Modern methods, types of wart removal, the method of which is recommended by doctors

Warts are benign skin and mucosal formations that result from the activation of the human papillomavirus.

They don't look aesthetically appealing and often create complexes. A person wants to get rid of them, but does not know how.

warts on the human body

Should we remove the buildup?

It depends on the size of the papillomas, their nature and the age of the person. But more often the answer is unequivocally positive, because warts are contagious and can be transmitted to others. Perhaps self-infection is also autoinoculation.

First,the infectivity of neoplasms is manifested not only by direct contact with them, but also by the use of common household items, personal hygiene items, or simply by touching the areas where the infected person has touched. For example, bus railings.

Second,warts can be in the area most likely to be injured - neck, legs, armpits, groin. These areas more often than others rub with clothes, squeeze and touch. Then it is full of malignancy, bleeding, overgrowth.

Third,the size and number of formations can increase, causing aesthetic problems. This phenomenon can be called conquering the territory with a wart.

Important! Not always, but perhaps wart degeneration in melanoma, which is an incurable aggressive skin cancer.

Key misconceptions about the dangers of surgery

The best option is timely treatment and treatment of warts. This will save a lot of time, effort and money. Although 70% of warts can disappear spontaneously after 2 years of existence, they can return with the same success and in new places.

Many people's fear of contacting a surgeon is associated with fear of surgery, its complications, relapses, and possible pain during the procedure. They are completely unreasonable, because modern methods provide very good pain relief, and many do not need anesthesia at all.

methods for removing warts

It is still widely believed that touching additional warts with a surgeon's knife will increase its growth. This is the deepest misconception that surgery will prevent the virus from spreading and prevent warts from growing. Fortunately, it has enough methods.

Patients who are not afraid to use traditional home-grown methods and refuse qualified care can be considered strange. The doctor's experience and qualifications are of course crucial, but a good surgeon is not uncommon.

And one more help - don't rely on beauticians and run to them with warts. They simply do not have sufficient medical education.

Modern methods

There are newer or older removal methods. Each of them has its advantages and disadvantages. In addition, the effect depends on the size of the wart, its condition and the depth of growth.

All methods can be grouped into 3 groups: hardware, surgical and chemical. Alternative treatment is more related to the method of physical (mechanical) effects.

When you contact, the doctor may recommend the best option, in his opinion, but the last choice of the patient himself.

Prior consultation is also required, as not all methods chosen may be appropriate due to contraindications and limitations.

Laser treatment

The laser method can be called universal. Among all the methods he is in the lead today. With the help of a laser, you can remove warts in the most difficult, delicate and painful places. It is also beneficial in that it does not scar. Stars are the safest and least traumatic.

laser wart treatment

The efficiency is so high that one procedure is enough. The essence of thermal exposure to the wart burns with temperature. Healing is fast, without scars and complications.

More laser pros:

  • the patient does not feel pain;
  • does not require anesthesia;
  • complete removal;
  • fast - takes 1-2 minutes. Recurrences are possible in only 20% of cases.

Burning leaves a fossil that heals in 2 weeks. The skin may lighten temporarily, which disappears on its own after 3 weeks.

Cauterization with liquid nitrogen

Cryodestruction is the freezing of a wart by the low temperature method using liquid nitrogen. Duration - 30 seconds. Freezing leads to growth of tissue death. When faced with freezing, the papilloma thickens and turns white. After a minute she turns red and swells.

A gray liquid bubble will appear in your home. After a week, it will break through itself and form a crust. The crust heals and falls off within 2 weeks.

A pink spot remains, gradually becoming the same color as the skin. The formation will disappear within 2 weeks, and pink spots appear at the site of removal, which gradually disappear.

moxibustion with liquid nitrogen

Pros:

  • requires no pain, no scarring and no need for anesthesia;
  • No infection or bleeding.

The only drawback is that there is no way to control the depth of impact.

The impact on the feet lasts about 1 minute. The procedure on the sole can be repeated up to 5 times. Minus - long-term wound healing.

Electrocoagulation

Wound electrocoagulation uses high frequency currents. It is concentrated in a loop that cuts off the wart. Moxibustion temperature is about 80 degrees.

No bleeding due to concomitant vascular coagulation. Local anesthesia is required. The big advantage of the method is that it prevents the virus from spreading. In addition, the method is quite budget and effective.

Surrounding tissues should be covered and the skin disinfected. There is also a crust stage. It disappears within a week. After that, an almost imperceptible, transparent scar remains, but more often a light spot. No relapses!

Using radiotherapy

The method is considered no less efficient than electric current. Moxibustion is made using special devices, the doctor will help you choose the right one. This is a radio wave generator, its high frequency electric waves do not touch the wart, but cut it off completely.

application of radio wave therapy

The essence of the operation is that the wart cells contain a liquid that expands with radio waves, the wart swells and bursts. The work is done with a special tip that resembles a ballpoint pen.

No scars or infections. The only drawback is the painfulness of the procedure, so the growth is pre-lubricated with an anesthetic. Whole cells are not damaged. Moxibustion lasts about 20 minutes.

Tip! At the crust stage, it cannot be moistened and peeled! She disappears on her own after a week.

Surgical excision

Surgical removal is a traditional, classic method that is performed with a scalpel. Now not used often. The method is traumatic and causes relapses, scarring.

There is a risk of damage to adjacent tissues, the possibility of infection. But it is indispensable if the wart is large. Under local anesthesia, the wart is scraped off with a special spoon. The sutures are cosmetic, they are removed after a week. The scar remains about 3 mm in size and disappears over time.

Chemical moxibustion

Forms formation with acid or alkali. Wash off after a certain time. There are usually at least 6 procedures to achieve the effect. There is a burning or tingling sensation during it. The wart dries and falls off.

wart chemical cauterization

Disadvantages:

  • there is a risk of the virus spreading and infection cannot be ruled out;
  • Healthy tissue is often damaged;
  • Scars
  • are possible, healing takes about 10 days.

The method is used only when other methods are not possible.

Advantages and disadvantages of different methods, which is better

Any removal method has its pros and cons, there are no ideal options. Nowadays, the most popular methods are: laser therapy, cryotherapy, electrocoagulation, radio waves, surgical scalpel - in descending order of frequency of use. The cost of the first 3 methods is actually in the same price range.

The laser is the first to guide: it has no inaccessible space, it is safe, fast and painless. Cryodestruction is considered to be the second most effective, but it is not possible to control the depth of exposure, which leads to recurrence.

And one more conclusion - a laser can only remove 1 small formation in one session.

Cryotherapy is applicable to papillomatosis, where up to 40 growths can be removed in one procedure. But here quality is important for the doctor's experience.

How does the place and type of growth influence the choice of technique?

types of warts

There are 4 types of warts:

  • vulgar- in the form of small nodules, often growing on the fingers and toes, behind the hands;
  • flat- characteristic of adolescents, they are in the form of protruding spots; they include plantars (thorns);
  • thread-shaped (chords)- elastic thin growths on the legs, appearing on the face (eyelids, lips) and neck;
  • genital warts - often localized on the genital mucosa; resembles cauliflower in appearance.

These 4 types are of viral origin and belong to real warts.

But there are also senile keratomas caused by dysfunction of the skin. They do not need treatment, only observation. If desired, cryotherapy can be used.

The doctor recommends the removal method, but in the end the patient chooses. The choice of method depends on the type of wart: small formations can be safely removed with aradio wave knife or liquid nitrogen.

Radio knifeis ​​suitable for face and neck, feet and hands, 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.

The surgical methodis ​​used for large growths on the oral mucosa.

Electrocoagulation

is ​​recommended for flat and vulgar warts. Can even be applied on the face. With large formations, the effect is negligible. The electric knife is also not used for plantar warts, as they usually have deep roots and are very dense.

Important! It is recommended to remove the plant growths only in the hospital.

The chemical method gives good results in flat and pointed plantar lesions. Physical methods are ineffective in comparison.

What method of removal do doctors recommend?

The client chooses, of course, according to his options. But the right decision must be guided by the doctor's opinion. Specialists prefer a complex (combined) treatment of warts, where the leading place belongs to the removal.

In addition, treatment will include the use of oral medicines with antiviral activity. Although the HPV virus (human papillomavirus) is not 100% cured and in many ways its activation depends on the state of immunity, it can be slowed, "put to sleep" and prolonged.

In addition to antiviral drugs, immunomodulators are used for this purpose. This is, first of all, a group of interferons.

Doctors treat folk methods with great enthusiasm because treatment is not performed by doctors and will be unsafe. It is full of surrounding tissue damage, infection, inflammation. Under no circumstances should children under the age of 5 have their warts removed.