Remove a Skin Tag from Your Neck

If you are one of the many people who suffer from those pesky neck skin tags, this should be of help.

Steps

 * 1) Wash your hands and disinfect your tools and the area around the skin tag before beginning the process. This can be done with a cottom ball or pad soaked in rubbing alcohol. Wait for the area and tools to dry before proceeding.
 * 2)  Pinch it with a tweezer and pull taut.
 * 3)  Grab a small scissors and snip the little bugger off as close to the skin as possible.
 * 4) Apply cotton ball or band-aid to area. Removing the skin tag make hurt a little and do expect some bleeding.

Other Methods

 * 1)  Use a nail clipper (please disinfect first).

Yet Another Method
Skin tags can be removed painlessly without cutting. This means no bleeding and no possibility of getting an infected cut. This is painless because the tags have no nerve endings. The trick is to cut off the blood supply by tying a piece of clean line or string tightly around the base of the tag. I find a piece of dental floss works quite well. You can also use a strong thread, fine fishing line, or even small rubber bands. Within a few days to about a week of cutting off the blood supply, the tag and tourniquet will just drop off. No fuss, no muss. The size of the skin tag, and how well you tie it off, may effect how quickly it drops off. The skin where the tag was attached will be already healed by the time the tag drops off, so there is no bleeding, no need for antiseptics or bandages.

The trickiest part may be tying on the line, especially if the skin tag is on your neck or some other place you can only see with a mirror. The easiest solution is to enlist a buddy to help you tie it off. If you opt to do it yourself with the aid of a mirror, you may be able to lasso the tag by carefully placing the loop of a slipknot over it. This may take some practice and persistence as the loop may tend to slide of the skin tag as you pull the knot tight.

If your tied off skin tag is visible or easily chafed by your clothing, you may wish to cover it with a small bandage while waiting for it drop off. Chafing may cause irritation, redness or inflammation in the skin immediately around the skin tag. By preventing further chafing and irritation, the redness and inflammation will subside relatively quickly.

Tips

 * Be sure to snip quickly, there is a SLIGHT pinch and then it's all over.
 * Some slight bleeding may occur. Cover the area with a bandage.

Warnings

 * Don't do any of these things without first consulting your doctor. It is important to make sure the skin tags are not other potentially more dangerous skin conditions.

Things You'll Need

 * scissors
 * nail clippers
 * tweezers
 * cotton balls or bandaids
 * alochol pads or alcohol and cotton balls/pads
 * bandages

Sources and Citations

 * Removing Skin Tags Natural Remedies Review by Pharmacists

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