Removal of plantar warts with liquid nitrogen - a description of the procedure, features and consequences

Any formation on the skin can be not only an aesthetic defect, but also cause serious discomfort and pain. And they can become malignant. There are many instrumental and folk ways to get rid of the problem. Removing plantar warts with liquid nitrogen is considered one of the most modern and safest methods for eliminating growths, which is prescribed for both adults and children.

Causes of Warts

Plantar neoplasms can interfere with movement, as they appear on delicate areas of the skin and are subject to constant trauma. They arise as a result of human infection with the papilloma virus. It is diagnosed in 80% of the world's population and is easily transmitted by direct contact or objects, things.

A person may not be aware for years of the presence of a virus in the body. Its activation is due to such factors:

• weakened immunity;
• skin injuries;
• wearing tight shoes or clothing made of synthetic materials, resulting in increased sweating of the body.

Subcooling, strong nervous tension or stress can trigger the development of the virus.

What is a procedure?

The essence of removing plantar warts with liquid nitrogen is that the substance that is used to process the neoplasm freezes the fluid inside the pathologically altered cells. It expands and provides a destructive effect.

The procedure is carried out using a hollow tube with a tank filled with nitrogen at the end. In specialized clinics there are devices for cryogenic freezing with customizable applicators. The shapes of the nozzles can be different.

The processing time is 5-15 seconds. Removing the plantar wart with liquid nitrogen can be done at a time. But if the lesion is deep or occupies a large area, then 2-5 procedures are required, a break between which is 1 week.

Benefits of the procedure

Removing plantar warts with liquid nitrogen has the following advantages:

• High accuracy of impact on the affected area (healthy areas are practically not affected).
• Short duration of the procedure.
• Fast recovery of metabolic processes.
• The possibility of repeated use of the method.
• High efficiency and reduced risk of relapse in the treatment area.
• Minimal pain of cauterization (with the help of anesthetic it can be completely eliminated).
• Lack of blood loss.
• Low risk of infection during surgery.

With the right procedure, a person should not have any complications.

Process flaws

However, the removal of warts (papillomas) with liquid nitrogen has certain disadvantages:

1. Doctors do not have the opportunity to further investigate biological material if a malignant tumor is suspected. Damaged tissue is completely destroyed.
2. Sometimes there is a need for re-treatment of the affected area.
3. The cost of removing plantar warts with liquid nitrogen is not always acceptable. Depending on the size of the neoplasm and the depth of tissue damage, the cost is from 350 rubles. for one procedure (growth no more than 5 mm).

Despite the disadvantages, this method of treatment remains one of the most effective and safe. In South Butovo, the removal of plantar warts with liquid nitrogen will cost 650-750 rubles. for neoplasm (depending on the number).

Indications for use

Before agreeing to such a procedure, it is necessary to find out what indications for its use exist. They are as follows:

• Warts bleeding, the presence of an inflammatory process in it.
• The growth prevents normal walking, resulting in an additional load on the spine.
• The appearance of acute pain at the site of the lesion.
• Regular trauma of the neoplasm.
• Increased risk of malignancy of the process.
• Change the color or shape of the wart.

It is also important to remember that a later visit to a doctor is fraught with various complications.

Possible contraindications

This type of operation can not be performed by everyone. You can highlight such contraindications for use:

• Epileptic seizures or other neurological disorders.
• Mental disorder.
• Diseases of the blood or circulatory system.
• Diabetes.
• Frequent changes in blood pressure, hypertension.
• The period of hormonal changes in adolescence.
• Pregnancy.
• Viral and respiratory diseases, chronic pathologies in the acute stage.
• Fever.

Also, do not go for the procedure if a skin rash is noted in the wart area.

Features of the procedure

The procedure should be carried out in a medical facility by an experienced doctor. Do not do it in a beauty salon. Allergy tests must first be performed to avoid a negative reaction of the body to liquid nitrogen.

The whole procedure consists of several stages:

1. First, the area on which the neoplasm is located is treated with an antiseptic solution. This will avoid infection of the wound surface.
2. Next, a cream or gel is applied to the wart, with which the upper layer of the growth is softened. Thus, liquid nitrogen penetrates faster and deeper into damaged tissues and destroys them.
3. In general, this procedure is not painful, however, people with increased pain sensitivity are given a local anesthetic.
4. Now you can proceed directly to the burning. An applicator with a reservoir in which the substance is located is applied to the tumor. During the action of nitrogen, damaged tissues become white and dense.
5. Lastly, the wound is treated with a special medicine that eliminates discomfort and softens the skin.

After cauterization of the wart with liquid nitrogen, a recovery period is required. It is carried out at home.

Rehabilitation period

After the procedure, before a complete healing of the wound surface, a certain time should pass. The recovery period lasts at least a week. In complex cases, skin regeneration takes up to 14 days. At this time, the patient must abide by certain rules:

1. Closely monitor the blister that appears after cauterization. It may be filled with liquid. Over time, he descends himself. Sometimes after removing the wart with liquid nitrogen there is no bubble - this is a completely normal situation, and you should not be afraid that the procedure was useless.
2. Twice a day, the cauterization site must be carefully treated with salicylic alcohol, and then apply a moisturizer.
3. After the bubble or crust disappears, the treated area is lubricated with drugs: "Solcoseryl", "Methyluracil".
4. To prevent the appearance of a scar, it is allowed to use a medicine such as Kontraktubeks.
   

In general, it is necessary to monitor the wound surface for 1-2 weeks. Instead of medicines, it is allowed to use decoctions of chamomile and aloe juice, but alternative methods of therapy must be agreed with the doctor.

Reviews on the removal of warts with liquid nitrogen are different, but mostly positive. Patients note the speed of the procedure and a low risk of side effects. However, the operation has a considerable cost.

What can not be done?

Even such a simple procedure as nitrogen cauterization is an intervention, therefore, in the postoperative period, the treated area must be carefully monitored. There is something you should not do:

1. Tear off the crust. After a week - 10 days, she herself will fall away painlessly. If it is removed prematurely, a scar will remain at the cauterization site, and the wound surface itself will heal longer.
2. Open the bubble. If this is done, then an infection can get into the wound, and this entails complications and a delay in the healing process.
3. Seal the place of removal with adhesive tape. Under it, favorable conditions will be created for the development of bacteria.
4. Wash the treated area with water or cosmetics until it is completely healed.

If you violate these rules, complications may occur and a person will have to consult a doctor more than once. If the bubble was accidentally opened, it is better to go to a specialist to avoid infection.

Possible complications

Despite the safety of such a procedure, the consequences of removing warts with liquid nitrogen are not excluded. This mainly happens due to the inexperience of the doctor or non-compliance with the rules of the rehabilitation period by the patient.

A person may develop such complications:

• The appearance of severe pain at the treatment site throughout the recovery period.
• Injury of healthy tissues (with low qualification of the paramedic).
• The appearance of a scar due to improper care in the postoperative period.
• Wound surface infection. Here, staphylococcus most often causes a complication, although the patient can become infected with a fungus.

Removing warts with liquid nitrogen is a modern and relatively safe way to get rid of unwanted neoplasms. But you need to remember the reason for their appearance. If you do not destroy the virus, then growths will appear in other places when appropriate conditions for this occur.