Skin tags are generally harmless but they can affect a person’s self-esteem.
And sometimes they can rub on clothing and cause discomfort.
Fed up of the imperfections after many years, one woman decided to get her skin tags medically removed from her neck and face.
This video shows the bloody procedure as a doctor methodically slices off the unnamed patient’s unwanted skin.
Skin tags are generally harmless but they can affect a person’s confidence
The video shows the bloody procedure as a doctor methodically slices off the patient’s unwanted skin
Skin tags are small, soft, skin-coloured growths that hang off the skin and look a bit like warts.
She visited Dr Michael Lewis in Woodland Hills, California, to have the treatment to remove them.
After anesthetizing her, he grabbed each tag with tweezers and then cut them off.
To stem the bleeding he then cauterised the wounds all around the neck before freezing the last few.
He said: ‘This lady came into my office to have multiple skin tags removed.
‘She has had them for many years and were starting to irritate her so she came to me for help.
‘Part of practice is treating lumps and bumps, and I have always enjoyed performing the procedures.’
Fed up of the imperfections after many years, one woman decided to get her skin tags medically removed from her neck and face
After anesthetizing the woman, Dr Michael Lewis grabbed each tag with tweezers and then cut them off
To stem the bleeding he then cauterised the wounds all around the neck before freezing the last few
Dr Michael Lewis, from Woodland Hills, California, filmed the skin tags procedure
Compulsively watching stomach-churning medical videos online appears to have become a big trend in recent years.
Dr Pimple Popper, or dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee, has become a viral sensation with clips of her surgical procedures in removing huge pimples and cysts from patients.
The California-based doctor has amassed more than 3million subscribers to her YouTube channel.
And a woman has become an unlikely social media hit by posting grizzly videos plucking her own ingrown hairs.
The anonymous 35-year-old from Seoul, South Korea – whose channel is called Tweezist – has explained she suffers from the affliction after an accident as a child left her having to wear a leg cast for several months.