A Closer Look at Wart Removal
Surgery is often a popular choice for wart removal. Usually
following home treatment and chemical applications on the warts
that has failed, surgery remains a common choice for many who
seek wart removal. The reason is simple: surgery works. It's
effective, simple surgery, usually performed in a doctor's
office or outpatient center, causes a minimum of pain, very
little scarring in the hands of a talented, skilled professional
and is usually covered by insurance.
There are two forms of commonly used surgical techniques used
for wart removal.
The first is a combination of electrosurgery and curettage.
Electrosurgery means using tools that send a small electrical
charge into the head of the wart, effectively burning it.
Curettage means cutting the wart off completely using a
surgeon's knife or a specially designed spoon shaped device
intended for this use. Most often, these two procedures are used
together, sending the wart into shock with the electricity and
then removing it with the spoon shaped surgeon's knife. Lately,
state of the art lasers have been used with growing popularity
and enviable success rates. They effectively burn off the wart
by shooting an intense beam of light into the base or root of
the wart, severing its blood supply and killing it.
The wart is usually left to die if it is internal or it might be
cut off after the laser treatment. Whatever treatment you choose
for wart removal, you can rest assured that even if it is new,
it has been tested frequently and perfected before it has been
used on you. Go to your doctor at the onset of any symptoms or
irregularities you may notice in or on your body. Let him
diagnose your problem and then discuss the possible treatments.
And if you elect wart removal, trust in medical science to have
found just the right way to go about it for maximum success and
minimum pain.