Anal skin tag removal
Hi all. Thought I’d add to the ”good experience“ posts because I was desperate for them leading up to this procedure.
I’ve been dealing with hemorrhoids and fissures for a few years now (this club sucks), and one of my healed hemorrhoids (or maybe the fissure?) turned into a skin tag. Being in my 30s, I wanted it gone because I would think about it every time I was intimate with my partner.
My GP sent me to a general surgeon who advised an excision with stitch.
For a week before the procedure I made sure to take Restoralax (Miralax for US folks) every day. Procedure itself probably didn’t take any longer than 20 minutes. The needle for freezing was extremely painful but over with in about 30 seconds. The freezing lasted about 3.5 hours and I felt great until it wore off lol I was asleep when it wore off so I couldn’t get ahead of that pain as I took Tylenol arthritis (650mg x 2) right after the procedure. My aunt, retired nurse, suggested alternating between Advil and Tylenol in order to get narcotic level relief since the doctor didn’t prescribe anything. So dosing was Tylenol, 4 hours later Aleve, 4 hours later Tylenol until bed that evening.
Today is day 2 and I haven’t felt the need for any pain meds but I also hadn’t had a bowel movement since before the procedure so I used a suppository in the morning to help things along and had an uneventful first poop lol
The excision site actually looks a lot less angry than I thought it would. Of course it’s swollen and red and tight around the stitch but I am so happy to have the tag gone. After everything I read I assumed I’d be bed ridden and in pain for at least a week so to not feel that I need pain meds on day 2 is such a relief.
If you’re on the fence, I’d say go for it.
Lastly, I’m Canadian so this procedure was fully covered under OHIP. And a bidet attachment has been life changing since dealing with chronic butt issues and now this procedure: 12/10!