Different Surgery's, Different Rules. Why.?

Last month I had this almighty stinging from under my arm pit.
It was a bright red skin tag, I have about 6 all told between both arms and a few diddy ones on the back of my neck.
Anyways goes to the GP and ask's can they be removed. She looks and says she will message the nurse who will call me.
A week ago I get a call can I come into the surgery to have the tag removed.
Tag I say are you not going to remove the other 5 because the one that was stinging as now dropped off.
Oh no the nurse replied the doc as only stated that we remove the one that was stinging.?????

My daughter had a few tags about 6 months ago she went to our old doctors who she is still under in Wallworth SE London and the nurse removed all hers, just snipped them off. That was on her way out no appointment required.

Why is there different rules about treating these things.
Apparently it is now under Cosmetic Surgery so each clinic as its own way of approaching this.
The fact that I was going to have just one tag removed out of 6.
The mind boggles.
I would snip them off myself if I could get to the little bleeders and of course have a sharp enough pair of scissors.

Re: Different Surgery's, Different Rules. Why.?

It's no longer a national service each surgery works as a separate entity, prioritising different things.

Re: Different Surgery's, Different Rules. Why.?

I had about 5 on my neck and went to my GP, who there and then got the Liquid Nitrogen out and did all 5.

Re: Different Surgery's, Different Rules. Why.?

I wouldn't mind betting this is just the sort of thing the GP's will start charging for soon.

I'd be careful about cutting them off yourself, Bigfellow, I might be wrong, but I thought they can bleed?
I'd have thought the same as Susie said - liquid nitrogen.

See if this i any help.

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/skin-ta...roduction.aspx

Re: Different Surgery's, Different Rules. Why.?

If you can reach them tie a bit of dental floss around them they will fall off in a couple of days.

Re: Different Surgery's, Different Rules. Why.?

My son has been to the docs this very day about skin tags.
The doc will remove them - if my son goes back in 6 weeks time!

Re: Different Surgery's, Different Rules. Why.?

It sounds more like the the nurse didn't want to rather than the surgery has a policy not to. GPs have always been private contractors, so you won't have a uniform service or approach. But it could have been that the nurse was just having a bad day. Just go back and speak to the doctor about the tags and say you would like them removed if possible.

Re: Different Surgery's, Different Rules. Why.?

That's what we always do Muddy.

Re: Different Surgery's, Different Rules. Why.?

Thanks guys I have in the past tied off a couple that I could reach and yes it did work out ok but these are in awkward places on my neck or under my armpits.
Has for the nurse having a bad day or asking the doc again,I am afraid under this cosmetic surgery they are not an immeadiate problem so there is no emergency and as I said ealier by the time they get around to removing them the tags have fallen off anyways..lol Its an evil circle I am afraid.
Never mind such is life,but I will look into the nitrogen thanks again.