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There are many common skin abnormalities that can appear on your body over time. Whilst sometimes they may be alarming, many of them are common and easy to deal with, especially with centres such as Perfection Cosmetic’s laser clinic Bolton. From moles and freckles to severe acne, the broad array of safe, smart and considerate technologies that focus on your aesthetic needs has become ever more widely available. But there are always conditions and growths that you’ll likely be hesitant to use laser treatments on.

One such condition is the infamous skin tag. These might turn up without you even noticing, and sometimes in the strangest of places. Depending on their size, you might also be reluctant to visit a skin tag and laser hair removal technician about it, and might want to get rid of it yourself. Below you’ll find out what exactly a skin tag is, and when and under what conditions it’s best for you to get it professionally removed.

What Are Skin Tags?

Skin tags are small growths of skin that can appear on your body. They can vary in size and vary in the spots that they accumulate. Usually, a skin tag spans no more than 2 to 5 millimetres in size, but have been known to sometimes grow to half an inch. Usually benign and not cancerous or dangerous to your health, skin tags most frequently grow in the groin, eyelids, neck underarms or the middle of your body.

How Do Skin Tags Form?

Skin tags usually form in the folds of your skin. The reason for this is that these are the parts of the body that rub the most. With a mixture of moisture and skin rubbing, your body produces more skin cells that can grow into the tags.

Am I Likely To Get Skin Tags?

People with diabetes and older ages are more likely to get skin tags. The common factor here is the likelihood of people in these categories being overweight. Being overweight means that you’ll have more skin folds, and these hidden spots, whether on the arms or body, are prime environments for skin tags to grow.

How To Remove A Skin Tag

So, what are the best ways for you to remove a skin tag? Whilst many won’t be painful or even noticeable, some could be larger and irritate when they rub against you. Depending on their size and where they’re placed, you have several different options for their removal.

Do It Yourself

If small enough, skin tags can be removed yourself. The most effective and least dangerous method of self-removal is wrapping a piece of string around the skin tag and pulling both sides to cut off the circulation. The skin tag should simply fall off. However, this method should only be used for the smallest of skin tags. Larger ones could cause bleeding and potential infections.

Surgical

Healthcare professionals can quickly and easily undertake your skin tag removal. Surgical removal usually just requires a scalpel or scissors and a small incision at the base of the growth. Some doctors and dermatologists use cryotherapy instead, which freezes off the skin tag. Most of the time, surgeries won’t need a local anaesthetic, but sometimes for larger skin tags, pain relief might be necessary.

Laser

Laser removal is quick and pain-free. Cosmetic Perfection’s skin tag and laser hair removal Blackburn Road Bolton clinic use different levels of laser strengths to kill your skin tags cells, leading to it simply dropping off with minimal scarring. Skin tags can also be removed with a heated probe which leads to very little scarring.