How are skin tags treated?
ANSWER
Your dermatologist can remove a skin tag by cutting it off with a scalpel or scissors, with cryosurgery (freezing it off), or with electrosurgery (burning it off with an electric current).
Reviewed by Debra Jaliman on August 27, 2019
SOURCES:
American Academy of Dermatology.
FDA.
SOURCES:
American Academy of Dermatology.
FDA.
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