Cryotherapy

Cryotherapy or Cryosurgery is a highly effective and safe procedure that is used to freeze and destroy benign skin lesions. It uses liquefied nitrous oxide to destroy the tissue by freezing the cell fluid which in turn forms ice shards that rupture the cell membrane in turn destroying the cell and the lesion.

Cryotherapy requires no anaesthesia and has minimal scarring. The treatment is very quick. There are no limitations on activities (except protecting the area from damage or abrasion) and patients can return to normal activities after treatment(s).

Treatment Method

FIRST FREEZE CYCLE – The clinician will hold the applicator as close as possible to the lesion, and move it quickly towards and away from it. Depending on the lesion size and depth, the treatment could be 1 to 30 seconds.

THAW – After the first freezing cycle, the tissue will be allowed to thaw for about 30 seconds.

SECOND FREEZE CYCLE – The second freeze cycle will start. The tissue will freeze faster than during the first freezing cycle. Cryotherapy can treat all common benign skin lesions including age spots, warts, skin tags, verrucae, cherry angiomas and many more.

Farhana Khanum. BSc (Hons)

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