Removal of warts by laser - reviews and photos

Laser wart removal today is gaining popularity due to its safety and reliability. It is believed that with warts in one form or another met a good half of the world's population. The virus of the papilloma, which is the culprit of the occurrence of warts, spreads no less actively than herpes, which affected virtually the entire adult part of mankind. Papillomavirus( HPV) has hundreds of strains, many of which are not only highly contagious, but also have oncogenic potential. That's why doctors recommend not to put up with the presence of warts, and ruthlessly get rid of them.

There are dozens of folk recipes devoted to the eradication of warts, and official medicine has at its disposal many ways to remove skin growths. This is surgical excision and electrocoagulation, which for many years have been used in clinics by dermatovenerologists, and a relatively recent cryodestruction, and modern hardware methods, such as laser therapy.

What are warts?

Warts are a common name for benign tumorous formations on the skin caused by the action of human papillomavirus. The virus, entering the body, causes a pathological growth of the surface cells of the epithelial layer of the epidermis. As a result, skin appears in the form of plaques, papilliform polyps with a size from one to several millimeters. Multiple formations that merge into whole conglomerates can affect vast areas of the body.

Depending on the type of virus that has colonized the body, its external manifestations can take a different form. In connection with this, the following types of warts are distinguished:

1. Ordinary warts. These are dense growths, usually round in shape, towering above the surface of the skin. Can have a flesh color and a darker color. Such warts are painless, have pronounced borders and are localized mainly on the hands and feet on the back, less often on the face and other parts of the body. The second name of ordinary warts is vulgar. If there are several warts, among them there must be a "maternal" one, the one that appeared first and has the largest dimensions. Such a wart and becomes a source of further infection of healthy skin.
2. Plantar warts are one of the most common diseases affecting the feet, the palms. Such formations do not stand out above the surface of the skin, but, on the contrary, have a subcutaneous localization. Plantar warts are thick and thick, can cause pain, and it is often confused with a dry callus.
3. Flat warts. These formations have the form of small rashes, practically not differing in color and height from healthy skin. They can have a pink shade and a smooth "waxy" surface, tend to merge with each other into large spots. Affected flat warts any zones on the body and face, as well as mucous membranes.
4. Papillomas - small spherical tumors on thin legs, color - from corporal to dark brown. Favorite places of residence - neck, axillary regions, eyelids. Are subject to trauma and then can become inflamed and hurt. Genital warts are the most unpleasant kind of warts, transmitted not only by everyday, but also by sexual way. Relate to genital warts that affect the genital area and anus and look like cone-shaped and larger than normal papillomas, sprouting in pink and brownish hues. Condylomata can be similar to cauliflower. Genital warts are one of the causes of cancer of the cervix, vagina and vulva in women.

Infection with the virus of the papilloma can occur as a result of physical contact with the infected person, while using his things and hygiene items, during sexual intercourse. The virus survives in warm places with high humidity, so warts can be "picked up" in a public bath, in the pool. A healthy person getting a virus on intact skin will not do harm, but in the presence of scratches, abrasions "infection" can penetrate deep into the body through the injured area.

Contributing to the infection of HPV are factors such as unhealthy lifestyles, adverse environmental conditions, reduced immune defenses due to illness and transferred stress. External manifestations of the introduced virus do not arise immediately.

The incubation period for warts can be from a month to eight, during this time the pathogen asymptomatically "sits" in the body from the moment of infection. When the wart finds an outlet to the surface, the virus is already in force, and self-inoculation( auto-inoculation) of other, still healthy, skin areas is not ruled out.

To avoid spreading warts and infecting others, growths need to be removed in a timely manner, as well as complex treatment aimed at suppressing the activity of the virus and strengthening the body's immune system.

Advantages of wart removal with laser

Removal of warts presents certain difficulties.

• First, the wart, unlike corn, does not consist of keratinized cells, but of living tissue, so its mechanical damage is painful and can cause local bleeding.
• Secondly, it is desirable to remove the wart radically: in its entirety and at a time, since its partial trauma leads to the fact that infected cells with blood flow spread throughout the body, causing the emergence of more and more foci of the disease.

Therefore, the "reduction" of warts in all sorts of popular ways often happens quite successfully, but after a while, instead of the destroyed build-up, a whole new colony can be formed, at the same or in quite a different place. To protect yourself from this risk, it is better to do without experiments and go to a dermatologist or any cosmetic salon dealing with the treatment of skin defects.

Laser therapy in the treatment of warts began to be applied not so long ago, but it has already proved its effectiveness and has gained the confidence of patients and their doctors. The fact is that other methods of removing warts are not without flaws and side effects.

So, surgical excision of tumors is painful and unsafe. The wounds on the place of the carved warts are bleeding and heal for a long time, leaving behind noticeable scars. The same can be said about cauterization of warts with electric current and chemical preparations. Both methods cause unpleasant sensations and can lead to burns of surrounding tissues. Cryodestruction, or removal of formations with liquid nitrogen, also does not apply to painless procedures, and it is rarely possible to freeze the wart at a time, and it is necessary to repeat the sessions repeatedly.

Unlike the listed methods of therapy, laser removal is safe, allows you to accurately destroy pathological elements without damaging healthy tissues, eliminates bleeding, does not leave visible traces of the operation.

How laser warts are removed by laser

Laser technology allows the doctor to point and delicately reduce the wart of any size and any localization. The procedure is painless using local anesthesia. Having studied the element, the doctor determines the removal technique, sets the length and intensity of the laser beam and starts to work.

Under the influence of a high temperature created by a narrow concentrated flux of light particles, the overgrown cells from the surface of pathological formation evaporate layer by layer, down to the base. The adjacent tissues do not interfere with this. Blood vessels that feed the wart are also coagulated by a laser beam, so bleeding during and after the procedure is excluded. Also, the laser has a disinfecting effect: the virus in the skin is destroyed and can not move to another site.

The procedure for laser wart coagulation lasts from 1-2 minutes to half an hour, which depends on the size of the removed element. In place of the evaporated wart there is a crust that does not require maintenance and after complete healing it falls off after 10-14 days. A pink stain from a fallen crust after a few days acquires the color of healthy skin and completely merges with it.

If the wart is large, with deeply embedded roots, the healing process may take a while. In this case, the wound can be washed with an antiseptic solution( chlorhexidine) and sprinkled with Baneocin powder. The place of wart removal is desirable not to wet. Most often this happens when removing painful plantar warts.

After the procedure, it is mandatory to use a strong sunscreen, otherwise on the site of laser exposure, hyperpigmentation from ultraviolet radiation can form.

Contraindications of laser wart removal

According to experts, laser removal of warts for today is the preferred method of treatment. It remains to be seen whether the patients of the laser therapists share this opinion, and also to answer the question whether this procedure is available to all comers.

If we talk about contraindications to this kind of intervention, it is commonly believed that they are not. It is not so much about the aesthetic effect( although it is important), how much about health. Although laser therapy itself has a lot of limitations, in the case of viral warts, the benefit from its use far exceeds the potential harm. Therefore, warts reduce the laser even to young children, and any diseases are not an obstacle to the procedure.

There is only one "but": before removing neoplasms the physician must make sure of their good quality, having examined each element under the dermatoscope and, if necessary, assigning a biopsy of a suspicious wart.

Price

So, we found out that laser coagulation is the most gentle, bloodless and painless way to exterminate warts. But can everyone afford such a pleasure? How much does it cost? If you need to remove a lone wart, of course, yes. Depending on the size it will cost from 500 rubles to 3000.

But the problem is that this "trouble" does not come alone. As a rule, there are several warts, and it happens that they cover extensive areas of the body, which means that they must be forked up by an impressive amount.

The cheapest thing is to get rid of papillomas - the price is from 50 to 300 rubles apiece( the more papillomas need to be removed, the cheaper it will be to work on each of them).The most laborious, and therefore expensive - keratomas on the eyelids, anogenital warts and plantar warts( price from 1500 to 3000 per 1 element).

Multiple vulgar warts are usually considered "blocks": for example, 25 small or 10 medium - 7000 rubles, and 2 such blocks - 13000. Anesthesia is often included in the cost, but the examination by a qualified doctor dermatocosmetologist in most clinics is paid separately( price - 500- 700 rubles).Consultation of the dermatologist - the oncologist costs in 1,5 - 2 times more expensively.

The "inhuman" cost of such a service is another argument in favor of the timely removal of newly emerged neoplasms, without waiting until they grow throughout the body. And do not forget that this is a problem coming from within. Simply reducing the warts is not enough: the virus will still continue to exist in the blood and, with a lucky coincidence, again attacks the skin. Be sure to ask a dermatologist to prescribe antiviral treatment, and if it does not help, contact an immunologist.

Reviews of laser wart removal

As for reviews on laser removal of warts, most patients are satisfied with the result and recommend this procedure. The most unpleasant moment is called an anesthetic injection, which is injected directly under the wart, but the laser pulses themselves are no longer felt absolutely.

Review No.1

The son had a pile of warts after the summer. On hands already 12 pieces! To apply some ancient means, such as red threads and potatoes and other nonsense, I did not dare, still a child, and why suffer, when you can go and do everything calmly at a time.

Have addressed on consultation, platno, in a laser clinic. The doctor examined, said that nothing terrible, and immediately sent us to the procedural. The child stubbornly endured the execution, never squeaked. Brown crusts, like normal abrasions, fell away after 5 days. The wart no longer appeared, I hope there will not be any more.

Xenia, St. Petersburg

Review №2

I do not know where I managed to catch this muck! On the finger, a wart crawled out, about 3 mm, right on the cushion. Long did not think, went to delete, because it interferes. I went to a well-known laser therapy clinic, did everything in one day: examined, disinfected, planted a prick( it hurts!), Then 10 minutes were burned with a laser. The smell of burnt skin is not pleasant, and after the procedure I almost fainted when I saw my poor finger!

There was a huge and deep black hole! Then, of course, podzatanulas a little, but still looked terrible. Healed more than 3 weeks, it was very uncomfortable to wash, since the finger can not be wetted, and the napalechnik did not help. Every day disinfected. Now everything has passed, but there was a small white scar. But it's better to be an inconspicuous scrambler than a nasty wart

Elizabeth, Moscow