My ex-husband had a really bad problem with these under both of his armpits. He went to the doctor to have them removed(and I unfortunately went with him). They only did one side at a time, and basically they just swabbed some betadyne, and then some topical numbing stuff on the area, and he then snipped/yanked them all out. If it had been only one or two, I am guessing it wouldn’t have been so bad, but there were a lot of them, and the armpit can be a very sensitive spot, it hurt. The actual proceedure didn’t seem to hurt so bad, but he was in a lot of pain for a day or two afterwards. So much so, that I don’t believe he ever went back to get the other side done.
I had one under one of my eyes that was causing problems, such as my eyelashes catching on it, etc. My dad had had the same thing, in the same place, and his doctor froze it off. Well, I was at the same doctor for something else, and mentioned it to him, while there, thinking he’d do the freeze thing, and instead he went and got some surgical scissors, and just very quicky snipped it off, no topical, no nothing. It stung a little, but overall didn’t really hurt, and there was no pain in the area after it was all over with.
Depending on how many of them you have, and given the location of them(going off of my ex’s experience), I’d go to a doctor, and make sure that he/she gave you a shot to numb the area beforehand. You might be a little sore for a day or so, but nothing too terrible.
The one problem with tags under the arms is that they are caused by sweat, and friction, something that that area deals with on a regular basis, so, you’re bound to keep getting them. My ex still does, but at least on that one side, it’s not nearly as bad now, after having the huge lot of them removed, that he once had.
~V