Question: Surgery for post-hemorrhoid skin tags?

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:53:19 -0800

Anyone had experience with surgery to remove post-hemorrhoid skin tags?

I've had hemorrhoids off and on for years; I haven't been bothered by them too seriously for a few years now that I've gotten into the habit of a lot more fibre/water in my diet. However, after so many years of them they've left several flappy skin tabs/tags around my, er, poo-hole that are not only itchy, but can be rather tricky sometimes to keep clean (ahem), not to mention are kinda unsightly when it comes to intimate moments with my SO.

All this means that I'd like to find out how these skin tags can be removed. As it will be awhile till I can get a referal to see my gastroenterologist, I wanted to ask in the meantime if any MeFites have had similar surgery (or if any of our MeFiDoctors might know about the procedure). What are the options (laser, rubber bands, etc.)? What's the recovery like? Is it likely to be more or less painful than hemorrhoid surgery? Thanks in advance.

By: moira

moira — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:47:38 -0800

From the lack of response so far, looks like your answer's going to be a default: "Ask your doctor when you see him/her."

If it helps, This page has a bunch of info on both surgical and nonoperative treatments, though it sounds like you have a good idea about what those are. It does state in one place that laser surgery probably isn't any less painful than a standard resection. How painful that is, I don't know.

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By: moira