Wart Removal
Leeds

Warts are growths found on the surface of the skin. Warts have been considered ‘ugly’ for centuries, however, warts simply grow when excess layers of skin form small, rough areas on the skin. The human papillomavirus (HPV) is behind the skin’s changes, however, warts are not considered as a threat to general health and can easily remain untreated.However, warts can impact self-esteem and they can appear in inconvenient places, such as hands fingers or arms. These warts can affect people’s day-to-day comfort, catching on clothing and jewellery and causing pain and distress. While they most commonly appear on the hands, feet and face, warts can appear everywhere and there are many, many different types. For example, warts that grow on the feet are better known as Verrucas. Caused by the same HP Virus as warts, verrucas can often be picked up when people are in and around shower areas and swimming pools, spreading easily in damp and humid conditions. Both warts and verrucas are contagious between people and on your own body. Touching a wart on one part of your body can see growths subsequently occur in other areas of your body, as you transfer the virus.

Warts are pretty common, seen in about 10% of people at some point in their lives. They often show up during childhood or teenage years. Besides catching them in damp, warm common areas, you can get both warts and verrucas through direct skin touch.

Cryotherapy is a treatment using extremely low or freezing temperatures. Cryotherapy treatment removes warts and other skin conditions, such as skin tags, by literally freezing them off the skin’s surface to remove them. There is more than one way to utilisecryotherapy, however the most common method involves the use of liquid nitrogen.

Liquid nitrogen is nitrogen which is in a liquid state when it is at a low temperature. The low temperature is extremely cold – around −196 °C or −320 °F. Nitrogen, when warmer, can also be found in its gaseous state and makes up over 75% of the air around us. When extremely cold, nitrogen takes up a liquid state and requires special storage and transportation in speciallydesigned and manufactured chemical flasks.

Cryotherapy is used in the treatment of many skin conditions, with the extremely low temperatures being used in a targeted way to ‘burn’ off warts, skin tags and other legions. Primarily used to treat benign skin conditions, cryotherapy is used in the removal of viral warts, sun-damaged skin patches – known as actinic keratoses, and other non-serious skin lesions. There are other skin conditions, associated with skin cancers, that are treated with cryotherapy. These include Bowen’s disease, superficial cell carcinoma and some forms of non-melanoma skin cancers.

A Cryotherapy treatment, or procedure, takes place during a set appointment time. No clinical admission is required and the patient can be treated during a consultation. No specialist preparation is necessary and the consultation and treatment can be undertaken by a clinician or a nurse.

Your clinician will prescribe you a course of cryotherapy after care. This will most likely be a non-medical process and will require you to take care of the treated area by keeping it dry until a scab forms. You may be advised to apply a moisturiser, in the form of petroleum jelly. If a scab becomes wet, it should be patted dry gently with a soft tissue. Please do not rub or be abrasive with the area of treatment.

These are unusual-looking warts that appear on the neck and face, especially around the eyelids, neck and lips. They resemble a tree-like branch or twig. Narrow and skin-coloured, they can grow quickly and relentlessly. They can be hugely embarrassing to the person involved as they are often in such a noticeable part of the body. Filiform warts can also spread quickly and will get worse without treatment. However, filiform warts also respond well to treatment and can be removed in one procedure.

Seborrheic warts are not caused by the HPV virus. Rather, they are a low-level, thick build-up of epidermal cells that have a rough surface. They can range in colour, from skin colour to black and can vary widely in size and surface area. Commonly associated with the aging process, seborrheic warts as also known as senile warts. Most commonly found on the face, they can also form on the torso and can form on clumps or join colour. Left untreated, they become more integrated into the skin, as they penetrate the skin more deeply through fibrous tendrils. Treatment can be very effective and the skin recovers well. As with blood spots and age spots, we recommend swift treatment of Seborrheic warts.

Plane wart removal is very straightforward and sees the removal of small, slightly raised warts. Most usually found on the face and the back of the hands, plane warts are skin or brown coloured warts and are most common in children and adolescents.

Cauliflower-like in appearance, common warts are raised, rough growths which are most often found on the backs of hands, fingers, toes and on knees. They may have a set of black dots, called seeds. Seeds are viral clotted blood vessels which can be responsible for the spreading of warts by touch. Children, young adults and those with a weakened immune system are more prone to common warts. Often disappearing of their own accord, People prefer to have them removed for cosmetic reasons or to improve their self-esteem. Common wart removal may require more than one treatment.

Periungual warts grown under or around the nail. While forming, they are tiny raised bumps that cannot be seen, but patients can soon notice rough-looking bumps with irregular edges. Periungual warts can appear in groups and can generate varying degrees of pressure on the nail. Untreated, they can become painful or grow large enough to make the nail come away from the nail bed. Although uncommon, periungual warts should be treated to prevent permanent nail damage or scarring. More than one treatment might be required to remove a perifungal wart. Although this is uncommon, it can happen, and is likely to cause permanent nail damage and scarring. More than one treatment session may be required.

At Leeds Wart Removal, we will spend time talking with you before the procedure and a trained, qualified nurse will examine the mole. Moles can appear anywhere on the skin but are most frequently found on the arms, face and neck.

Your nurse will check your mole and look for even, brown pigmentation and a regular outline. Facial moles tend to be lighter in colour and less heavily pigmented. They may have hairs and are most often benign.

If your nurse feels for any reason that your mole requires further examination, we will use our state-of-the-art skin scanner to examine your mole in greater detail. Following your mole examination, we will then discuss the most appropriate method of removal, making sure that you are comfortable with the treatment before proceeding.

If your nurse identifies a clinical need for further investigation into your mole, it can be excised and sent for clinical analysis.

Please feel free to speak to our Leeds Wart Removal Team, where we are happy to help with any questions or queries you have.

Mole removal treatment requires little healing. While the skin’s surface may be slightly elevated or lower than the skin’s surface, this does even out in time. You may find that moles regain some of their pre-treatment pigmentation, but this is a rare occurrence. We do ask that patients use SP30 sunblock after treatment.

We take mole health very seriously. Happily, most moles are harmless and they are removed purely for cosmetic reasons and to increase self-esteem. Other moles may get in the way of everyday life or sporting and leisure activities.