Have you ever had a skin tag?

I actually had a LOT of incipient skin tags and tiny bumps right where you do. It was driving me insane. It was itchy all the time. I made an appointment with the dermatologist and they had their physicians assistant burn them off all at once with that ice cold stuff. It literally burned a large area on both sides of my neck. By the time I got home I could really feel the pain of it. Fortunately, I keep Lanacaine (topical burn pain reliever) on hand for burn first aid, and I slathered my neck with it on both sides. Then I took two extra strength tylenol and a couple of ibuprofen which are anti-inflammatories. Within 20 minutes the pain had stopped completely.

If I had it to do again, I would take the pain medication BEFORE I went in to the doctors' office, and I would have the Lanacaine out in my car and slather myself the moment I got out of my appointment.

I was worried for a while that I was going to scar. My neck turned hematoma purple in the burn area on both sides. I went in to see the doctor and asked him how long that would take to go away, and he said it would fade completely within three months. I was all right with that, because then I knew it would fade....and it did, and now you can't see anything at all and my neck no longer itches all the time.

If you only have ONE skin tag, it is even less painful. I had one underneath one eye, had it removed, and it was hardly paiful at all.