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Starting the day after your procedure, wash the treated area gently with fragrance-free soap and water every day. Put Vaseline® or Aquaphor® on the treated area every day for 2 weeks. This will help the area heal and will keep it from crusting.

Cryosurgery is a treatment that uses extreme cold produced by liquid nitrogen or argon gas to destroy cancer cells and abnormal tissue.

Various methods have been devised in the use of cryotherapy of lesions. They include the spray freeze technique, the applicator technique, the cryoprobe method, and the thermo-coupler method. Liquid nitrogen is the best and universal freezing source because of its low boiling point and its ease of use.

Ice Packs : It is most common method of cryotherapy. There are different types of ice used in ice packs.

Other complications Infection can present as increased pain, swelling, thick yellow blister fluid, purulent discharge, and/or redness around the treated area.

By freezing the skin, a blister is created underneath the lesion. Ideally, as the new skin forms underneath the blister, the abnormal skin on the roof of the blister peels off. Occasionally if the lesion is very thick (such as a large wart), only the surface is blistered off.

If the freezing was extensive enough, a blister (or bloodblister) may develop. If blistering is severe, the area may weep for several days. Total healing varies between one and three weeks, depending on which area of the body was treated.

Types of Cryotherapy Whole-Body Cryotherapy. WBC involves sitting or standing in a small, enclosed chamber (also known as a cryochamber) that's been cooled with liquid nitrogen. ... Partial-Body Cryotherapy. ... Cold-Water Immersion. ... Ice Application. ... Cryoablation.

Cryotherapy is a procedure that uses extreme cold (liquid nitrogen) to freeze and destroy tissue.

Liquid nitrogen is extremely cold. It will freeze any living tissue it comes into contact with. Applying small amounts of liquid nitrogen to various skin problems is now a standard treatment. The medical term for this treatment is cryotherapy.

With cryotherapy, doctors spray liquid nitrogen on a growth to freeze and destroy it. You may feel a burning sensation for several seconds. The treated area turns pink and forms a blister, which peels off. This procedure can be performed in the doctor's office.

Starting the day after your procedure, wash the treated area gently with fragrance-free soap and water every day. Put Vaseline® or Aquaphor® on the treated area every day for 2 weeks. This will help the area heal and will keep it from crusting.

If the freezing was extensive enough, a blister (or bloodblister) may develop. If blistering is severe, the area may weep for several days. Total healing varies between one and three weeks, depending on which area of the body was treated.

Cryosurgery is a treatment that uses extreme cold produced by liquid nitrogen or argon gas to destroy cancer cells and abnormal tissue.

Various methods have been devised in the use of cryotherapy of lesions. They include the spray freeze technique, the applicator technique, the cryoprobe method, and the thermo-coupler method. Liquid nitrogen is the best and universal freezing source because of its low boiling point and its ease of use.

Ice Packs : It is most common method of cryotherapy. There are different types of ice used in ice packs.

Other complications Infection can present as increased pain, swelling, thick yellow blister fluid, purulent discharge, and/or redness around the treated area.

By freezing the skin, a blister is created underneath the lesion. Ideally, as the new skin forms underneath the blister, the abnormal skin on the roof of the blister peels off. Occasionally if the lesion is very thick (such as a large wart), only the surface is blistered off.

If the freezing was extensive enough, a blister (or bloodblister) may develop. If blistering is severe, the area may weep for several days. Total healing varies between one and three weeks, depending on which area of the body was treated.

Types of Cryotherapy Whole-Body Cryotherapy. WBC involves sitting or standing in a small, enclosed chamber (also known as a cryochamber) that's been cooled with liquid nitrogen. ... Partial-Body Cryotherapy. ... Cold-Water Immersion. ... Ice Application. ... Cryoablation.

Cryotherapy is a procedure that uses extreme cold (liquid nitrogen) to freeze and destroy tissue.

Liquid nitrogen is extremely cold. It will freeze any living tissue it comes into contact with. Applying small amounts of liquid nitrogen to various skin problems is now a standard treatment. The medical term for this treatment is cryotherapy.

With cryotherapy, doctors spray liquid nitrogen on a growth to freeze and destroy it. You may feel a burning sensation for several seconds. The treated area turns pink and forms a blister, which peels off. This procedure can be performed in the doctor's office.

If the freezing was extensive enough, a blister (or bloodblister) may develop. If blistering is severe, the area may weep for several days. Total healing varies between one and three weeks, depending on which area of the body was treated.