skin nodules - Menopause Message Board

liverpool sue · 01-13-2007, 11:59 AM

i wonder if anyone else gets these, i don't know what else to call them.
i have a number of them (maybe 15-20) along my bra line, under my breasts. i spoke to my gp about 2 years ago, about them, and she tells me they're harmless. but over the last 12 months, i'v developed more of them, and also some have grown quite large and are a bit 'dangley', if you know what i mean. one or two are now quite big and my bra rubs them and makes it uncomfortable, to the point i take my bra off as soon as i can in the evening.
i think i'm going to mention them again next time i see my gp, but i was wondering if anyone else suffers from these, and also, did you do anything about them? i guess they could be removed, but i don't want to have a general anaesthetic, and to have a local would mean lots of injections all the way across the front of my chest.
i'd be interested to hear from anyone who might know what i mean? thanks.

sue

Hopefully · 01-13-2007, 05:17 PM

I think what you are referring to are called "skin tags". [removed] BTW according to what I've read they are harmless and a common occurrance.

liverpool sue · 01-16-2007, 02:30 AM

hi hopefully. now that i know the proper name for them, i've found out more about what they are and what can be done about them, so am going to visit my doctor and get her advice. so thanks for your reply, it was a great help.

sue

Dansgrl · 01-16-2007, 05:21 PM

Hi, I get these. I'm large breasted and they pop up where my bra rubs my skin. I used to go have them burned or cut off until I found out that I can take care of them myself. I get some sewing thread and tie it around it fairly tightly, and knot it. Then cover it with a band-aid. The blood supply to them is choked off and they fall off in a couple of days. I've had large ones and small ones and not one has come back in the same place.

Now, this is what I do, but I am not a doctor. So, don't take this as medical advice. My doctor did tell me I could cut them off myself, but I've found that it is more painful than choking them with thread.

Good luck!