Cryotherapy effectively removes the following lesions:
This is dependant on the lesion. Some will respond well to a single treatment e.g a small skin tag. Others may require 2 or more treatments.
If a second follow up treatment is required to remove the lesion, this is included within the price.
Occasionally, a blister might form and persist for up to 5 days.
It can take up to 14 days for the lesion to be removed.
You may experience temporary redness, blistering, scabbing, redness and pigmentary changes.
Both hypopigmentation and hyperpigmentation may occur after cryotherapy. Both generally only lasts a few months. Permanent colour loss can occur in dark skinned patients.
Yes, for the majority of lesions.
Treatment is fairly comfortable and only lasts around 10-20 seconds. There might be a little residual stinging for a few minutes after treatment.
Typically, it leaves the least amount of scarring of any form of lesion removal because it causes the least damage to the connective tissues. Temporary pigmentation changes may occur.