Wart Removal

What You Should Know About Wart Removal

A small, hard, and rough bump on your skin can be a wart. Wart can appear anywhere on your body. However, warts are most commonly found on fingers, hands, and soles of your feet. Depending on the type of wart, you may or may not need treatment. However, you are considering wart removal then consult your doctor the effects of the wart removal procedure prior to wart removal.

Warts are usually a long-term infection. Caused by the Human Papilloma Virus or HPV, warts can appear reddish, brownish, yellowish, black, flesh-colored or grayish. These bumps can grow and spread rather quickly and can grow in clusters or groups that resemble cauliflower in appearance or just remain single.

Since most warts can disappear without wart removal treatment, you don’t have to worry too much. However, if you warts infection is not ready to disappear on its own, you can use wart removal cream or have undergo wart removal surgery. Two of the most effective and popular wart removal procedures are "electrocautery" (burning of the wart) and "cryotherapy" (freezing the wart).

Risks Involved In Wart Removal Procedures

The risks involved in wart removal surgeries are minimal or none. However, you must follow the instructions of your doctor to prevent any problems arising from wart removal surgery.

What to Expect During the Wart Removal Procedures

If you choose wart removal through electrocautery, then you must tell your doctor if you wear a pacemaker.

During Wart Removal by Electrocautery:

The wart and the area surrounding it will be cleaned thoroughly. You may be given local anesthesia, so you may feel very little pain.
When wart removal is done using electrocautery, the wart will be touched by a thin, needle-like, hot tip. The area surrounding the wart may appear to "bubble up".

During Wart Removal by Cryotherapy:

When wart removal is done using cryotherapy, the wart will be frozen using an extremely cold fluid such as liquid nitrogen. A mild stinging sensation may be experienced while the area will turn white.
Once the tissue dies, the doctor may remove the dead tissue and send it for further tests to the laboratory.
The area will be bandaged and you will be given instructions to help you take care of the treated area. You may need to undergo another wart removal treatment if the wart comes back.
Cryotherapy - wart removal treatment can take around 15 to 30 minutes.

After Wart Removal Care

If you experience bleeding within the initial 24 hours, then you should press a clean soft cloth or tissue to the area for at least 10 minutes.
Always ensure that the area of wart removal is clean. You can keep it covered with a band aid.
Do not apply any medicine, lotion or cream to the treated area after cryotherapy.
Wart removal surgery requires 2-3 weeks for healing.