How to treat skin tags?

• Because tags are benign, treatment is unnecessary unless the tags become frequently irritated or present a cosmetic concern.
• If removal is desired or warranted, a dermatologist or similarly trained professional may use cauterization, 
•  cryosurgery, surgical ligation or excision to remove the acrochorda^. 
• There is now an over-the-counter solution that causes skin tag removal. This method freezes the skin tag which results in the skin tag "falling off" in approximately 7–10 days, which is similar to over-the-counter wart removal.
• Another common home remedy is to knot a piece of thread around the base of a skin tag, which cuts off circulation of blood to the tissue and causes it to fall off. Skin tags treated in this way will usually fall off within 48 hours.