Cryosurgery: Skin Tags, Moles, Pigment
Cryosurgery: Skin Tags, Moles, Pigment
What is cryosurgery?
Cryosurgery is the controlled destruction of unwanted tissue by the precise application of extreme cold. The process is called cryo-necrosis, tissue destruction by freezing. Rapid freezing to 27 °C and
more will produce cryonecrosis in all benign human tissues and ice crystals will form. The ice crystals break the cell membrane, destroy the cells organelles and protein matrixes. Water then rushes into the surrounding area causing blistering and disruption of the local blood supply
What are the benefits of cryosurgery?
Cryosurgery is quicker than other treatments and patients can be in and out in seconds. It requires no anaesthesia and has minimal scaring. There are no limitations on activity except to protect the area from damage or abrasion, they can work, bath, swim, immediately after the treatment. There’s
no cut, no bleeding, no sutures and no risk of infection.
What type of lesions can be treated?
Most unwanted benign skin lesions can be removed such as verrucae, skin tags, solar lentigo, pigmented spots, actinic keratoses, seborrheic keratoses (moles) hemangioma, molluscum contagiosum, condyloma, plantar warts, and more.
How much is a treatment?
Treatment prices are usually starting from £60, depending on the number of lesions to be treated.
How long does a treatment take?
A typical freeze on viral infections may last from 5 to 10 seconds for a small flat wart, and up to 45 seconds for a full thickness plantar wart. For general purposes, most lesions take about 2 to 30 seconds.
Do you need anaesthesia?
No anaesthesia is needed as the extreme cold causes anaesthesia which allows the treatment to be tolerable.
What are the considerations of the treatment?
Consult a Doctor before proceeding with CryoPen procedures if the person being treated has:
• Impaired sensation
• Impaired circulation
• Superficial nerves
• Open wounds
• Skin cancer
• Hypersensitivity to cold
• Cardiac disease.
• No moles should be treated unless approved and assessed by a medical physician.
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