Shave excision is the easiest and most common way of mole removing a mole that protrudes from the skin.
The procedure is for raised moles, not flat moles, which require full surgical removal with a private surgeon.
Shave excision involves a tiny injection of local anaesthetic just under the mole to numb the skin so that you won’t feel any discomfort. A special surgical removal technique is then used to remove the mole or lesion so it is flat on the skin. It takes a few minutes to perform. Usually, stitches are not required, as we use heat to cauterise any blood vessels afterwards.
What are Moles?
Moles are very common skin lesions that can occur in people of any age. They are not usually harmful, however, if they are prominent, they can cause people to be self-conscious.
What will it be like after treatment?
After the procedure, the area will remain numb for an hour.
It will look like a flat scab and usually does not need a dressing. Once the anaesthetic has worn off, the wound will feel like a graze.
The scab will fall off naturally after a week leaving a flat pink area. The pink area then usually changes back to normal skin colour after a few weeks. Sometimes, however, the skin may be l permanently lighter or darker following removal.
Most patients cannot believe how quick and easy mole shave excision is and often say that they wish they had done it sooner.
What Happens to my Mole After Removal?
Your mole will be sent to Poundbury Cancer Institute Laboratory for analysis. Results usually come back about ten days after the procedure.
A Mole removal treatment takes up to an hour, however, we allow 90 mins appointment time. This is to allow Moira to assess your mole and make sure it is suitable for treatment. She will then discuss the procedure in more detail and consent you for treatment.
Milia are very common pearly-white bumps, most commonly seen around the eyes and the upper cheeks. They are tiny cysts that contain keratin and sebum (lipid epithelial plugs or epidermal inclusion cysts). Milia are usually a dome-shape, 1-3mm in diameter, sitting just under the skin surface. They are often seen in clusters and can occur anywhere on the body.
Although milia are harmless and do not usually cause any problems or discomfort, some people do not like how they affect their cosmetic appearance.
Why do I get Milia?
There are two types of milia: primary and secondary.
Primary milia cysts contain keratin; they develop in the pilosebaceous follicle just under the skin. Primary milia are often seen on babies’ facial skin; people often call them milk spots. These milia nearly always go as the baby’s skin matures.
Milia seen in adults are less likely to go. Research suggests that milia in adults may be due to skin damage or using products containing mineral oil and lanolin. It suggests that milia arise because of a build-up of lanolin and mineral oil in the follicles.
Secondary milia occur due to skin trauma such as sunburn, radiotherapy or long-term steroid use.
How Can I Remove Milia?
Milia removal / treatment is not available on the NHS as they are a cosmetic problem. There are no prescription treatments currently available to help them.
Milia Removal with Topical Treatments
Occasionally, some milia improve with topical retinoids or alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs). At Cheshire Lasers, we recommend Neostrata Eye Cream for parents prone to milia under the eyes, and our ph formula recovery or synergy serums for other less sensitive facial areas.
Milia Treatment with a Sterile Needle
Skin specialists often remove milia with a sterile needle. For this procedure to succeed, removing the whole milia is essential. This procedure usually leaves a small red mark /ulcer where the milia were, which often heals quickly.
Cryotherapy is an alternative treatment method. It freezes the cyst, leaving a small blister that can take over a week to resolve.
Prevention of Milia
If you are prone to Milia, you will find more will probably return over time. The use of retinol products and AHAs that stimulate cell renewal and encourage a faster skin cycle turnover can reduce the risk of them returning.
Also, it is crucial to avoid skin products which contain mineral oils and lanolin, as these increase the risk of reoccurrence.
Which areas can Cheshire Lasers treat?
Facial Surgeon Mr Will Allen, Aesthetic Nurse Moira, Dr Hazlehurst and Aesthetician Helena remove Milia from the face, including the under-eye area. Although it is unusual to get them elsewhere, they can easily be removed from the body. We recommend you see Moira or Dr Hazlehurst for body treatments to ensure the skin lesion is diagnosed correctly before treatment.
Could treatment leave a scar?
It is very unusual to be left with a scar after the removal of Milia. A small red mark /ulcer usually develops after treatment of the milia and heals very quickly.
Skin tags are small flesh-coloured or brown growths that hang off the skin. They are very common and harmless.
Skin tags are usually a few millimetres in size, although they can be as big as 5cm.
They are often found on the neck, armpits, around the groin or under the breasts. They can also grow on the eyelids and under the folds of the buttocks.
The medical name for skin tags is acrochordons.
Why do Skin Tags occur?
Anyone can develop skin tags, but they are particularly common in older people, and some develop them for no apparent reason.
Skin tags often grow where skin rubs against skin or clothing. This would explain why they tend to affect overweight people who have excess folds of skin and skin chafing.
When skin tags can be a problem
Skin tags are harmless and do not usually cause pain or discomfort.
However, you may want to consider their removal if they are unsightly. They can affect some peoples self-esteem or can snag on clothing or jewellery and bleed.
Skin tag removal is a cosmetic procedure, which is very rarely available through the NHS. Generally, the NHS will only carry out cosmetic surgery procedures if the problem is affecting your physical or mental health.
Sometimes, skin tags fall off on their own if the tissue has twisted and died from a lack of blood supply.
Removing skin tags
Skin tags can be removed using electrocautery, cryotherapy (frozen off ) or surgically.
If your skin tag is small with a narrow base, your GP may suggest you try removing it yourself by:
tying off the base of the skin tag with dental floss or cotton to cut off its blood supply and make it drop off
cutting it off with fine sterile scissors
Do not attempt to remove large skin tags yourself because they will bleed heavily.
Skin Tag Removal at Cheshire Lasers
At Cheshire Lasers Clinic, the following specialists perform skin tag removal:
As this is a cosmetic procedure, you do not need a referral letter from your GP.
Our Medical team can often perform your treatment on the day of your consultation, but if you have many skin tags or if they are in an unusual position, we recommend you phone us to discuss before you book a consultation/treatment appointment.
Helena has to perform a consultation and a patch test on one of the skin tags before treating further skin tags at a separate appointment.
Here is a photo before and immediately after a skin tag treatment near the eye area
This image demonstrates the appearance of the skin before and immediately after an electrocautery skin tag removal treatment close to the eye area. Two skin tags have been removed in the centre of these images a larger skin tag and a smaller one.
As you can see with electrocautery the response can be seen immediately, however, the surrounding skin may look red and inflamed for a few hours to a few days later.
You will see a scab form at the treatment site and some dry, shrivelled skin where the lesion was located the area will soon recover and it is usually fully healed within seven days.
Complications are rare after this treatment; however, infection, reaction to anaesthesia, lesion recurrence, skin atrophy, skin ulceration, skin discolouration and the formation of a scar can occur.
View some of Helena Fryer’s patients before and after skin tag treatment here:
Warts are small, rough lumps that often develop on the skin. They are common on the hands and feet but can occur anywhere on the skin.
Warts vary in appearance depending on where they are on the body and how thick the skin is. They can develop in isolation or in clusters and are non-cancerous.
Some warts are more likely to affect particular areas of the body. For example, verrucas are warts that usually develop on the soles of the feet.
Most people will have warts at some point in their life. They tend to affect children and teenagers more than adults.
What causes Warts?
Warts are caused by an infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV). HPV is a family of viruses that affect the skin and moist membranes (mucosa) that line the body.
The virus is present in the skin cells of a wart. It causes an excess amount of keratin, a hard protein, to develop in the top skin layer. The extra keratin produces the rough, hard texture of a wart.
There are more than 100 different strains of HPV. Different strains are responsible for different types of warts.
Spreading the Virus
HPV is passed through close skin-to-skin contact. It can also be transmitted by indirect contact – for example, from contaminated objects, such as towels, shoes, areas surrounding swimming pools, or surfaces and floors of communal changing areas.
Warts can be contagious for as long as they are present on your body. The virus is more likely to spread if the skin is wet, soft or has been in contact with a rough surface.
Warts can also be spread to other parts of your own body. You can spread the virus if you:
scratch, knock or bite a wart
bite your nails or suck your fingers (if they have warts on them)
shave your face or legs
This can cause the wart to break up and bleed, making it easier for the virus to spread. You are particularly vulnerable if you have scratches or cuts on the soles of your feet.
Are Warts Contagious?
Warts are very contagious, and close skin-to-skin contact can pass on the infection.
The infection can also be transmitted indirectly from contaminated objects or surfaces, such as the area surrounding a swimming pool.
After becoming infected, it can take weeks or even months for a wart or verruca to appear.
Treating Warts
Most warts are harmless and clear up without treatment. The length of time it takes a wart to disappear will vary from person to person. It may take up to two years for the viral infection to leave your system and for the wart to disappear.
You might decide to treat your wart if it is painful, or in an area that is causing discomfort or embarrassment.
Common methods of treatment include:
salicylic acid treatments applied daily (available from the pharmacist)
Treatments for warts are not completely effective because they only remove the wart and not the HPV infection. Warts will often return following treatment due to the virus still being present.
The wart will only fully go when the infected person’s immune system realises it is being invaded by the HPV strain and produces antibodies against that particular strain.
Treating Warts with Cryotherapy
At Cheshire Lasers Moira often uses cryotherapy for wart removal.
Cryotherapy is is a quick affective way of improving the cosmetic appearance of warts. During cryotherapy an ice cold gas is sprayed onto your wart to freeze and destroy the affected skin cells. After treatment, a blister may form, followed by a scab, the skin treated generally falls off 7-10 days later.
Cryotherapy usually takes a few minutes and it can be painful for a few seconds. A feezing cold gas is sprayed directly onto the wart for 2 or 3 cycles during each treatment session.
Large warts sometimes need to be frozen several times, 2 to 3 weeks apart, before they improve.
Cryotherapy may be used for most areas of the body, including the face.
We do not recommend Cryotherapy to treat young children because they may find the treatment too painful. It may also be difficult for them to stay in the same position while having the treatment.
Possible side effects of cryotherapy include:
pain and blistering
your skin may become darker (hyperpigmentation) or lighter (hypopigmentation), particularly if you have black skin
your nails may change in shape or structure if cryotherapy is used to treat warts under the nails
Seborrhoeic Keratosis are harmless overgrowths of epidermal keratinocytes, that you can find anywhere on the skin, and the cause is unknown.
They have several different names, including seborrhoeic warts and basal cell papillomas.
Seborrhoeic keratosis have a rough surface and appear to be stuck on the skin. They can vary in colour from your normal skin colour to almost black most often occur on the stomach, chest and back and usually start to appear after the age of 40.
They are not true warts and are not contagious. However, they run in families, possibly due to genetics or skin type. They usually do not cause trouble, but occasionally, they can become inflamed, especially if knocked or caught in something like a zip.
Do Seborrhoeic Keratosis require treatment?
Seborrhoeic warts are usually harmless and, therefore, do not usually require treatment. However, some people arrange for their removal for cosmetic reasons. This is best done by scraping the wart away or by freezing it with liquid nitrogen.
Advanced electrocautery has been used for over 100 years as an effective means of permanent hair removal & treatment for skin lesions. It comes with the advantage of being able to target very specific parts of the body and can be used to get remove or reduce skin lesions & skin conditions such as skin tags, moles, verrucas, blood spots, birth marks, seborrheic keratosis, facial thread veins and skin warts. These skin imperfections can cause people to feel very self-conscious, but can usually be removed quickly & easily.
Skin tags often appear on the body in areas of friction, such as under the arms, around the neck and around the groin. Whilst they don’t post any harm, they can be unsightly and catch on clothing. Advanced electrocautery can effectively remove skin tags with little discomfort.
A viral infection in the skin causes warts and can appear anywhere on the body. Electrocautery treatment is an effective way to remove warts from the skin.
Moles are a very common skin condition in people of any age. Whilst they’re not usually harmful, they may be unsightly if they’re in prominent places such as the face. Advanced Electrocautery can remove/shrink moles very effectively.
Verrucas
Electrocautery treatment can effectively treat Verrucas. They appear on the feet and can be uncomfortable; they may spread via communal showers such as those found in gyms or swimming pools.
Blood spots (Campbell de Morgan spots /cherry angiomas)
Electrocautery can effectively treat blood spots. Blood spots are red, vascular blemishes that can occur at any age but are much more common in men than women.
Age spots
Age spots occur because of an accumulation of lipofuscin due to ageing. Electrolysis can remove age spots quickly and effectively in men and women of all ages.
Milia are hard, white keratin bumps that vary in size often seen around the eyes and cheeks. Electrocautery is effective at treating milia without leaving any marks behind.
Sebaceous hyperplasia
These bumps are the result of damage, which leads to overproduction of sebum by the sebaceous gland. The damaged sebaceous glands can become enlarged or blocked. This turns them into bumps that may be soft or hard, with a white or yellow surface. They respond very well to electrocautery.
Seborrheic keratosis is one of the most common noncancerous skin growths in older adults. A seborrheic keratosis usually appears as a brown, black or light tan growth on the face, chest, shoulders or back. The growth has a waxy, scaly, slightly raised appearance & responds well to electrocautery.
Cysts
Cysts can vary in size and can be due to a range of problems. Electrocautery can treat cysts that develop due to sebum build under the skin. Smaller cysts can be treated successfully using electrocautery treatment to dry up the cyst’s contents.
Syringoma
Syringomas are small, flesh-coloured bumps commonly appearing around the eyelids and upper cheeks. Electrocautery can reduce the size of the bumps without leaving any marks behind.
Facial Thread Veins (Spider Naevi and Telangiectasia)
Spider Naevi and Telangiectasia are dilated blood vessels that cause the appearance of redness on the skin. They often appear on the cheeks or over the face. Electrocautery can treat them effectively without damaging the skin.
Scars
Scars are difficult to treat and whilst electrolysis cannot change the shape or colour of a scar, it can sometimes smooth out the skin and remove the raised appearance of scars.
How do Electrolysis and Electrocautery work?
Electrolysis is a permanent hair removal process that works by treating the base of the hair follicle with a tiny amount of electricity and therefore eliminating its ability to grow new hair. A tiny needle is inserted into the hair follicle and the current is applied.
Electrocautery also generates energy to heat & shrink various skin lesions or conditions.
Is Advanced Electrocautery Painful?
Not normally.
Depending on your electrocautery treatment, you may not need any anaesthetic, but we can use topical or an injectable treatment to provide you with an experience that’s comfortable and with minimum pain.
Can Electrocautery treat skin imperfections on any part of the body?
Yes. The only exceptions to this are the nostrils and inner ears.
Is Advanced Electrocautery only for women?
No. Many men seek cosmetic treatments to improve their appearance and boost self-confidence.
How many treatments will I need?
This will vary from one patient to the next and also depends on the reason for your treatment.
The number of treatments you need depends on the problem.
A single skin tag is easy to remove in one treatment
However, some problems, such as warts and thread veins, require a course of treatment and can recur at a later date.
What are the side effects?
Side effects of electrocautery are usually minimal to some crusting and redness around the treated areas for a few days. An area may remain pink for a few weeks after treatment.
Who Performs Advanced Electrocautery at Cheshire Lasers?
Moira Grobicki is a Registered Nurse and Independent Prescriber and Dr Kathryn Hazlehurst perform Advanced Electrocautery.
They both use Advanced Electrocautery and Cryotherapy to treat most skin lesions and can assess your lesion and advise which treatment is most suitable.
At Cheshire Lasers, we provide thread vein removal treatments for the tiny veins found on the face and legs.
These red veins are also called thread veins or spider veins. They are the tiny visible veins that can be red, purple or blue in appearance and have a web-like appearance. Their web-like appearance is what inspired the name ‘spider veins’.
What is the best Thread Vein Removal Treatment for Facial Thread veins?
Laser and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Treatments are one of the most effective treatments for the removal of facial veins. The treatment involves directing light at the veins from outside the skin, this light damages the vein which stimulates the body to remove it.
These treatments also reduce redness on the face in the area around the vein. They also treat spider naevi and cherry angiomas located anywhere on the body.
Laser and IPL treatments require no sun exposure or suntan for at least 4 weeks before and after each treatment if you can not avoid a suntan you may want to consider electrocautery or electrolysis for thread veins.
What is the best Thread Vein Removal Treatment for Leg Thread veins?
Sclerotherapy is the gold standard treatment for leg veins. This is an injectable treatment that can treat the entire vein. Studies show that sclerotherapy is more effective and the results last longer when compared to laser or IPL for treating leg thread veins.
Why is Sclerotherapy better for Leg thread vein removal?
Leg thread veins can occur due to ageing, sun exposure and trauma to the skin. However they also develop due to backwards blood flow from larger veins when the valves are no longer functioning properly. If these underlying faulty veins are untreated, they will cause more reflux in the healthier veins causing them to dilate and cause more unsightly thread veins.
The light used to treat the veins with laser and IPL can only treat the veins close to the skin surface. Treating these superficial thread veins in the skin without treating the deeper incompetent veins can cause spider vein treatment to fail.
Sclerotherapy can address some of these deeper thread veins as well.
Do you treat Varicose Veins?
Cheshire Lasers does not provide varicose vein treatments. Varicose veins are much more complex to treat and are a vascular surgeon is the best person to treat them.
Several of our clients have highly recommended the Vein Centre which is a specialist centre that treats only veins. They have two clinics close to Cheshire one in Manchester and the other in Stoke on Trent. The Vein Centre’s website explains which treatments are available for varicose veins and how they work.
Advanced Electrolysis is used to remove or reduce a range of skin blemishes on the face and body, such as skin tags, milia, blood spots, thread veins and spider veins.
The treatment involves placing a very fine, sterile probe (needle) beside or into the blemish and applying a tiny amount of electric current. This generates a small amount of heat which ‘dries up’ the blood vessels that feed the blemish. This instantly removes or visibly reduces the size and appearance of the skin lesion.
This is a safe, effective and pain-free procedure that produces instant and excellent results.
What can Advanced Electrolysis treat?
Skin Tags
Skin tags are small, soft, skin-coloured growths on the skin. They resemble a small pieces of hanging skin, you can find them anywhere on the face or body. However, you most frequently see them in areas of friction, moisture and skin folds such as on the eyelids, neck, armpits, under the breasts or around the groin. Skin tags can be hereditary, due to a Human Papilloma Virus infection, pregnancy or age.
To remove a skin tag with advanced electrolysis low heat is applied to a tiny sterilised probe (needle). This heated end is used to cauterise the skin tag and dry up the area. A small scab forms, which falls away within a few days.
Milia
Milia are tiny cysts that contain keratin and sebum (lipid epithelial plugs or epidermal inclusion cysts). They are usually white, firm to the touch and the size of a pinhead. Milia most commonly occur over the upper cheeks and under the eyes but can occur anywhere on the body. They can appear on their own or in clusters. The exact cause is unknown but they can develop after any skin trauma. It is also thought that the use of heavy, rich creams or a change in facial products can be the cause of their appearance. They are seen more often after holidays when rich sun creams have been used to protect the skin from the sun.
Milia removal with advanced electrolysis is a quick and easy treatment. A fine heated probe (needle) is used to desiccate the contents of the milia and the remaining tissue is absorbed into the body with no need for extraction.
Campbell De Morgan Spot / Cherry Angioma / Blood Spots
Campbell De Morgans (Blood Spots) range in colour from bright red to purple. They are usually round, dome-shaped, have a smooth surface and can be up to 5mm in diameter. They are due to a proliferation of the blood capillaries and occur mainly on the trunk of the body. Often they appear over several months, having no special significance for general health. Advanced electrolysis can, in one treatment, quickly remove these lesions or reduce them in size.
The treatment involves placing a very fine, sterile probe (needle) beside the blemish and slowly rolling it over the area. A small amount of heat is applied, which ‘dries up’ the blood vessels that feed it. The blemish instantly disappears or visibly reduces in size and appearance. Smaller blood spots usually need one treatment. Larger blood spots may require up to 3 treatments.
Telangiectasia (Red Veins or Thread Veins)
Telangiectasia (Thread Veins / Red Veins) are very small blood vessels that have become widened and visible just beneath the surface of the skin on the face. They cause thread-like red lines or patterns on the skin, which form gradually and often in clusters. They usually appear on the face around the nose, cheeks and chin. There are many causes, for example; Acne Rosacea, ageing, overexposure to the sun, overexposure to cold weather, high-impact exercise, high blood pressure, menopause or smoking, to name a few.
Advanced electrolysis easily removes Telangiectasia (Thread Veins / Red Veins). A small amount of heat is applied to a tiny probe (needle). By lightly tapping this heated probe over the red vein, the blood vessels are cauterised, making the red colour disappear.
Results are instant, but stronger veins may require 2-4 treatments. The veins may return in the future if there are underlying causes.
Spider Naevus ( Spider Veins )
Spider Naevi are similar to thread veins, but they have a central capillary from which fine capillaries radiate so they resemble the legs of a spider. Hence the name Spider Naevus. The central body or capillary is often raised and, in the majority of cases, supplies the blood for the radiating capillaries. Spider naevi can occur spontaneously or can occur due to trauma or pregnancy. Advanced electrolysis can easily treat Spider naevi using the same method as for thread veins.
How long will my treatment session last?
The average treatment ranges from 15 to 30 minutes. It will depend on how many lesions you need removing. The amount of time per treatment also depends upon the reaction of your skin to treatment and your sensitivity.
What will I feel during the procedure?
Even the most sensitive person should be able to tolerate the treatments. Most people expect to feel much more discomfort than they actually experience.
Who performs Advanced Electrolysis?
Aesthetician Helena Fryer performs Advanced Electrolysis at Cheshire Lasers using her machine as part of her own business.
Jouvence Aesthetics offers a fully confidential cosmetic service for patients requiring the removal of genital skin lesions. The service is private & discreet and you do not need a referral from your GP.
Common genital lesions can be treated without having to see your GP or attend NHS Sexual Health Services. Although NHS Sexual Health services are free some patients prefer to use a discreet private service instead.
Who performs genital skin lesion removal at Cheshire Lasers?
Moira Grobicki performs all the genital skin lesion removal treatments at Cheshire Lasers Clinic. Moira is a Registered Nurse and an Independent Prescriber, she has worked in NHS Sexual Health Services for 16 years as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and was the nurse manager for the hospital service in East Cheshire.
Which Genital Lesion can you remove?
Genital warts
These are usually treated with cryotherapy however there is a topical home treatment available.
Molluscum go on there own with time when the body creates antibodies and removes them on its own. However, some people prefer to treat them with cryotherapy or electrocautery for cosmetic reasons especially if they are causing concern or embarrassment.
Cysts
Moira can treat some cysts with electrocautery.
Moira has many years of experience treating these conditions as well as:
Genital Herpes (genital cold sores) lesions, usually treated with tablets. Which can require ongoing/ long term care and treatment.
Folliculitis and Itchy conditions, such as thrush or dermatitis.
How do I arrange an appointment for genital skin lesion removal?
You can book online here please select a consultation with Moira of Jouvence Aesthetics.
If you require further information or you would like us to book your appointment please contact us.
How much is genital skin lesion removal?
It usually costs:
£120 to remove a simple skin lesion with Electrocautery.
£75 to remove a simple skin lesion with Cryotherapy however you may need more than one treatment for total clearance.
If you have a cluster of lesions, treatment of the additional lesions are at a reduced price.
Electrocautery, also known as diathermy, uses electrical energy to create heat at the tip of a small needle, which enables the precise removal of skin lesions.
What does the procedure involve?
Although slight local discomfort is felt during the heat application, it does not usually require a local anaesthetic. The procedure often lasts a matter of seconds; however, this depends on the type of skin lesion, its thickness and size. For lesions that take longer to treat, topical anaesthetic or local anaesthetic injection can be used.
How does the skin appear after Electrocautery?
The area at the base of the lesion will appear dark or black initially & slightly tender to the touch, and the area around it will usually be red and slightly swollen.
Over the following days, a crust or scab usually forms as the area dries out and this will then slough off over the next week.
It’s essential not to pick at any scabs to prevent scarring. Usually, the treatment area will return to normal after a few weeks, although scarring and discolouration is possible. This includes hypo or hyperpigmentation (skin becoming lighter or darker).
Depending on the nature of the lesion, more than one treatment may be necessary and this is usually repeated at regular intervals if required.
Possible side effects shortly after treatment:
Pain –
Diathermy is usually well-tolerated but can sometimes be uncomfortable during or after treatment.
Using your aftercare cooling gel will help to make the area feel less uncomfortable after treatment. Apply with a damp, clean cotton wool pad (pads & gel can be kept in the fridge to aid cooling).
Swelling, skin sensitivity and redness –
This is a normal immediate response to heating the skin & may last for 48 hours, depending on the lesion treated. For a short while the area may also ooze a watery fluid, which will then crust & dry.
Crusting or scabbing – this is also a common consequence of treatment and any crusting or scabbing will usually resolve over the next week. Itching may occur as the skin heals.
Infection –
Infection can occur, but this is uncommon. If it does occur, the discomfort usually increases, and the area may develop a discharge. This will require treatment in the form of a topical antiseptic or antibiotic therapy.
If this occurs, it’s essential to let your Practitioner know as soon as possible so you can start treatment before it worsens.
Subsequent side effects:
Scarring –
Sometimes, the treated area may leave a small scar, which will fade over time.
Pigmentation changes –
The skin around the treatment site may lighten or darken in colour. This can occur in anyone but is much more common in people with darker skin tones. This usually improves with time but may be permanent.
Results are not always permanent –
This is more likely for some thread veins, which may refill over time and require further treatment.
Warts & skin tags can also reoccur, especially if you are susceptible to them.
Which Lesions Can Electrocautery Treat
Electrocautery/ Diathermy is excellent for treating skin tags, milia, sebaceous hyperplasia, seborrhoeic keratosis, some cysts and facial telangiectasia.
