![]() ![]() I was stressed about this part because of people's comments about screaming when they got it. The lidocaine shot wasn't bad - not that much worse than a needle shot in the arm. There were some hygiene issues, but the reason was primarily cosmetic. I did it because I hated it and was self-conscious about it. I had a medium-to-large (doc's words) skin tag removed. Those really freaked me out and almost made me cancel the procedure. Hi, I feel I have to post a response because a) these post helped me when I was researching the procedure and b) to counter some of the horror stories posted online. I'll do an update in a few months time in regards to the scar tissue I had. They really take great care of you and recovery time for anal tags after faster than traditional hemorrhoid surgery. I would recommend that colorectal health centre for anyone's who considering removing hemorrhoids or anal tags. (my skin generally heals with the occasional keloid if the cut is deep). He said I said very slight scar tissue (the small sunflower seed sized skin) and using Vit E oil to soften it up and help minimize it. Follow up visit with Dr.week 3 Dr was pretty pleased with my results. Bleeding is almost gone but have developed rash between anal area because of discharge from the surgery site. My hard lump has completely gone but I have slight sun flower sized slick of skin around the anal rim. I have been taking sitz baths to help promote the healing process and taking my daily colace and fibre. Lump at surgery site has gone down, slowly but surely. So although lump was uncomfortble it wasn't unbearable. Assured me that it will go down and heal. Felt a hard lump at surgery site and was told by my nurse that the lump was caused by the amount of anaesthesia that they used on me. Had BM without any pain, just felt some stretching and discomfort. I didn't have any pain.just slight throbbing at surgery site and could feel the bleeding. Also take sitz baths to help healing process. 6-8 Glasses of water a must to keep hydrated not to strain when having bowel movement. My recovery orders were to take 2 colace tablets daily to soften stools and take fibre supplement daily. The first day after procedure was told to stay off my feet and just relax. ![]() Expect lots of bleeding and Dr used silver nitrate to cauterize the surgery site. This whole process last no more than 5-10 minutes most.You don't feel anything, just tugging. The anaesthesia kicks in pretty immediately and the Dr started cutting off the tags. The needle hurts very much going in and I was injected 3 times because I had anal tags at 3 sites around the anal area. Next comes the anaesthesia and is the most painful part. The bed then lifts up and tilts you in a jack knife position so you're face down and butt is literally in the air. My Dr had me kneel down infront of the bed that you sit on, then lie forward. This is what happened to me and what you can expect. The 4th visit was my surgical procedure to remove my anal tags. My subsequent bandings were scheduled for two week intervals so I came back a fortnight later for my second banding then the third. At the end of the banding, all I felt was a lil dull ache from the banding but it subsides after a few hours. It was painless, a lil uncomfortable but quick. She used a instrument that is like the anal speculum to look inside my anal cavity and saw that I had 3 interior hemorrhoids. The Colorectal health centre accepted my insurance (HMO) otherwise banding would be $600 per visit.first my Dr asked what problem was and I told her. looking up various other removal procedures (such as laser) and decided to pay them a visit. I came across "Colorectal Health Centre" for chicago location online.and for anyone else who wants the website, here it is. After pregnancy they shrunk and became skin tags, one large one about the size of my thumb and the other two size of finger. ![]() My internal ones didn't really bother me but when I was 7-8 months pregnant with my son I was severely constipated.unfortunately for me, the extra pregnancy weight & straining caused me to have 2-3 finger sized external hemmorhoids. Well, I had internal and external hemmorrhoids courtesy of my pregnancys. Hi all, I just wanted to share with you my anal skin tag removal prodecure and basically walk you through my procedure and recovery cos there are alot of scary stories here that will make some folks afraid. ![]()
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