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Cryotherapy

Cryotherapy is a version of therapy that involves extreme cold or freezing in the process of the treatment. In a Cryotherapy treatment session the skin is frozen and that kills the cells in the area that is undergoing treatment. The cells that die then flake off over time, which reveals new skin below.

Cryotherapy is commonly associated with cancer treatments, particularly skin cancer treatments. Most doctors use Cryotherapy to remove precancerous and even cancerous moles if doctors catch the cancerous mole in a timely manner. Cryotherapy is very effective for this purpose because it kills all the cells in the immediate area on the skin's surface, while not damaging any of the internal cells. Cryotherapy has other applications as well. Cryotherapy treatments can remove warts, tattoos, some tumors and cysts and it can treat some small lesions.

Cryotherapy is a relatively simple and quick procedure. Patients usually have very little down time and very few side effects. Most side effects if a patient does experience any, are short lived and tend to be very minor including things like blistering and redness in the treatment area.

Physicians usually administer Cryotherapy treatment by applying the chemical to the skin with a swab, although some physicians will spray the chemical on the skin directly instead. The procedure itself is relatively painless for most patients and the results are usually very positive.

For most cosmetic applications patients will need multiple treatments to be effective. Most patients will need 4-6 weeks of treatments to remove skin discolorations. Removal of the skin discolorations will be a light treatment with a feathering effect. For most cosmetic purposes the treatments themselves are very short usually only lasting a few seconds or up to a minute. It is the repetitive treatments that make Cryotherapy effective in treating various skin conditions.

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