Acrochordon (Skin tag) removal
METHODS
Cryotherapy
Surgical removal (Usually done)
Electrosurgery
SURGICAL EXCISION
REQUIREMENTS:
Written informed consent, 2 ml syringe filled with local anesthetic and attached to a needle, scissors, toothed forceps, sterile gauze pieces, ethanol
PROCEDURE:
Area over and surrounding the lesion is cleaned with ethanol
Local anaesthesia with 2% Lignocaine with or without adrenaline is given
Acrochordon is held with the forceps and the base is cut using a snip scissor or blade
After achieving hemostasis (by applying pressure or aluminium chloride), antibiotic ointment applied
Written by our guest author Kritika BhatiaIllustration by Devi Bavishi
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