Skin tag removal

Skin tags are soft, skin-coloured growths on the skin. They are very common and are usually small and harmless. Skin tags are usually the same colour as the rest of your skin, or a little darker. They can look like they're hanging off the skin. They do not usually hurt and are normally harmless.

Skin tags often grow where your skin rubs together or where there are folds in your skin. This means they usually appear:

• on your neck
• under your arms
• on your eyelids
• under your breasts

Skin tags range in size from around 2mm to 5cm. You may get one or you may get a large group of them. Skin tags do not need to be removed, but if they're causing problems they can be removed:

• using heat
• by freezing them
• by cutting them off with a surgical blade or scissors

Once a skin tag is removed it does not usually return.