Be a good mom. Be a pretty mom. Remove that ugly skin tag.

This commercial has been airing for the past while. It is for a skin tag removal product.

Warning: This product, once it has removed your skin tag, may cause your daughter to think you’re beautiful again and allow you to participate in normal activities, such as swimming.

I wouldn’t blame anyone for wanting to remove a skin tag, but does it really warrant being in the First Aid section, as the voice over informs? Skin tag got you down and out about your looks? Think First Aid!

And did it have to attempt to manipulate the potential purchaser by instilling in her mind that, heaven forbid, her daughter might not think she is beautiful for a moment? If I had read the script for this, but not seen the video, I might have assumed this was an ad from the 1950’s.

Isn’t it comforting to know that, thanks to Dr. Scholl’s, the little girl’s own future is saved from similar beauty injustices?

Now, at last, I can sleep soundly.