Cryotherapy, also known as Cryo-surgery. Cryotherapy is a treatment where your healthcare provider applies extreme cold to freeze and destroy abnormal tissue. To create this severe cold, your provider will use a substance like liquid nitrogen or argon gas
Uses of Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy for Warts
Warts sometimes go away on their own, but it can take years. If you don’t want to wait, you may want to freeze them off. Doctors call this process cryotherapy. It’s one of the most common ways to get rid of warts. It may also lower the chances that the warts will spread to other parts of your body.
Cryotherapy for treatment of Keloids
Cryo-surgery is the application of extreme cold to treat or destroy keloids. Cryotherapy is the most effective, safest, most economical, and easy-to-perform method of treating most bulky and thick keloids.
Every keloid has a unique shape and configuration. In freezing keloids, attention must be given to the location, shape and size of keloids. Every patient poses a unique challenge; therefore, a careful cryotherapy plan must be devised for each patient.
Cryotherapy to Treat Cancer
Cryotherapy is a treatment that uses extreme cold produced by liquid nitrogen or argon gas to destroy cancer cells and abnormal tissue. It is a local treatment, which means that it is directed toward a specific part of your body. Cryosurgery is used to treat tumors on the skin, as well as certain tumors inside the body.
Benefits of Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is a local treatment and doctors can focus treatment on a precise area, so damage to nearby healthy tissue can be reduced