New Ways to Get Rid of Skin Tags

I have these tags over my body and I was wondering if these are related to diabeties. I have this and I also understand it is in the genes. Is this true? Thank you.

I question tying string on skin tags. This produces a non draining wound that might be susceptible to Tetanus.

I read about this removal of TAGS using New Skin on your site and decided to give it a try. It does work! I found that that you have to experiment a lot and keep adding more layers of New Skin each day. The stuff is not cheap for the amount you get and I really think it is just Clear Fingernail Polish with a fancy name---it sure smells like it. I wish I knew someone to run ingredient tests of both products and see how they match up.

I noticed the comments re. using thread to remove skin tags. My daughter swears by dental floss.......Just tie tightly around the tag, and it comes off in a few days.

Lil Gibson
Greensboro, NC

Several years ago my Dr. told me to use the dental floss method on skin tags, it did work. Was at the dermatologist a while back for something else and while there mentioned some skin tags. The nurse cut them off with a sissors and told to do the same next time.
I'm concerned about using "New Sking" now if it can kill off a skin tag what does it do to a wound?

I have not tried the liquid bandage yet, but I have used dental floss to tie off skin tags that have long pedicles. My dermatologist charges $10 per tag to snip them off with small sharp scissors.

I just used the tying off method and it really works. Most importantly if the tag is on your neck or another spot that is hard for you to work on yourself get help. Mine was on my neck so I had my husband help me. He tied an ordinary piece of sewing thread as tightly as he could as close to the base of the skin tag as he could get and then knotted it 3 or 4 times. It did sting a little for a few minutes, but after that it was completely painless. Within 30 or 40 minutes it was looking darker. The next morning it was really dark, and by the second day it was totally black and starting to harden up and shrivel up. On the 4th day it just came right off, thread and all.
This was a fairly large tag that had been there for nearly 20 years, so I assume that a smaller tag would come off even faster.

My OB/GYN told me to cut them off with scissors, which I do regularly with no problems. Bleeds for a minute or two--just put a bandaid on it.

New Skin also works on warts. Just paint it on and the wart will disappear in a few days.

I tied off a skin tag, apparently not tight enough -- it's now red, sore and swollen! I was afraid to cut it because I thought it might bleed too much, but I'm going to try the New Skin approach and hope that works!

I have tried a couple of methods on my skin tags... a lot of skin tags, many different sizes from tiny to very large, including a few I call "hanging large ones" with a base width of a penny. Cutting works well, slight sting, healed in a day or so... I also tried the string method with no sucess on one of the large hanging ones. The problem I believe doing that was... I used thread, with such a large skin tag I should have used something larger like the dental floss. The thread had cut into the skin tag instead of cutting off the circlation. I plan on trying the dental floss in the near future. I still have many tags under my arms... a lot of cutting that I am reluctant to do. Looking for other methods like wart remover, freezing or trying new skin/nail polish. Cutting is still an option...just thinking about spending money on expensive very sharp scissors, nippers or a blade. Then using silver nitrate to help stop the bleeding on the large ones.

I tried it....I did the triple Whammy. I had a mini raisin...rather a skin tag on my neck/shoulder. I tied a thread around it, used new skin, and clear band-aids and in a week it fell off. I am so pleased. Thanks for all your help.

Beginning 2 weeks agok I used liquid bandage on my skin tags. Within a couple of days some of them turned brown. Wtihin a week they were falling off. Right now I still have a few small bumps left, but the rest fell off.

I have had them for years, under my arms, around my waist where the band of the underwear goes around and they have made me very conscious of always wearing the right size sleeves. This morning I came across an article about liquid bandage and I am really excited about using it. I asked my doctor about it one time as far as removal goes and he said that he gets real tired standing there cutting them but in reality I could tell they just grossed him out. I really hope this works.

I tried the liquid bandage for 2 weeks and it didn't work. I'm going to either tie my skin tag off or have my husband cut it off!

I have been using New Skin for the past month on numerous skin tags. One dried up and fell off in about 4 days. Some of the others have taken 2 weeks. I have been after a real stubborn one for over 3 weeks and I finally see some progress on it. Be patient with the process, it works!!

You can also try nail polish, it does the same thing that New Skin does. It can take a few weeks, but it's worth it considering that you're only paying a couple of bucks for the nail polish as apposed to a couple HUNDRED buck for a dermatologist to remove them.

A lot of women who have PCOS have skin tags also.

PLEASE WHAT is PCOS? I have many new tags different sizes and also new large moles on my back and chest (since the last 6 months) I this something that my body is reacting? or is normal in old age?

PEOPLE'S PHARMACY RESPONSE: PCOS STANDS FOR POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME. IT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH METABOLIC DISTURBANCES. IF THE MOLES ARE NEW, CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR. SOMETIMES A PROLIFERATION OF MOLES INDICATES HIGH BLOOD SUGAR, AND ALWAYS THEY SHOULD BE CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT DANGEROUS.

I tried the tie off method on a couple of skin tags a few years ago. One dried up and came off with the thread and only left a "beauty mark."
The Other scared the dickens out of me. It did DRY UP but it would not come off. I ended up trying to pull it off. It lifted off, but was still attached to a tough WHITE STRING that went into my neck. The more I pulled the longer the thin white sting came out. Finally I cut it and the string "snapped back" into my neck. There was NO PAIN and NO BLEEDING. Just that Gross tight white string like thing.
Can anyone tell me what the heck that was?

I am now scared to death to ever do that again.
Thanks. TJ

Thanks for all the suggestions!! I tried using the dental floss and tied it very tight around the root of the tag. I tried to tighten the knot and pull it real tight. Before I knew it, the skin tag snapped and came out! It looked really ugly when it's out and so far it's healing nicely! :)

I tried tying my skin tag off with dental floss... within a day it became inflamed and instead of being raisin sized it turned grape sized and full of what looked like blood. After much contemplation and hard work I actually cut the string off (which was very hard because it was tied pretty tight) But now i have a blueberry sized thing just hanging. At first I could squeeze it and the blood would drain back in but over night i guess the blood harden because now its half hard and dark and half normal flesh colored. Should I wait to see what happens? Should I try tying it again because maybe it wasn't tight enough? Should I just cut it off? I need help... currently it seems to be oozing a clear substance.

When you cut the skin tags off with a scissors, did the site bleed? Did you have to put some Neosporin or other anti-bacterial on the area after you cut off the tag?

I have used string to cut off blood flow to a couple on my neck and it works fine. However a couple are still too small for me to fit string around so I'm hoping this New Skin idea works.

I had a few skin tags under each arm pit, so decided to cut them off. It stings slightly and bleeds a bit, but I put tissue over them till bleeding stopped. The problem now is many have grown under my armpits about 12 per arm, and I have a large one on my buttock, about the size of half an olive. So I looked into it, and cutting them, even though it is a quick method, is wrong, for the root remains, so more grow back. I think seeing the doctors are a waste of money, so I will try the wart removal stuff, but first will try the nail polish people have said worked.

P.C.O.S. is Poly-cystic Ovarian Syndrome. (cysts on the ovaries) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycystic_ovary_syndrome

I have had this condition for many many years. I also have insulin resistance, which is another condition in which skin tags can occur.

I had my fiance tie a knot using dental floss and I'm not sure if its too tight? But my skin tag was smaller before he tied it. Now its swollen n still soft... the skin tag is on my neck so I covered it with a bandage.... now around my tag, the skin is red n itchy and the tag is pink.... around the base, I can see that the dental floss was really tight cuz it actually CUT the base... I am afraid to cut the tag off... I can't cut the floss off because its really tight... any suggestions? I've had the floss on for 4 days now... are there anyway I can totally numb the tag so that I can have my finance cut it off without me feeling the pain???

Crystal, what was the outcome?? This is happening to me. It's swollen, red (blood blister), skin has peeled. It doesn't really hurt, just stings. What did you do?

I've had my tags for years, done the thread tied and had it work sometimes and sometimes not (got to get it tight), I've had the doctor cut them off too, but I didn't really see anyone discuss that can freeze them. I had 1 on my inner arm that the doctor froze like a wart - it became swollen like a blister about 3x the size it was but I left it along and it went down, dried up & fell off within a few days.

Other than the tread method it was less painful than the cutting off method. I would think the Freezone wart freezing over-the-counter product would do the same thing. I'm going to try that since it's so hard to get the strings around and tight sometimes, especially little ones.

How often do you have to apply the "new skin" for it to be affective - do you just do a layer a day or something?

People's Pharmacy response: People have told us they apply it once or twice daily.

I have one that has developed on my thigh, it was just a small speckle and over the last several months turned into a hanging skin tag. It's getting bigger, though I have no pain, it's a real eyesore. I've tied a rubber band around it as tight as I can, I feel some tingling and a little soreness, which I'm sure is normal. I'm hoping it will fall off soon. A recent visit to my ob/gyn due some very irregular menstrual cycles revealed I may have PCOS, so that explains this skin tag. I have a few small ones over my body, but this one equals all of them!

Tried this and it didn't work for me.