Seborrheic Keratosis Removal
Expert Seborrheic Keratosis Removal with Cryotherapy at VSM Pharmacy
Dealing with keratosis can be frustrating and unsightly. If you’re experiencing seborrheic keratosis (a harmless, waxy growth), VSM Pharmacy offers a state-of-the-art solution to help you regain smooth and healthy skin: cryotherapy for keratosis removal.
What is Keratosis?
Keratosis refers to a variety of skin conditions characterized by an overgrowth of keratin on the skin’s surface. The most common types include:
- Actinic Keratosis (AK): Often caused by sun damage, these rough, scaly patches can potentially progress to skin cancer and typically appear on areas exposed to the sun.
- Seborrheic Keratosis (SK): These noncancerous skin growths are typically brown, black, or light tan and appear on the face, chest, shoulders, or back.
While seborrheic keratosis is usually not a health threat, many people choose to remove them for cosmetic reasons or because they cause discomfort. Actinic keratosis removal is more urgent due to the potential risk of skin cancer and must be managed by your GP.
Advantages of Cryotherapy for Keratosis Removal
Cryotherapy is a preferred treatment for various types of keratoses due to its effectiveness and convenience. Here’s why it’s a popular choice:
- Non-Invasive: No cuts or invasive surgery are required.
- Fast Treatment: Sessions are typically brief, often under a minute per lesion.
- Minimal Discomfort: The process is generally well-tolerated with only temporary discomfort.
- Effective Results: Cryotherapy has a high success rate, especially for Seborrheic keratosis.
- No Downtime: Patients can immediately resume daily activities post-treatment.
How Cryotherapy Works for Keratosis Removal
The cryotherapy procedure at VSM Pharmacy involves the following steps:
- Evaluation: Our clinicians will examine your skin and determine if cryotherapy is the right approach for your keratosis.
- Application: Liquid nitrogen is applied to the keratosis using a spray pen, freezing the abnormal skin cells.
- Response: The treated area may turn red and possibly blister after the procedure; this is a normal reaction.
- Healing: Over the next few days to weeks, the keratosis will scab over and eventually fall off, leaving healthy skin in its place.
- Follow-Up: Multiple treatments may be necessary to ensure complete removal and to monitor skin for any additional changes.
Post-Treatment Care and Healing
After your cryotherapy treatment, it’s important to care for the affected area:
- Protect the treated area from sunlight by wearing sunscreen or clothing.
- Gently clean the area daily and apply a plaster if necessary.
- Avoid picking at the scab to prevent scarring.
- Follow any additional aftercare instructions provided by our specialists.
Book Your Cryotherapy Session at VSM Pharmacy
If you’re ready to address your keratosis concerns, VSM Pharmacy’s cryotherapy services are here to help. Our knowledgeable team is committed to providing you with a safe and effective treatment, ensuring you receive the best possible skin care.
How Does the Service Work?
After the assessment, the keratosis lesion will be frozen using cryotherapy and a follow-up will be scheduled if required.
Four weeks after the keratosis removal treatment, our expert will check your lesion has healed.
How Much Does Mole Removal Cryotherapy Cost?
Consultation
FreeIf your skin lesion is not one of the many we can treat, you will be referred to your GP.Keratosis Removal
£69.99This includes the initial consultation, treatment of one keratosis lesion and a check up four weeks later.Additional Keratosis Lesion Removal
£29.99If you have more than one keratosis lesion, any additional one treated at the same time as the first one is only charged at this cost.Follow Up Treatment
£29.99If your keratosis lesion requires more than one application, the follow up treatment is only charged at this cost.
What Do Our Customers Say?
Frequently Asked Questions
Every skin is different, and some lesions require more care than others. The initial assessment and the treatment of one skin lesion is £69.99. Additional lesions of the same type are £29.99 per lesion. The pharmacist will confirm the costs before the treatment.
Of course. On the day of your appointment, if you decide not to proceed with the treatment, there will not be any charge.
The CryoPen emits a fine jet of nitrous oxide under high pressure, which allows the clinician to work with millimetre precision.
This destroys the tissue by freezing the inter-cellular fluid, forming ice shards and crystals which rupture the membrane, thereby destroying the cell. That means there will be no collateral damage to healthy tissue. It’s so incredibly accurate and practical.
Many different superficial skin lesions can be treated with cryotherapy. That includes
- Warts and verruca
- Skin Tags
- Moles
- Age spots and pigmented spots
- Cherry Angioma
- Mollucum contagiosum
- Milia
- Solar lentigo
It is essential that a correct diagnosis is made before treatment as we do not treat any cancerous lesions as these are more appropriately managed and followed up on the NHS.
If a lesion looks suspicious of skin cancer, you will be advised to seek advice from your GP
The duration of the treatment time will depend on the surface area and the thickness of the tissue being treated.
The pharmacist will choose an application time from 3-30 seconds.
Yes, we cannot treat customers with the following conditions
- Diabetes
- Immuno suppression
- Hepatitis
- Raynaud’s phenomenon
- Pregnancy and breast-feeding
- Auto-immune disorders
Our pharmacist will assess during the consultation if any other exclusion criteria apply to make sure the treatment is safe.
Cryotherapy is a relatively low-risk procedure.
Cryo IQ delivers N2O directly to the area, and not the healthy surrounding tissue. Cryo IQ is both CE and FDA registered.
There will be a pain sensation similar to a stinging nettle on the skin when the nitrous oxide reaches the bottom of the area. There might be a little residual stinging for a few minutes after treatment.
The area treated is frozen by cryotherapy. This kills the localised cells in the area which cause them to shrivel and die.
The treated area may go darker over a few weeks, but will return to normal pigmented skin in about 6 weeks.
Treatment is usually painless, or with a slight discomfort. Initially, immediately after the treatment has been applied you may get any of the following:
- Slight redness due to the initial inflammation, this is a normal and part of the healing process
- You may get a small dry scab
- Itching may occur, usually within a few minutes of treatment and it can last up to 30min.
- Blisters may form with any treatment to the skin and can happen to anyone. Any blistering will not affect the outcome of the treatment.
The healing time after cryotherapy for skin conditions can vary depending on the size and location of the treated area, as well as individual factors such as age and overall health. In general, the healing process can take anywhere from 1 to 4 weeks.
Our address is 124 Frimley Road, Camberley, GU15 2QN.
Our pharmacy’s warts, verruca and skin tags removal service is easily accessible from Camberley, Blackwater, Sandhurst, Frimley, Deepcut, Cove, Hawley, Mytchett, Crowthorne, Surrey Heath, Farnborough, Finchampstead, Ash Vale, Fleet, Bisley, Windlesham, Aldershot, Brookwood, Hartley Wintney, Sunninghill, Pirbright, Bagshot, Bracknell and many other locations in Surrey.