A Closer Look at Wart Removal

Surgery is often a popular option for wart removal. Usually following home treatment and chemical applications on the warts that has failed, surgery remains a frequent option for many who seek wart removal. The reason is straightforward: operation works. It is effective, simple operation, usually performed in a physician's office or outpatient center, causes a minimum of pain, very little scarring at the hands of a talented, skilled professional and is usually covered by insurance.

There are two kinds of commonly used surgical methods used for wart removal.

The first is a combination of electrosurgery and curettage. Electrosurgery means using tools that send a small electrical charge to the head of the wart, effectively burning off it. Curettage means cutting the wart off completely with a surgeon's knife or a specially made spoon shaped device designed for this use. Most often, both of these processes are used together, sending the wart into shock with the power and then removing it with the spoon shaped surgeon's knife. Lately, state of the art lasers have been utilized with growing popularity and enviable success rates. They effectively burn the wart by shooting an intense beam of light to the base or root of the wart, severing its blood supply and killing it.

The wart is usually left to expire if it's internal or it may be cut off after the laser treatment. Whatever treatment you choose for wart removal, you can rest assured that even if it's fresh, it has been tested frequently and perfected before it has been used on you. Proceed 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 ideal way to go about it to get maximum success and minimal pain.