Editorial policy
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Health content should show its work. This page explains how ours gets researched, where the numbers come from, and how to get an error fixed.
Sourcing
Medical and safety claims on this site are grounded in primary and authoritative sources, in this order of preference:
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) publications and enforcement actions — for example, the status of over-the-counter skin tag products.
- Professional bodies such as the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).
- Peer-reviewed medical literature.
- State medical board licensing databases, for verifying that listed providers hold active licenses.
We do not source health claims from product marketing, sponsored studies, or other affiliate sites.
Where pricing data comes from
Prices on our pages are ranges, not quotes, and we label them that way. They are compiled from practices' published price lists, prices quoted publicly by practices, and consistent patient-reported figures. Cosmetic pricing varies by city, practice, and how many tags you're removing — the only number that binds anyone is the one the practice gives you at a consult, and we say so wherever prices appear.
Who writes this, honestly
Our content is researched and written by our editorial team, who are not physicians, and it is fact-checked against the sources above. We do not claim medical review that hasn't happened: unless a page explicitly names a licensed clinical reviewer, no clinician has reviewed it. Everything on this site is general information for a lay audience, not medical advice — see the medical disclaimer.
What we refuse to publish
- Promotion of over-the-counter skin tag removers, "natural" remedies, or DIY removal techniques as effective — the evidence isn't there, and some of it is unsafe.
- Affiliate links to removal products, in any form.
- Paid placements or rankings disguised as editorial judgment. Our independence rules are in how we make money.
Updates
Every city guide carries a visible "last updated" date that reflects a real content change, not an automatic timestamp. We re-verify listings periodically — licenses, addresses, services, and published prices — and between reviews we depend on readers and practices to flag changes.
Corrections
If we got something wrong, we want to fix it, quickly and without drama. Email hello@skintagsgone.com with the page and the problem. Substantive errors are corrected on the page and the page's updated date is refreshed; factual corrections take priority over everything else we're working on.