Warts are skin and mucous membranes of benign nature that occur due to papillomavirus activation.
They do not look aesthetically pleasing and often cause complications. You want to get rid of them, but you do not know how.
Should we remove the structure?
Depending on the size of the papillomas, their nature and age. But more often than not, the answer is unequivocally positive, because warts are contagious and can be transmitted to others. Maybe self-infection is also self-vaccination.
First,infectious tumors appear not only through direct contact with them, but also when using general household goods, personal hygiene products, or simply contact with places where the infected person touches. For example, the bus railing.
Secondly, the wart may be located in the most likely area of injury - neck, legs, armpits, groin. These places are more often than others rubbing with clothes, squeezing and touching. Then it is full of malignant disease, bleeding, overgrowth.
Thirdlyformations can increase in size and number, this causes aesthetic problems. This phenomenon can be called conquest by wart.
Important! Not always, but perhaps the degeneration of the wart in melanoma, incurably aggressive skin cancer.
Top Misconceptions About The Danger Of Surgery
Early treatment and treatment of warts is the best option. It will save you a lot of time, effort and money. Although 70% of warts can disappear on their own after 2 years of their existence, they can return with the same results and also to new places.
Many people's fears about contacting a surgeon are related to the fear of the operation, its complications, relapse and possible pain during the operation. They are completely groundless, as modern methods provide very good pain relief, and many do not require anesthesia at all.
It is still widely believed that increasing the touch of a wart with a surgeon's knife will increase its growth. This is the deepest misconception - it is a surgery that prevents the spread of the virus and prevents the wart from growing. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to do this.
Strange can be called those patients who are not afraid to use traditional home-grown methods and refuse qualified help. Of course, the experience and skills of a physician are crucial, but a good surgeon is not uncommon.
And one more help - do not rely on beauticians and run to them with warts. They just do not have enough medical education.
Modern methods
There are newer or older shipping methods. Each of them has its advantages and disadvantages. In addition, the effect depends on the size of the wart, its position and the depth of growth.
All methods can be divided into three groups: hardware, surgery and chemistry. Other treatments are more related to the method of physical (mechanical) effects.
The doctor, when you contact him, can recommend the best option, in his opinion, but the last option is chosen by the patient himself.
Advice is also required because not all of the methods you have chosen are suitable, as there are contraindications and limitations.
Laser treatment
The laser method can be called universal. Among all methods, he is a leader today. With the help of a laser, warts can be removed in the most difficult, sensitive and painful places. It is also economical in that it does not give a scar. The beam is the safest and least shocked.
Efficiency is so high that one method is enough. The core heat effect on the wart burns with temperature. Healing is fast, without scarring and complications.
More Pluses Laser:
- the patient does not feel pain;
- no anesthesia required;
- complete removal;
- fast - takes 1-2 minutes. Recurrence is only possible in 20% of cases.
Burning leaves a waterfall that heals in 2 weeks. The skin may lighten temporarily which also disappears on its own after 3 weeks.
Boiling with liquid nitrogen
Cryodestruction is the freezing of a low temperature wart using liquid nitrogen. Duration - 30 seconds. Freezing leads to the growth tissue. Upon freezing, the papilloma thickens and turns white. After a minute, it turns red and swells out.A bubble of gray liquid appears at home. After a week, it will break out on its own and a crust will form. The crust heals and falls off after 2 weeks.
A pink spot remains, gradually its color becomes equal to the skin. The formation disappears within two weeks and a pink spot appears on the transfer site which gradually disappears.
Advantages:
- no pain, no scars and no anesthesia required;
- no infection or bleeding.
The only drawback is that there is no way to control the depth of the stroke.
The soles of the feet last for about 1 minute. The procedure can be repeated on the soles up to 5 times. Minus - long wounds heal.
Electric coagulation
Electric coagulation for warts uses high frequency currents. It is concentrated in a loop that cuts off the wart. The moxibustion temperature is about 80 degrees.
No bleeding due to coagulation of blood vessels. Local anesthesia is necessary. A big plus of the method is that it prevents the virus from spreading further. In addition, the method is quite economical and effective.
The surrounding tissue should be covered and disinfect the skin. There is also a crust level. It disappears within a week. After this there is an almost incomprehensible, transparent scar left, but more often light spots. There are no setbacks!
Application of Radiotherapy
The method is considered no less effective than electric current. Moxibustion is done with special tools, your doctor will help you choose the right one. This is a radio wave fall, the frequency of its electric waves does not touch the wart, but cuts it off completely.
The essence of the operation is that the cells in the wart contain fluid, which expands with radio waves, the wart swells and explodes. The work is done with a special tip that resembles a ballpoint pen.
There are no scars or infections. The only drawback is the pain during the operation, because of this the structure is pre-lubricated with anesthetics. Healthy cells are not damaged. Moxibustion takes approximately 20 minutes.
Tip! At the level of the crust it can not be soaked and peeled! She disappears on her own after a week.
Surgical surgery
Surgery is a traditional, classic scalp procedure. It is not often used now. The method is shocking and gives a setback, scar.
Risk of damage to adjacent tissues, possibility of infection. But it is irreplaceable if the wart is large. In local anesthesia with a special spoon after the incision, the wart is scraped out. The seams are cosmetic, they are removed after a week. The scar is about 3 mm in size, it fades over time.
Chemical moxibustion
Formed with acid or alkali. After a certain time, wash off. There are usually at least 6 methods to achieve the effect. There is a burning sensation or tingling sensation during it. The wart dries up and falls off.
Disadvantages:
- there is a risk of the virus spreading further and infection is not ruled out;
- healthy tissue is often damaged;
- scars are possible, healing takes about 10 days.
The method is only used if other methods are impossible.
Advantages and disadvantages of different methods, which is better
Every transfer method has its advantages and disadvantages, there are no ideal options. Today, the most popular methods are: laser treatment, chemotherapy, coagulation, radio waves, surgical scaffolding - in decreasing order of use. The cost of the first 3 methods is actually in the same price range.
The laser is the first to lead: there are no inaccessible places for it, it is safe, fast and painless. Cryodestruction is considered to be the second most effective, but with it there is no possibility to control the depth of exposure, because backlinks are possible.
And one more result - the laser can only remove 1 small formation in one cycle.
Cryotherapy refers to papillomatosis when up to 40 growths can be removed in a single procedure. But here the doctor's experience is very important for quality.
How does location and type of growth affect technology choices?
There are 4 types of warts:
- rude- in the form of small nodules, often growing on fingers and toes, back of hands;
- flat- typical of teenagers, they are in the form of protruding spots; including plants (thorns);
- thread (acrochords)- elastic thin growth on the foot, appearing on face (eyelids, lips) and neck;
- genital warts - often localized on the genital mucosa; resembling cauliflower in appearance.
These 4 species are of viral origin and belong to real warts.
But there are also senile keratomas, which are caused by skin disorders. They do not need treatment, only observation. Cryotherapy can be used if desired.
Your doctor will recommend a method to removebut ultimately select the patient. How to choose a method depending on the type of wart: small formations can be safely removed with aradio wave "knife", or liquid nitrogen.
Radio kniferefers to face and neck, feet and palms, groin. With papillomas on the eyelids, it is not used. They can use laser or liquid nitrogen.
Freezingis also used on the hands and feet (on the sole), papillomas on the neck. The cryo method can be called universal. It's safe.
Laser- removes all warts on any part of the body, including under the nail.
Surgery methodis used for large growths in the mucous membranes of the oral cavity.
Electric coagulationis recommended for smooth and rude warts. You can even apply it on your face. With the big pictures, the effect is negligible. Also, electric knives are not used for plant warts, as they usually have deep roots and are very dense.
Important! It is advisable to remove plant growth only in a hospital.
The chemical method is effective in plant damage, surfaces and sharp edges. Physical methods are ineffective compared to that.
What method of removal do doctors recommend?
Of course, the customer chooses according to his ability. But he must be guided by the doctor's opinion in order to make the right decision. Specialists prefer complex (composite) treatment of warts, where the leading site belongs to the transport.
In addition, treatment will include antiviral therapy. Although the HPV (papillomavirus human) virus is not 100% curable and in many respects its activation depends on the state of immunity, it can be slowed down, "anesthetized" and prolonged remission.
In addition to antiviral drugs, immune controls are used for this purpose. This is, first of all, a group of disturbances.
Physicians treat procedures with people without much enthusiasm, as the treatment is not performed by physicians and becomes unsafe. It is accompanied by damage to surrounding tissues, infection, inflammation. Children under 5 years of age should not remove warts in any way.