Skin Tags Removal
April 10, 2007 – 9:48 pm | posted in DermatologyAlthough it is not necessary to remove skin tags for health reasons, most people dislike having skin tags because they affect their appearance and make them feel that they are a sign of middle or old age. As they do grow older, both men and women have enough other ailments to remind them of this without having to put up with something that can be eradicated.
In the United States, most medical insurance companies have stopped paying for the removal of skin tags. They consider their removal to be merely for cosmetic reasons or in the “medically unnecessary” category and of course this is true. So the costs of removal have to be taken into consideration when weighing up the options.
In medical terms, skin tags are described as acrochordons, papillomas, soft firbromas, pedunculated (this means they are on a stalk) and filiform (this means they are thread-like).
In our grandmothers’ time, people would remove them by tying a hair or some thread around the base of the skin tag. When the hair or thread was tied tightly round the stalk, the blood supply was cut off so that the skin tags would die and drop off.
You might try to remove these skin tags yourself by snipping off with a pair of scissors. However, this is considered a very risky procedure because of the chance of infection and excessive bleeding. Also, you might have mistaken the skin tag for some other skin growth such as a mole or a hemagioma and these should definitely not be removed by you at home in such a way.
You can treat the skin tags safely at home by using a natural healing formula. This natural formula is applied directly onto the skin tag and it draws the skin tag out from the root upwards. There is no burning or skin irritation and therefore no pain. Although the healing process varies from person to person, it should only take a maximum of a few weeks and the important end result would be no scarring and no return of the skin tag.
Nowadays, these skin tags are often removed for cosmetic reasons by your doctor or dermatologist using the following methods:
– Cryotherapy - freezing with liquid nitrogen.
– Surgical excision - by cutting.
– Electrocautery where a very hot but very small blade is used to cut off the skin tag while sealing the blood vessel at the same time to stop any bleeding.
Amoils offers all natural treatments for common afflictions and ailments using essential oils. Visit our Skin Tags page for more information.
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