Warts are a benign nature formed on the skin and mucous membranes and are formed due to the activation of human papillomavirus.
They do not look aesthetically satisfactory and often cause complicated situations. One wants to get rid of them, but does not know how.
Should we delete the accumulation?
It depends on the size, nature, and age of the papilloma. However, the answer is always yes, because warts are contagious and can spread to others. Maybe self-infection is also automatic vaccination.
First of all, the infectivity of tumors is not only manifested by direct contact, but also when using ordinary household items, personal hygiene products or simply contacting the infected person. For example, bus rails.
NextThe location of the wart may be in the most vulnerable places-neck, feet, armpits, groin. These places rub clothes, squeeze and touch more often than others. Then it was filled with malignant tumors, bleeding, and overgrowth.
Third,, formations will increase in size and number, which will cause aesthetic problems. This phenomenon can be called warts conquering territory.
Important! This is not always the case, but warts can degenerate into melanoma, an aggressive skin cancer that cannot be cured.
Major misunderstandings about the dangers of surgery
Early treatment and treatment of warts is the best option. This will save you a lot of time, energy and money. Although 70% of warts disappear spontaneously after 2 years of existence, they can achieve the same success and return to new places.
Many people when contacting the surgeon are concerned about the operation, complications, recurrence, and pain that may occur during the operation. They are completely unfounded, because modern methods can relieve pain well, and many methods do not require anesthesia at all.
There is still a broad view that extra touching the wart with a surgeon’s knife will increase its growth. This is the deepest illusion-this is a surgical intervention that prevents the spread of the virus and prevents the growth of warts. Fortunately, there are enough ways to do this.
Strangers can be referred to as patients who are not afraid to use traditional home methods and refuse to receive qualified help. The experience and qualifications of doctors are important, but good doctors are not uncommon.
There is another help-don't rely on the beautician to get warts. They just haven't received enough medical education.
Modern method
There are newer or older deletion methods. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. In addition, the effect depends on the size of the wart, its location and depth of growth.
All methods can be divided into 3 groups: hardware, surgery and chemistry. Alternative treatment is more related to physical (mechanical) impact methods.
When you contact the doctor, the doctor can suggest the best option, but the final choice is up to the patient.
A preliminary consultation is also necessary, because not all selected methods are applicable because of contraindications and limitations.
Laser treatment
The laser method can be called a general method. In all methods, he is in a leading position today. With the help of a laser, you can remove warts in the most difficult, delicate and painful places. The advantage is that it does not produce scars. The beam is the safest and least traumatic.
is so efficient that one process is enough. The nature of the thermal effect on warts is to burn with temperature. Heals quickly, without scars and complications.
More laser advantages:
- The patient has no pain;
- No need for anesthesia;
- Completely delete;
- Fast-it takes 1-2 minutes. Recurrence is only possible in 20% of cases.
The nests left by the burning can heal within 2 weeks. The skin may lighten temporarily and disappear on its own after three weeks.
Liquid nitrogen burning
Low-temperature freezing is the freezing of warts by a low-temperature method using liquid nitrogen. Duration-30 seconds. Freezing causes the death of growing tissue. When exposed to a frozen state, the papilloma thickens and turns white. One minute later, she turned red and swollen.
Gray liquid bubbles will appear at home. Within a week, it will rupture on its own and form a crust. The crust healed and fell off within 2 weeks.
The pink spots remain, and their color gradually becomes the same as the skin. The formation will disappear within 2 weeks, and pink spots will appear at the removal site, and then gradually disappear.
Advantages:
- No pain, no scars, and no need for anesthesia;
- No infection or bleeding.
The only drawback is that the depth of the impact cannot be controlled.
On the soles of the feet, the impact lasts about 1 minute. This process can be repeated up to 5 times. Minus sign-long-term wound healing.
Electrocoagulation
Electrocoagulation of warts uses high-frequency current. It focuses on cutting the loop of warts. Moxibustion temperature is about 80 degrees.
There was no bleeding due to blood clotting at the same time. Local anesthesia is required. A big advantage of this method is that it can prevent the virus from spreading further. In addition, the method is quite budget and effective.
should cover the surrounding tissues and the skin should be disinfected beforehand. There is also a crusting stage. It will disappear within a week. After that, almost invisible transparent scars still exist, but bright spots are more common. No recurrence!
Application of radio wave therapy
This method is considered to be more effective than current. Moxibustion is done using special equipment, and the doctor will help you choose the right equipment. This is a radio wave generator. Its high frequency waves do not touch the wart, but completely cut it off.
The essence of the action is that the cells of the wart contain liquid. The liquid will expand with radio waves, and the wart will swell and burst. This work is done with a special nib similar to a ballpoint pen.
Scars and infections will not occur. The only disadvantage is the pain of the operation, so the grease deposits are pre-lubricated with anesthetics. Healthy cells are not damaged. Moxibustion lasts about 20 minutes.
Advice! During the skinning stage, it must not be wetted and peeled off! She disappeared within a week.
Surgical resection
Surgical resection is a traditional, traditional method performed with a scalpel. Not often used now. The method is traumatic and causes recurrence and scarring.
There is a risk of damaging adjacent tissues and the possibility of infection. However, if the wart is large, it is irreplaceable. After the incision, use a special spoon to scrape off the warts under local anesthesia. The seam is decorative and will be removed after a week. The size of the scar remains about 3 mm, and gradually disappears over time.
Chemical moxibustion
Use acid or alkali to act on the formation. After a certain period of time, wash off. Usually at least 6 steps are required to achieve the effect. There is a burning or tingling sensation during the period. The warts dried up and fell off.
Disadvantages:
- There is a risk of further spread of the virus, and infection cannot be ruled out;
- Healthy tissues are often damaged;
- may leave scars and it takes about 10 days to heal.
Use this method only when it is not possible to use other methods.
The advantages and disadvantages of different methods, which is better
Any deletion method has its advantages and disadvantages, and there is no ideal choice. Today, the most popular methods are: laser treatment, cryotherapy, electrocoagulation, radio waves, scalpel-in order of decreasing frequency of use. The cost of the first three methods is actually within the same price range.
The laser was the first laser to be introduced: it is not inaccessible, it is safe, fast and painless. Freeze disinfection is considered to be the second most effective method, but it is impossible to control the depth of exposure using freeze disinfection, so recurrence is possible.
There is another conclusion-the laser can only clear one small formation in one scan.
Cryotherapy is suitable for papillomatosis and can remove up to 40 growths at a time. But here, the doctor’s experience is crucial to quality.
How does the location and type of growth affect the choice of technology?
There are 4 types of warts:
- Vulgar-The form of small nodules, often on fingers and toes, on the back of the hand;
- Flat-Typical of teenagers, they appear in the form of prominent spots; these include the soles of the feet (thorns);
- Thread (acrobat)-Small elastic products on the legs, appearing on the face (eyelids, lips) and neck;
- Genital warts-usually located on the mucous membrane of the genitals; they look like broccoli.
These 4 types are of viral origin and belong to true warts.
But there is also senile keratitis, which is caused by abnormal skin function. They do not need treatment, only observation. If necessary, cryotherapy can be used.
The doctor recommended a resection method, but ultimately it was the patient’s choice. The choice of method depends on the type of wart:radio wave "knife" or liquid nitrogencan safely remove small formations.
Radio knifeSuitable for face and neck, feet and palms, groin. Do not use when there is a papilloma on the eyelid. They can use laser or liquid nitrogen.
FreezeAlso used for arms and feet (soles), neck papilloma. The low temperature method can be called a general method. Very safe
Laser-Remove warts from any part of the body, including warts under nails.
Surgical methodFor mass growth on the oral mucosa.
Recommendedelectrocoagulationfor flat warts and common warts. It can even be applied to the face. For the earth, the impact is negligible. Also, electrocautery is not used for plantar warts because they usually have deep roots and are very dense.
Important! It is recommended to remove plantar growth only in the hospital.
Chemical methods can achieve good results in plantar and flat plantar lesions. In contrast, physical methods are ineffective.
What methods does the doctor recommend to remove the scale?
Of course, customers will choose according to their abilities. But he must use the doctor's advice as a guide to make the right decision. Experts prefer to perform complex (combined) treatments for warts, and the treatment of warts is mainly to remove the warts.
In addition, treatment will include oral medications with antiviral activity. Although the HPV virus (Human Papillomavirus) cannot be cured 100%, and its activation depends on the immune state in many ways, it can slow down the time it takes to "go to sleep" and prolong its remission time.
In addition to antiviral drugs, immunomodulators are also used for this purpose. First of all, this is a group of interferons.
Doctors do not have much enthusiasm for folk methods of treatment, because this kind of treatment is not carried out by doctors, so it is not safe. It is full of damage to surrounding tissues, infection, inflammation. Children under 5 years of age must not remove warts in any way.