What does vitamin E cream do and how do you apply it?

Can I cut off a few skin tags, apply a bandaid and some vitamin E cream and be done with it?

• I've been having a lot of problems with skin tags pretty much my whole life (and I'm only 18!) I have a couple of big ones on my back in the same spots that my grandpa does so I figure they're genetic. I was wondering if I could just get one of my friends to cut them off and be done with them or if they would bleed too much and need to me cauterized.

• Answer:

  I work at a derm office. I don't think you should use the wart remover. The skin tags can bleed something awful when they are cut off because they have a blood vessel in them. I had a large one cut off my leg by a doctor and it bled a lot and they had to use aluminum chloride to stop it. I do not recommend cutting them. I have heard of people "tying" them with string real tight and it cuts off the blood supply and then they drop off. I have not done this personally, but you might find instructions on google. Make sure that if you do decide to try to snip them, snip only a very small one first and use scissors that you have washed and sterilized with alcohol or else you will end up with an infection. I would be very very cautious about snipping large ones as I said before they can bleed a lot. Having them treated at a dermatologist would be the best thing.