# Product Dermatologist Use for Freezing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-dermatologist-use-for-freezing/220878>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 24, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-dermatologist-use-for-freezing/220878 "2003-12-24T17:55:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-dermatologist-use-for-freezing/220878/21 "2003-12-26T12:28:21Z")

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Ah, yes, zits… another one of the usually benign conditions that can blow up overnight into something really spectacular, leading to things like Betadine face-washes and pus-geysers…

Don’t make me link to the TMI thread… _[cue scary music …]_

Anyhow, home mini-surgery should be approached with extreme caution. Yes, we’ve all done those little teeny minor things. Let’s be careful out there, OK?

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**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-dermatologist-use-for-freezing/220878/22 "2003-12-26T13:32:32Z")

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**Lynn Bodoni** wrote:

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> snip off my own skin tags with a very clean pair of extra sharp cuticle scissors. Generally, I just wipe the blades off with alcohol, and merrily snip off all the skin tags that have appeared since my last snipping session, if I can reach them.

Ouch!! I tried that ONCE, **Lynn** , needless to say, I let the Doc take care of 'em.

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**Author:** ![nuthinboutnuthin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nuthinboutnuthin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nuthinboutnuthin)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-dermatologist-use-for-freezing/220878/23 "2003-12-26T15:04:17Z")

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squirting something on my forehead bothers me none…  
but Lynn,  
whacking something off…:eek: dont thinks me can do that!!!

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-dermatologist-use-for-freezing/220878/24 "2003-12-26T15:37:27Z")

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Let me clear this up…the skin tags I snip off are the small ones. They haven’t had a chance to grow up and get big and strong. I’ve seen people with collections of skin tags that are quite large, and I wouldn’t snip one off that was larther than a couple of pinheads. When I was younger and more foolish, I DID try to snip off a raised mole, but was never able to complete the action. It HURT. So I won’t hurt myself too much. The little skin tags that I snip off only give off a little sensation of a pinch for a brief moment.

I had a doctor remove that mole and several other raised moles some years back.

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**Author:** ![Winbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e57/32.png) [@Winbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winbob)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-dermatologist-use-for-freezing/220878/25 "2003-12-27T03:09:26Z")

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I wish I knew the product name, but I recently saw a “freeze” kit in the drugstore (Eckerd), and I believe it had 4-6 applications. Don’t know the contents, but it was an ‘off-the-shelf’ product.

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