Cryosurgery

What is Cryosurgery?

The term cryosurgery is derived from the Greek word “cryo,” which translates to cold. Cryosurgery involves the precise and controlled application of freezing temperatures to eliminate unwanted tissues from the body. By utilizing this innovative technique, medical professionals can target specific areas with extreme cold to safely and effectively remove harmful or unwanted tissue while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy cells.

• Warts, moles, small skin cancers, and other abnormal tissue can be destroyed using this method.
• It enables the destruction of a wide variety of superficial skin lesions by using techniques of controlled rapid freezing.
• Cryosurgery is a simple, useful, and cost effective way of controlling and getting rid of unwanted tissue.
• It typically has excellent results, with few side effects, and overall less scarring than many other procedures.
• It is also a very common treatment for benign and pre-malignant skin lesions.

While cryosurgery can be used for internal procedures, here at Fall Creek Skin and Health Clinic in Rexburg, we only use cryosurgery for skin procedures. These include specific focal destruction of topical warts, abnormal tissues, small skin cancers, and other unwanted skin lesions.