Cryo Surgery

Cryosurgery is a type of treatment where a chemical liquid nitrogen is used. Unwanted diseased tissues are freezed here to subzero temperatures and destroyed. It is a quick office procedure used for warts, skin tags, skin tumours etc.




Introduction

Cryosurgery is a type of treatment where a chemical liquid nitrogen is used. Unwanted diseased tissues are freezed here to subzero temperatures and destroyed. It is a quick office procedure used for warts, skin tags, skin tumours etc.

Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy is a safe, effective treatment used to treat many common skin conditions such as moles or actinic keratosis. Occasionally, dermatologists opt for cryotherapy to work on basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas.


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What is cryosurgery used for?

Cryosurgery is also known as cryotherapy and is used to treat external skin tumours. It uses extreme cold created by liquid nitrogen to destroy the diseased tissue or abnormal tissue.

What are commonly used indications for cryosurgery?

Skin tags
Warts
Beningn & malignant skin tumours
Keloids & hypertrophic scars

What is skin tag?

Skin tag is a benign outgrowth on the skin formed usually on neck, underarms, sometimes face.They are completely silent & asymptomatic but when infected it may be painful.

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How long does cryosurgery take to work on skin tags?

Cryosurgery skin tag removal is an easy and quick process, it takes less than 15 to 30 minutes to perform.
The freezing and burning skin tag removal procedure can be done without any scars and can be executed quickly without any bleeding as well. The burned skin tag runs dry and falls off quickly, but the frozen skin tag may take about two weeks to fall off.

What is a wart?

Wart is a small, fleshy bump on the skin caused by human papillomavirus or HPV. It stimulates quick tissue growth on the skin called wart.

It commonly occurs on the fingers, on the hands or near the fingernails. Certain kinds of HPV can also cause warts in the genital area.

How long does it take for cryosurgery to work on warts?

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Preferences and procedures of cryosurgery warts may vary from patient to patient, but the contact of liquid nitrogen with the skin is only for 10–20 seconds. During the procedure, you may experience pain & burning. After treatment there may be burning, redness & pain; in extreme cases, there may be blistering which will eventually settle within a few days.

Don’t get frustrated with these unwanted skin outgrowths, just feel free, fix an appointment with our experienced dermatologist and remove all unwanted diseased tissues, such as warts, skin tags, skin tumours etc. from your skin today completely

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