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skin tag/mole
by starburst2008, Jul 19, 2008 09:41PM
hello, i found that i have a skin colored mole, with a light brown spot in the middle on my right thigh, it seems to be getting bigger, but also it seems to be detaching from my skin, is it ok the cut the blood flow off to it so it falls off? if so how long do i need to keep the string attached to cut the blood flow?
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"There are several methods that can be used to remove a skin tag.The three ways doctors remove skin tags is by cutting them off, burning them, or freezing them. Skin tags can be cut off with a scalpel or medical shears. They can be burned off with a medical cautery device or they can be frozen with liquid nitrogen, in which case the skin tag then falls off. In all three instances, the idea is to stop the blood flow to the skin tag."
ref:http://www.easyskintagremoval.com/remove-skin-tags.html
One of the home remedies mentioned on the this website is to cut off blood flow to the skin tag by tying thread or dental floss around the skin tag so that after a few days of blood deprivation, the skin tag will fall off.
This seems to be okay for a skin tag but a mole is not an outgrowth from the skin, it is more like a part of the skin. Moles are flat or elevated, flesh coloured to dark-brown markings located randomly over the entire skin surface.
However since you have already done it, maybe you could leave it on for 3-5 days, but it may take a few days after this for the skin tag to fall off. You should apply an antiseptic/antbacterial ointment on the site to prevent secondary infection.
If you do have any complications associated with this attempt, pleased o visit a doctor and have it removed/treated.