Maybe constantly picking at something does work in some cases. Not saying I recommend that Grin.

psuedocream3 · 03/02/2022 06:09

I removed my own after seeing a post on hear years ago about it, apple cider vinegar on the ones that couldn't be cut off with thread but were too big to ignore. Apple cider vinegar is an acid though and will burn skin, so whilst it will kill off any tags or bumps, it will burn healthy skin it comes into contact with. I have no scarring, but of course that's not guaranteed. Safest way is to ask your gp.

actiongirl1978 · 03/02/2022 06:15

I get mine taken off by my GP.

I've had them taken off my breasts, back, and head behind my ear.

I have one at the corner of my mouth which I semi remove with tweezers if it starts to grown.

Can't do anything about the ones around my eyes as they aren't big enough to remove, but big enough to see.

Hestyo · 03/02/2022 06:37

@psuedocream3

I removed my own after seeing a post on hear years ago about it, apple cider vinegar on the ones that couldn't be cut off with thread but were too big to ignore. Apple cider vinegar is an acid though and will burn skin, so whilst it will kill off any tags or bumps, it will burn healthy skin it comes into contact with. I have no scarring, but of course that's not guaranteed. Safest way is to ask your gp.
I also used apple cider vinegar. Alternated between a bit of cotton wool soaked in the stuff and then secured with a plaster, and then removing that after 12 ish hrs and dabbing with an ear bud soaked in the vinegar. Within a couple of weeks they scabbed over and came off. The surrounding skin that got a little burnt healed perfectly. It was much less painful than having my verruca removed. Bit tingly at times but nothing bad, and I'm not particularly brave about pain.
Vaxhubsandwich · 03/02/2022 22:40

I live in Yorkshire, I've had mine frozen off by a beauty therapist that does permanent makeup and that sort of thing.
I had about 5 on my neck, all too small for banding but annoying and noticeable.
It cost me £25.

greenlynx · 05/02/2022 01:19

I had Seborrheic keratosis removed from the neck and face (cryotherapy) It was appointment at a skin clinic £85. It wasn’t painful, there was no scar but just darkish skin left.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 05/02/2022 01:26

A hair works for skin tags, a GP told me. It definitely works. It goes black and drops off.

I've had success with sayclic acid for SK, it just sort of rubbed it away, completely gone now. I used the one from Superdrug called Me+.

ShippingNews · 05/02/2022 04:27

I clip off skin tags with my nail clippers. Deaden the skin with anaesthetic gel, and just snip them off.

hibeat · 05/02/2022 05:08

I myself, like chocolate, but I would never mention it. You just did OP. Wink wink. About the 100th person mentioning it.

hibeat · 05/02/2022 05:13

wrong thread!

Carpediem15 · 05/02/2022 05:22

Hand sanitizer dabbed on a few times a day worked on mine.

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Poetrypatty · 05/02/2022 09:18

I myself, like chocolate, but I would never mention it. You just did OP. Wink wink. About the 100th person mentioning it
Grin

Thanks for all the tips on here. It seems worth giving the salicylic acid a try and if that doesn't work then I'll look at clinics. It does seem the price can really vary! Too squeamish to wrap a hair round skin tags though Shock

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Sunnyday321 · 05/02/2022 09:26

If it's the very small ones I got rid of mine by doing this , mine were on my neck , about 10.
Using one of those scrunchy pom pom scrubbers , lather up soap in the shower , rubbed it vigorously over my neck . During the day , twist them about a bit . Repeat in shower again at night . Took about a week of showering , and twisting in the day . Been gone a few months now and so far no sign of returning.

Isabelle70 · 06/02/2022 17:08

I have the tag band kit, the old version and now the new one. Really easy to use and depending where the tag is I sometimes put a loose baggy piece of plaster over so air can get to it but the tag doesn't get knocked off too soon. I wouldn't use on the face but under arms and boobs and it's great.

itsnotmeitsu · 07/02/2022 22:47

Maybe the common theme is these things don't have nerve endings, so no pain. Perhaps with skin tags you're cutting off any blood supply (with the banding), so they die off and then drop off. They do need to be a certain size to place the band around it. @Poetrypatty > I know what you mean! But for me, when I did one on my neck and one on my arm there was no pain whatsoever. It was just a fiddle setting it up. Not sure how you could do it with a hair (although I'm sure it would work) because you really need two hands to do it - If you had someone do it for you; but otherwise that's why the specific kits are a good buy.

NinaProudman2022 · 07/02/2022 22:54

I have pulled and twisted the little skin tags off my neck.

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