Warts are benign growths caused by the human papillomavirus. Warts can appear on the skin of the face, neck, hands, feet, and genitals.
These growths on the human body can cause a lot of inconvenience, so patients are increasingly turning to clinics to have them removed. There are several ways to treat formations; Laser cauterization of warts is the most modern method of combating this skin disease.
Before the advent of laser therapy, warts were removed through radiosurgery, cauterized with liquid nitrogen, and removed with electric current.
Types of warts
Before treating them, it is worth understanding which formations can be cauterized. Among them there are: common, plantar and genital warts.
Warts of the first type generally do not require treatment and go away on their own quite quickly; photos of how to cauterize warts of other types can be found on the Internet.
Most often, you should pay attention to those that are located in places of constant friction with clothing, in intimate areas. Dealing with them is not so difficult, but this requires aggressive solutions of acid or alkali, which are the most effective in treatment. Before using them, you should definitely consult a specialist.
Prevention
Sometimes the best prevention of complications from a wart can be its timely removal.
Photo: following personal hygiene rules will protect against HPV infection
But other factors also play a role:
- careful personal hygiene;
- individual use of personal hygiene items;
- avoiding rubbing of the skin by tight clothing or shoes;
- using condoms when there is doubt about the partner’s health;
- taking care of your immunity;
- sufficient rest and reduction of stress.
Process and methods of cauterization of warts
Undoubtedly, this matter cannot be called one of the safest and most painless ways. People with sensitive skin should not burn them; treatment with current pulses is better for them. Also, you should not cauterize them in places where there is a large accumulation of nerve endings (face, neck, back of the head and genitals), as there is a high probability of scars.
It is also necessary to take a course of antiviral drugs after burning the affected area of skin to avoid further infection.
Methods for cauterizing warts today have virtually no boundaries. Some even charm them, but healing occurs only due to luck and self-hypnosis. Chemical and herbal remedies will be much more effective:
Laser removal
Today, the most effective, fastest and painless way is to remove warts using a laser. The main advantage of this method is the speed of the procedure and the ability to remove even large or several tumors at the same time. This method of getting rid of warts is especially often chosen for the treatment of young children and pregnant women.
The session takes a minimal amount of time, after which the patient does not need to stay in the hospital. However, before burning off a wart in this way, you should definitely consult a doctor. The specialist will also determine the optimal type of procedure.
There are only three options:
- CO2 laser. It involves exposing the wart to infrared radiation, which literally evaporates the liquid from the tissue of the growth. This removal option is the most traumatic.
- Pulse. It has a destructive effect on the capillaries of the neoplasm.
- Erbium. It also involves removing growth tissue using infrared radiation.
To remove large growths with deep roots, such as plantar formations, the use of local anesthetics is required.
How is the procedure performed?
The procedure for burning warts with a laser is quite simple. After the patient undergoes a mandatory examination by the attending physician and prescribes a session, the specialist performs the following actions, the main task of which is to remove the wart:
- Most patients are interested in the question of whether it is painful to remove warts with a laser. In some cases, the procedure can indeed cause very unpleasant sensations; therefore, before the session, it is necessary to use local anesthetics.
- Next, light radiation is directed at the growth, which, having a thermal effect on the wart, literally burns it out. Healthy tissues are not affected, since laser therapy is characterized by increased accuracy.
One of the undeniable advantages of the procedure is complete tissue healing, eliminating the appearance of scars.
Indications and contraindications
The use of laser therapy is the best option for removing all types of warts. However, there are certain cases when the doctor may recommend using a different method. As a rule, exceptions include growths that have a tendency to malignant degeneration. In such situations, removal requires subsequent histological examination of the tissue, which is not possible with laser therapy.
Childhood and pregnancy are also not contraindications to the removal of tumors using laser radiation. However, the need for a procedure when warts are detected in a woman during gestation is determined by the doctor individually.
Consequences
Recommendations for skin care after removal of growths are more than simple: you should exclude any impact on the crust that forms after the session. It is not recommended to treat warts with anything after cauterization, or to use caring cosmetics or other products. After complete tissue restoration, the crust will disappear on its own.
Cost of the procedure
So, how much does it cost to remove a wart with a laser? Prices for laser wart removal can vary significantly. The determining aspects are factors such as size, number of tumors, as well as the area of their localization. For example, removing a small growth, the diameter of which does not exceed one millimeter, costs no more than two hundred rubles. The cost of a session for removing deep-rooted warts can reach two thousand rubles or more.
Celandine
Cauterizing warts with celandine has become one of the most effective and fastest methods. To do this, you need to find celandine in the nearest field, but if this is not possible, then you can buy its extract at the pharmacy. It is very easy to use - just regularly lubricate the affected skin, and after a few weeks everything will disappear.
The only drawback is the low shelf life. Today, manufacturers have created creams based on its juice, which are no less effective. These include: Viferon, Interferon.
Presence of a blister after cryotherapy
A bubble after cauterizing a wart with liquid nitrogen is a natural reaction of the body, since liquid nitrogen leaves behind something like a burn. Don't panic, this fact does not mean a complication.
The blisters cannot be opened; they need to be treated with a fucorcin solution; it is advisable to do this every day until they heal.
The bubbles become smaller over time and dry out. A crust appears, which should fall off two weeks after the procedure.
In rare cases, the effects of cold penetrate so deeply that large blisters form after manipulation. There's nothing wrong with that.
To prevent large blisters from bothering you, you need to visit a dermatologist. He will open the water sacs. If you still cannot go to a specialist, you can wipe the blister with alcohol and then pierce the blister with a sterile needle at a 40-degree angle. After removing the water from the blister, it becomes easier.
When puncturing a blister, you should wear a fixing bandage on the wound .
If you burn a wart with liquid nitrogen, a blister forms and accidentally ruptures, you need to treat the open area with an antiseptic emulsion or lubricate it with an antibacterial cream.
Acetic acid
This is not a very safe method of treatment, since if it comes into contact with healthy areas of the skin, it can cause a serious chemical burn. Therefore, to protect the skin around the wart, apply a waterproof ointment or cover it with an adhesive plaster.
You can cauterize it either by dripping vinegar directly onto the wart, or by mixing it with flour and covering it with a gauze bandage, creating a compress.
Feresol
The solution quickly affects the wart, and after several applications it dies. Its action is aimed at tissue necrosis, so you should carefully avoid contact with healthy surfaces.
The application procedure is that it is necessary to apply Feresol pointwise every 2-3 minutes, but no more than five times. It is this number of repetitions that causes the solution to penetrate into the very depths of the wart and start the process of its death.
Nitrogen-based pharmaceutical products
If small warts are detected on the skin surface, the patient may be recommended pharmaceuticals to eliminate such a defect. Cryopharma and Wartner Cryo are popular among dermatologists.
Cryopharma
The Cryopharm system for warts is a cryotherapy treatment that kills the virus and removes warts by freezing them. One package of the product is designed to remove 12 warts. Most often, a single application of this product is sufficient. Frozen skin on the surface of the warty formation disappears in an average of 2 weeks. During this time, new healthy skin has time to form under the bubble.
The set includes the following components:
- liquid nitrogen cylinder;
- 12 applicators for cauterizing warts;
- cap into which applicators are inserted.
After pressing the applicator to the surface of the growth, the wart is instantly frozen to the very base. During tissue freezing, a person may experience a slight burning and tingling sensation, and the skin may turn white. After removing the sponge applicator, the skin color is gradually restored.
Special cauterization applicators can only be used once and should be discarded. If after three sessions of therapy with the Cryopharm system there is no positive dynamics and noticeable improvements, then the patient should definitely consult with his dermatologist about the advisability of further procedures.
Wartner Cryo
Wartner Cryo for warts instantly freezes common and plantar warts to the base.
The Wartner Cryo kit includes:
- an aerosol can containing a mixture of dimethyl ether and propane;
- applicator holder for reusable use;
- 12 disposable applicators;
- reusable file.
Common or plantar warts gradually disappear within 10-14 days after using Wartner Cryo. Sufficiently large and old growths may require 2-3 freezing procedures to be completely eliminated.
Cryodestruction
First you need to learn how to properly burn warts with nitrogen, because otherwise you can completely worsen the skin condition. Nitrogen is the safest for the skin, does not cause bleeding or pain, and the risk of complications is very small.
For the procedure, it is left at a temperature of about -200 degrees and then applied to the wart. After this, the skin may swell a little, but after a few hours this will go away, and not even a scar will remain in place.
The best way to cauterize warts is your choice. You can trust both folk remedies and medications. A significant advantage of nitrogen is the complete disappearance of warts from the skin without the appearance of scars, which cannot be said about traditional medicine. However, if the case is not too severe, is it worth spending money on expensive hardware treatment?
Why do growths appear?
Everyone knows what a wart is. This is a consequence of human infection with the human papillomavirus and insufficiently strong immunity. The most common places for papilloma formation are the neck, arms, face, and feet. They often cause inconvenience not only from an aesthetic point of view, but also physically (pain, itching).
In addition, growths are a significant cosmetic defect, which can negatively affect the general psychological state of a person, cause the formation of complexes in a person, isolation, and so on.
Important : during a period of high intensity of oncological diseases, you should especially carefully monitor all neoplasms. If papilloma appears, immediately rush to the doctor. Although warts are benign formations, medical supervision is necessary to avoid the negative consequences of such a process in the body.
Photo of cauterization of warts
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