Cryopen in Southport

Cryotherapy or Cryosurgery is a highly effective and safe procedure that is used to freeze and destroy benign skin lesions.

It uses liquified nitrogen oxide to destroy the tissue by freezing the cell fluid which in turn forms ice shards that rupture the cell membrane in turn destroying the cell and the lesion.

Cryotherapy is beneficial as it is quicker than other treatments and patients can be in and out in minutes! it requires no anaesthesia and has minimal scarring.

First Freeze cycle
The clinician will hold the applicator as close as possible to the lesion, and move it quickly towards and away from it. Depending on the lesion size and depth the treatment could be 1 to 30 seconds

Thaw
After the first freezing cycle, the tissue will be allowed to thaw for about 30 seconds.
Second freeze cycle

The second freeze cycle will start.
The tissue will freeze faster than during the first cycle. Cryopen therapy can treat all common benign akin lesions including age spots, warts, skin tags, verrucas and many more.