If you’ve noticed a skin tag on your dog, get your vet consultation at once. It is very important to take care of your dog health. Laser surgery helps to minimize the bleeding. Also, the tag can be removed using total anesthesia. In case your dog is calm, the skin tag can be removed through a minor surgical ‘operation’ which can easily be done using some local anesthesia and sedation. There are several options concerning dog skin tags removal. In case, your dog doesn’t mind skin tags, your vet doctor may not remove them, but ask you to keep an eye on the problem. Skin tags should be removed if your dog tends to pester its skin tags such as rubbing them against the carpet and furniture or scratching or chewing them. Your veterinarian may or may not recommend you to remove skin tags from your dog’s skin. Signs your dog may have a skin tag include: Stalk-like growths. There are a lot of ways to remove skin tag at home on the Internet, nevertheless they are just a waste of time: there is no ‘magical’ ointment that may eliminate skin tags problem, and ‘surgical’ removal at home is useless and dangerous (it may lead to serious complications). Warning! Never remove skin tags by yourself at home. Excessive dirt and debris on the skin covering may cause skin tags to appear, at the same time, frequent washing with harsh shampoos and soaps may inhibit the skin from producing natural oils necessary to keep the skin and coat healthy. Bathing too frequently and too rare is equally bad for a dog. Always remember to deworm your dog in time and protect it against fleas and ticks during the warm season. As tissue immunity is undermined, it can provoke the appearance of skin tags. When your dog is infested with fleas, ticks or worms, it may try to scratch them away from the skin, thus damaging the skin covering and causing the infection. Veterinarians have different opinions on this issue, some of them are: ![]() Unfortunately, today there is no precise answer on this question, since the nature of skin tags is still unclear. If you are not sure, whether your dog has a tag or something else on its skin, please, consult a veterinarian. Be careful! For some dog owners it is very difficult to tell a skin tag from engorged tick or wart (viral papilloma).
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