I have tried to remove skin tags with Iodine and have only managed to enrage them. Now they are twice as big, and feel sort of rough to the touch. Previously I had tried Oil of Oregano on them, and that made them really mad.

I have three of them at my bra line. I call them Larry, Mo and Curly (no NOT Shep).

Everytime I've tried to get rid of them through natural methods, they mock me..."whadda you doin, you knucklehead???" At which point one of them tries to fly up and poke me in the eye.

They think skin tags could be sugar, or it could be genetic, or it could be just rubbing the skin, or it could be the HPV virus. I find that they only appear where I've had rubbing on the skin, so I dunno.

I found this site. It's a place that if you want to get rid of something, you can get rid of most anything bothering you. The site was amusing and intriguing. Tell me what you think.


http://www.fonoils.com/warnomorexst.html#11


Molly

I have had skin tags off and on for years. The important words are off and on. I have always had a few around my neck. I did a clinical trial for a Depression drug, and they multiplied many times in the groin area. I went off all drugs for years and the groin ones went away. Then I went to nursing school (read stress!), and I got many skin tags under both arms, going all the way down the inside upper arms and the sides of my chest. I do think that diabetics get them more, because a few years ago I was diagnosed diabetic.

However, I think they have something to do with the lymph system. I say this because they seem to appear in lymph areas - groin, underarms, neck. Even the bra line is close to underarms, and lymph glands. And because massage helps the lymph system, I tried washing these areas longer and more often, and I swear it helps. There also seem to be less recently that I have really cleaned up my diet. I have none in the groin or underarm area and only a few small ones on my neck.

I have not tried Iodine because of the posts that said it made them worse. If anyone else has luck with iodine, please post because they make a person (me!) self conscious. I did cut one off my face with a razor blade and it healed right up. That is the only one I have ever had that wasn't neck, groin, or underarms.

Just cut them off ... use those tiny cuticle scissors (CLEAN, of course) ... and snip that sucker right off. Skin tags don't have nerve endings ... so don't worry about pain (well, unless you snip too close to the base.)

The last ones I removed were in January 2006. I just dabbed peroxide and Iodine afterward (before I even knew about Curezone and Iodine therapy.)

No problems.