https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:05:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-370326 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:15:04 +0000 tororojo 370326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I can't imagine cutting them off with nail clippers either! I cringe every time someone says that. But I'm also kind of impressed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-370263 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:00:03 +0000 Smurfette 370263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate to admit this but I have one on my inner thighs near my vagina. Had it for years. I just noticed the other day, another one has popped up during this pregnancy. They don't bother me, but gross.<br /> I can't imagine cutting them off with nail clippers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-370249 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:55:47 +0000 wheres_c 370249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one in the armpit and I cut it off with nail clippers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-370219 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:47:59 +0000 MrsTiz 370219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one in my armpit a few years ago, I went to the dermatologist and they numbed it and cut it off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-370210 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:46:55 +0000 PrincessBaby 370210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: Yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-370205 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:46:27 +0000 PrincessBaby 370205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since my belly button has become VERY shallow, I was exploring in there one day and I found a skin tag in my belly button! It was so gross! I couldn't take it either! </p> <p>I clipped it with nail clippers....It was super tiny so no bleeding, but I just couldn't walk around with it in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-370148 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:32:58 +0000 tororojo 370148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just wanted to update this because something amazing happened to me in the last week--my skin tags came off! They went from being skin colored to dark like a scab in then I rubbed them off with a washrag. I know, really gross but such a relief! Now I'm hoping I don't develop any more in the next 17 weeks. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-287118 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:23:41 +0000 Mrs. Blue 287118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you ever just really wish you wouldn't have clicked on a thread?? That's how I feel right now. I cannot allow myself to click on the link or I know I will get super paranoid and start looking for them everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286969 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:45:53 +0000 Andrea 286969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>eeeek! I did not need to read this thread before having dinner! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286923 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:56:55 +0000 mediagirl 286923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband gets them a lot. They're gross but not life threatening. We remove them with floss. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286910 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:50:28 +0000 kokobee 286910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg yes! i never knew what they were called! it's disgusting! never had them until i got preg. i have a couple around my neck area :(. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286863 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:05:15 +0000 anonysquire 286863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: Lol I can just imagine, "So how big is your skin tag?" Bahahahahhaha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286859 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:02:35 +0000 betsyboop 286859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: Vaginal skin tags? Um, yuck? I got a couple (NOT VAGINAL) during pregnancy in my armpits, but they went away. I tried to pick them off but it HURTS and is not recommended! I was always scared I would shave them off by mistake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286851 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:54:07 +0000 MaisyMay 286851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: I think it was thin but longish? I dunno. There are some things I don't ask a lot of questions about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286792 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:19:35 +0000 LemonLong 286792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have one that I discovered in my first trimester in my armpit. It doesn't bother me, it's small. I thought it was an ingrown hair at first too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286785 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:16:00 +0000 pastemoo 286785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom had tons and I remember asking her about them when I grew up. I got a bunch during pregnancy and (don't tell my doctor) cut them all off myself when they were tiny. Mostly they were on my neck, a couple in the arm pit. Eh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286784 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:15:58 +0000 luckypenny 286784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a small one on the corner of my eye! I picked it off and now it's gone </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286775 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:12:50 +0000 anonysquire 286775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: That just sounds hard to do! Mine was a tiny lil fella and the clippers cut it off nicely. I actually cut a lot of things off with clippers. But the hair wrap thing sounds really hard to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286744 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:54:11 +0000 Foodnerd81 286744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: I am pretending I never read the term "vaginal skin tags".</p> <p>I do have a tiny one in my armpit. I think it's been there a while, or maybe it was there, went away, and came back? I also thought it was an ingrown hair and was picking and pulling at it (lovely image, right) until it started to hurt, so I left it. I'm so tempted to pick up my arm and look at it right now to see if it's there, but that would not really look right sitting in my cubicle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286742 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:53:33 +0000 MaisyMay 286742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend who had some large ones on her chest during pregnancy. She went to a doc who removed them. She also said you can wrap a hair around them and they'll fall off. I think I have 1 right now, also arm pit. They tend to develop where skin rubs together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286738 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:50:49 +0000 tororojo 286738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: @Mrs Green Grass: That's good to know! The idea of accidentally shaving it off freaks me out a little.</p> <p>I read that some people develop vaginal skin tags during pregnancy, which horrifies me even more...I will just hope that I don't have that pleasure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286709 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:42:16 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 286709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's pretty normal to have them on your armpits - you probably even had them before. I've never shaved one that I've noticed and they usually don't grow - they just stay tiny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286704 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:40:23 +0000 sorrycharlie 286704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOL. I feel your pain, but I've had a few since I was young (thanks dad!) and you will not shave it off. I have one in my armpit too - don't worry. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286636 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:09:18 +0000 tororojo 286636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: The thought of chopping it off makes me hurt, AAAAH!</p> <p>@chopsuey119: You don't want to know. I felt way less gross before I noticed.</p> <p>@MusicaV: That gives me hope! If I can wait it out, maybe I'll be rewarded! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286622 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:01:12 +0000 anonysquire 286622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one when I was like 14 right near my armpit as well. I removed it with nail clippers in the shower. Never grew back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286620 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:00:18 +0000 MusicaV 286620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember seeing a couple in my armpits a while back. I just checked, and they're gone now. I don't remember when I had them and obviously don't remember when they disappeared. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286617 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:57:54 +0000 chopsuey 286617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg just the term skin tag grosses me out! Not sure if I had/have them and not sure I wanna know! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/skin-tags-eeeek#post-286611 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:54:41 +0000 tororojo 286611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone know what a skin tag is? <a href="http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/whose-body/skin-tags.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/whose-body/skin-tags.aspx</a> I keep reading in pregnancy literature that I might develop skin tags (which sound like something out of a horror movie), and last night I realized that I have 2 little tiny ones in my armpit, like right in the shaving zone. I thought I had an ingrown hair or something because it was itchy, but instead there was a little piece of skin protruding out--like a tiny little finger. It's possible that I will accidentally shave it off at some point. I hope I'm alone in this because it's the grossest thing EVER! But just in case, does anyone else have experience with skin tags? Did you live through it? Did you have them removed, or try to get rid of them yourself? Ew ew ew.</p> <p>P.S. DH says I'm overreacting because they're tiny, but what if they grow?! What if they keep popping up? Why me?!?! </p>