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Cutting Off Skin Tags at Home - Detailed Procedures
Get Detailed Procedures for Cutting Off Skin Tags at Home
 If
you tell a healthcare professional that you want to cut off your skin
tags at home, they will surely recommend that you do not do this!
We
know for a fact that many people have done this with varying results.
This may be, in part, due to lack of good information or experience.
This detailed article will provide the information you need.
As
for experience, well... that you will have to get on your own by
practicing on your own skin tags! Maybe you are lucky enough to
practice on someone else?
What about using a scissor or knife to cut them
off?
We will
endeavour to give you as much practical tips and tricks as
possible so that you'll have the best results.
Following the outlined procedures below, the chance of getting an
infection is very low. As for scarring, there are many factors including your technique and the size of the skin tags.
Tools and
Supplies you
should have on hand
 new/clean
sharp scissor or a
new nail clipper- tweezer
- Hand sanitizer gel
- Rubbing alcohol (99% or 70% ethanol or
isopropyl alcohol)
- Sterile gauze pads (about around 2"x2") - 4 or
5 of them
- Bandages - one per skin tag removed
Optional
Materials
- Cigarette lighter (to sterilize the scissor and
tweezer)
- Instead of the rubbing alcohol, you may use
alcohol swabs.
- Ice cubes or ELMA cream to numb the area.
Procedures
for cutting off skin tags - Lesson 101
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Wash hands and use a hand sanitizer gel.
Sterilize
your scissor or knife and tweezer. Use a sterile gauge soaked with
rubbing alcohol
to clean the entire cutting edges of the scissor
or tweezer.
Optionally, you may also use a cigarette
lighter to
sterilize it with heat. Allow to it to dry (or cool down).
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Cool down the area around the skin tag using
an
ice cube for several minutes. The purpose is to numb the area to reduce
pain.
Alternatively, use the EMLA patch following manufacturer's
directions. This step is optional.
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Using a new alcohol
swab, clean the area of skin around the skin tag. Allow the skin to dry
completely. This usually takes no more than one minute.
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Cut off the skin tag as close to the healthy
skin as possible. Use the sterilized tweezer to hold on to the skin tag
to make sure it doesn't move when you cut it. You may experience some
pain.
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Some bleeding may occur. Lightly apply
pressure to the area using a new gauze until bleeding stops and then
apply a bandage.
Concluding Thoughts
Cutting off skin tags at home is not as difficult as all the
steps above might seem to be. Make sure to read all our articles first
at Skin Tag Removal at Home
so that you have all the information. Intelligent individuals will make
sure they know technique procedure first before proceeding. Indeed the book Get Rid of Skin Tags Without Surgery provides extensive details on the many ways of removing skin tags and is an excellent addition to your library.
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