Any formation on the skin can be not only an aesthetic defect, but also cause serious discomfort and pain. They can also become cancerous. There are many instrumental and folk ways to get rid of the problem. Removal of plantar warts with liquid nitrogen is considered one of the modern and safest methods of removing 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 papillomavirus. It is diagnosed in 80% of the world's population and is easily transmitted through direct contact or objects, things.
A person may not be aware of the presence of a virus in the body for years. Its activation occurs due to such factors:
- immunity weakening;
- skin injury;
- wearing tight shoes or clothes made of synthetic materials, resulting in increased sweating of the body.
Start the mechanism of the development of the virus can hypothermia, severe nervous tension or stress.
What is the procedure?
The essence of the removal of plantar warts with liquid nitrogen is that the substance with which the neoplasm is treated freezes the liquid inside pathologically altered cells. It expands and provides a destructive effect.
The procedure is performed using a hollow tube with a reservoir filled with nitrogen at the end. In specialized clinics, there are cryogenic freezing devices with adjustable applicators. Nozzle shapes may vary.
Processing time is 5-15 seconds. Removing a plantar wart with liquid nitrogen can be done in one go. But if the lesion is deep or occupies a large area, then 2-5 procedures will be required, the interval between which is 1 week.
Benefits of the procedure
Removal of plantar warts with liquid nitrogen has the following advantages:
- High precision impact on the affected area (he althy areas are practically not affected).
- Short treatment time.
- Quick recovery of metabolic processes.
- Possibility of repeated application of the method.
- Higheffectiveness and reduced risk of recurrence in the treatment area.
- Minimum cauterization pain (can be completely eliminated with an anesthetic).
- No blood loss.
- Low risk of infection during surgery.
If the procedure is carried out correctly, the person should not experience any complications.
Flaws of the process
However, the removal of warts (papillomas) with liquid nitrogen also has certain disadvantages:
- Doctors do not have the opportunity to additionally examine biological material if a malignant tumor is suspected. Damaged tissues are completely destroyed.
- Sometimes there is a need to re-treat the affected area.
- The cost of removing a plantar wart 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. in one procedure (the build-up is not more than 5 mm).
Despite the shortcomings, this method of treatment remains one of the most effective and safe. In South Butovo, removal of plantar warts with liquid nitrogen will cost 650-750 rubles. for neoplasm (depending on quantity).
Indications for use
Before agreeing to such a procedure, it is necessary to find out what indications for its use exist. They are:
- Bleeding of the wart, the presence of an inflammatory process in it.
- The growth interferes with normal walking, as a result of whichcreates an additional load on the spine.
- The appearance of acute pain at the site of the lesion.
- Regular traumatization of the neoplasm.
- Increased risk of malignant process.
- Change in color or shape of a wart.
It is also important to remember that late visits to the doctor are fraught with various complications.
Possible contraindications
This type of operation may not be possible for everyone. There are such contraindications for use:
- Epileptic seizures or other neurological disorders.
- Mental disorder.
- Diseases of the blood or circulatory system.
- Diabetes mellitus.
- Frequent drops 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 there is a skin rash in the area of the wart.
Features of the procedure
The procedure must be carried out in a medical facility by an experienced doctor. You should not do it in a beauty salon. Allergy tests must first be done to avoid a negative reaction of the body to liquid nitrogen.
The whole procedure consists of several stages:
- First, the area where the neoplasm is located is treated with an antiseptic solution. This will prevent infectioninfection of the wound surface.
- Next, a cream or gel is applied to the wart, which softens the top layer of the growth. Thus, liquid nitrogen will penetrate faster and deeper into damaged tissues and destroy them.
- In general, this procedure is not painful, however, people with increased pain sensitivity are given a local anesthetic.
- Now you can proceed directly to burning. An applicator with a reservoir containing the substance is applied to the neoplasm. During the action of nitrogen, damaged tissues become white and dense.
- Last of all, the wound is treated with a special drug that eliminates discomfort and softens the skin.
After cauterizing a wart with liquid nitrogen, a recovery period is required. It is carried out at home.
Rehabilitation period
After the procedure, a certain time must pass until the wound surface is completely healed. The recovery period lasts at least a week. In difficult cases, skin regeneration takes up to 14 days. During this time, the patient must follow certain rules:
- Carefully watch the bubble appearing after cauterization. It may be filled with liquid. Over time, it goes away on its own. Sometimes, after removing a 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.
- Twice a day, the place of cauterization should be carefully treated with salicylic alcohol, and then apply a moisturizer.
- After the bubble or crust disappears, the treated area is lubricated with drugs: Solcoseryl, Methyluracil.
- To prevent the appearance of a scar, it is allowed to use a medicine such as Contractubex.
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 the low risk of side effects. However, the operation has a rather high cost.
What not to do?
Even such a simple procedure as cauterization with nitrogen is an intervention, therefore, in the postoperative period, the treated area must be carefully monitored. There is something that should not be done:
- Tear off the crust. After a week - 10 days, it will painlessly disappear by itself. If it is removed ahead of time, then a scar will remain at the site of cauterization, and the wound surface itself will heal longer.
- Open the bubble. If this is done, then an infection can get into the wound, and this entails complications and delays in the healing process.
- Seal the place of removal with adhesive tape. Favorable conditions for the development of bacteria will be created under it.
- Wash the treated area with water or cosmetics until it is completely healed.
If these rules are violated, complications may occur and a person will have to see a doctor more than once. If the bubble was accidentally opened, then 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 these complications:
- The appearance of severe soreness at the treatment site throughout the recovery period.
- Injury to he althy tissues (with low qualification of a medical worker).
- The appearance of a scar due to improper care in the postoperative period.
- Infection of the wound surface. Here, staphylococcus aureus most often causes a complication, although the patient can also become infected with a fungus.
Wart removal with liquid nitrogen is a modern and relatively safe way to get rid of unwanted growths. But you need to remember the reason for their appearance. If the virus is not destroyed, then the growths will appear in other places when the appropriate conditions for this occur.
