Quick, in-office removal of skin tags, cherry angiomas, milia, sebaceous hyperplasia, and other benign skin growths — performed by board-certified dermatology providers using safe, scar-minimizing techniques.
Book Your ProcedureSkin tags (acrochordons) are soft, flesh-colored growths most commonly found on the neck, underarms, eyelids, groin, and under the breasts — anywhere skin rubs against skin. They are completely benign but can become irritated by clothing, jewelry, or shaving.
Beyond skin tags, our dermatology team routinely removes other benign growths in the same office visit: cherry angiomas (red dots), milia (white bumps), sebaceous hyperplasia (yellow bumps), seborrheic keratoses ("barnacles of aging"), and small cysts.
Before any growth is removed, we evaluate it to make sure it is not a skin cancer. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, certain benign-looking lesions can sometimes turn out to be basal cell carcinoma or melanoma — never remove anything at home.
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Soft pedunculated growths in friction areas. Removed by snip excision, electrocautery, or cryotherapy in seconds.
Bright red dots from clusters of capillaries. Treated with electrocautery or vascular laser for clear cosmetic results.
Small white cysts often around the eyes. Removed by gentle extraction with a sterile lancet — leaves no scar.
Yellowish bumps from enlarged oil glands, common on the face. Treated with electrocautery or cautery laser.
Stuck-on, waxy brown growths that increase with age. Removed by cryotherapy or curettage.
Subcutaneous bumps removed under local anesthesia with a small excision when symptomatic or cosmetically bothersome.
For pedunculated skin tags, we numb the area and remove the tag with sterile scissors. Bleeding is controlled with light cautery. Heals in 7–10 days with minimal scarring.
A precisely controlled electrical current cauterizes the lesion at its base. Especially useful for cherry angiomas, sebaceous hyperplasia, and small skin tags.
Liquid nitrogen freezes the lesion at –196°C, causing it to fall off in 1–2 weeks. Quick and bloodless — ideal for multiple lesions in one visit.
For larger lesions or anything requiring biopsy, we perform a small excision under local anesthesia and send the tissue for pathology. Sutures are removed in 7–14 days.
Whenever a lesion appears unusual, we perform a biopsy before removal to rule out skin cancer.
Discomfort is minimal. We use topical numbing or a tiny local anesthetic injection. Most patients feel only a brief sting.
The same tag won't return once fully removed. New tags can form elsewhere over time, especially in friction areas.
Skin tag removal is usually considered cosmetic. If a lesion is symptomatic (bleeding, painful, or repeatedly irritated), insurance may cover it.
Never. Self-removal causes infection, scarring, and prevents proper diagnosis if the growth is actually skin cancer.
Most lesions are removed in 5–15 minutes. Multiple lesions can be addressed in a single visit.
Most lesions can be removed during your first visit.
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