Went in today to get 6 skin tags removed off my neck. A side effect of being overweight and friction on the neck. I’ve lost close to 50lbs. So I thought why not, before I never bothered asking for them to be removed. Doctor informed me they could come back after she does the liquid nitrogen freeze due to my weight and friction of the neck. I told her that’s why I never have treated them until now and I feel due to weightloss I don’t ever feel any friction on my neck during sleep or wake hours etc. She asked me how much weight I’ve lost and I said about 50lbs since end of March. She was pretty suprised especially since I am female and asked me how. I explained to her about the ketogenic diet. She asked about the transition of carbs to healthy fat and I told her how electrolytes were very important. I also told her I stay under 20g of carbs a day. And she was pretty suprised. She asked if I have mentioned it to my regular doctor to which I said no because most doctors don’t approve. And she said nothing wrong with the diet in her opinion I sound like I know what I’m doing. And she also said she’s going to look into it for herself, family, and patients of hers. I told her some people have reversed type 2 diabetes using this woe. She seemed very interested and is looking into things herself, so im actually quite glad I got to meet her and talk with a doctor that approves. On a side note, liquid nitrogen freezing of skin tags burns quite a lot! Lol.
Skin tag removal, doctor approval
Getting the word out there. Nice job. 
AND the 50 pound loss. KCKO my friend.
Skin tags are highly correlated to diabetes and insulin resistance. Achieving stable blood sugar will likely help a lot. My skin tags began disappearing after a year of keto, will eventually get the bigger stubborn ones removed.
Agree
I had them removed 10 yrs ago - they came back. Keto almost a year, and only 1 left… will contemplate having it removed… maybe in another year it will disappear
I’ve had them since I was a little kid, I’ve been checked and have no correlation with diabetes. I’m sure I may have insulin resistance. Luckily all of my blood tests have been great. My a1c is normal, always has been. I put it down to friction of skin. But it could of been possible insulin resistance as well? Not sure. Greatful to be on a healthier path though! These are very large skin tags, not small at all.
I had mine removed, I had one that kept getting inflammed, before starting keto. Shortly after I started keto WOE, I started reading about the connection between IR and skin tags. I had one that was not in a place tha cause me discomfort, it was the size of the others, but now I have to slow around the area to locate it, it is so tiny now. And the one on my neckline that didn’t get removed with the others went from a redish to almost clear coloration and has shrunk as well. So don’t expect to be growing many back.
Great work dropping the 50 lbs. and talking with a medical person who might just spread to word. Wins all around.
Many of the skin tags I had have gone away, and the remaining ones have greatly diminished in size. Another “yay keto.”
It was definitely interesting to have a conversation with a doctor who approved. Even though I’ve told my cardiologist about ketogenic diet, he advised me against it even though the weight has dropped, and my blood results came back really well. Maybe my POTS (auto immune disease, dysautonomia) doctor will be different we will see what they say at the end of October.
That is awesome Ashley. Congrats on the 50 pounds you have lost, and also on teaching a doctor about Keto. That is really cool in my opinion. I was a silly person and bought some stuff online to remove one I had that was really bothering me; and it burned my skin badly and really hurt for about a month (I went to my own doctor after I did it…and got a prescription for the burn). He of course reprimanded me for doing that. It actually did work and removed it (the cream was only $10) but I threw out the rest of the bottle as it hurt so much. I have tied off others (tight with dental floss) and covered them with Duct tape and they fell off. I am cheap and they are expensive to remove here in Canada (as the procedure is not covered by our government health plan as it is not deemed a necessary procedure.
I still have a few but they are small; so now, from reading the posts above, I am hopeful that they might disappear.