CryoPen is an easy and cost-effective point-of-care device designed to freeze lesions on the skin without using liquids or cryogenic gases, making it suitable for the removal of various benign lesions like warts, verrucae, skin tags, milia, and cherry angiomas. What do you consider about CryoPen.
The device is lightweight and easily portable between treatment rooms, making it an attractive add-on procedure for many practitioners. Furthermore, cartridge refilling and maintenance costs are affordable.
What is CryoPen?
CryoPen is an advanced cryotherapy innovation that offers fast, safe, and efficient removal of benign skin lesions. The medical-grade device emits an ultra-cold jet of nitrous oxide gas under high pressure onto the skin for targeted lesion removal – freezing and destroying with pinpoint accuracy. Temperatures as low as -89degC instantly crystallize fluid within targeted cells, causing them to break down and die quickly without harm to surrounding tissue or scarring, making treatment quick with no long recovery times or scarring expected afterward.
Tammy, one of our Registered Nurses, will use the CryoPen’s specialized applicator to direct nitrous oxide gas onto a lesion for a predetermined duration; depending on its size and type, this may take from 5-30 seconds. Once frozen, Tammy allows it to thaw for several seconds before repeating this cycle until the lesion has been eradicated quickly without causing collateral damage to healthy skin tissue.
CryoPen offers more than cosmetic benefits; its convenience also makes it far less traumatic for your pet than surgery under general or local anesthetic. Pets can be in and out of the clinic within minutes, returning home bright and lively rather than remaining groggy for two to three hours after anesthesia is given. Furthermore, CryoPen’s no bleeding or cutting treatments make the procedure entirely painless for them!
Cryotherapy is the ideal treatment option for treating conditions in both cats and dogs that include skin tags, verrucas, warts, and cherry angiomas (minor red blemishes). Cryotherapy has proven itself as an effective method for eliminating wart types related to human papillomavirus (HPV), including those caused by verrucas on the soles of feet or hands caused by HPV infection; verrucas associated with HPV are also effectively eliminated as are plantar warts which cover the bottom of feet – Cryotherapy has proven itself as an efficient method.
Your pet should find this procedure quick, painless, and straightforward; typically, it only causes a temporary stinging sensation as the nitrous oxide penetrates the affected area. Once done, any numbness should dissipate within hours after treatment has finished, and it may change in appearance afterward; in such instances, we advise making an appointment for follow-up at another date to continue therapy as required.
How does CryoPen work?
CryoPen is an innovative cryotherapy tool that enables benign skin lesions like Skin Tags, Warts, Verrucae, Milia, and Cherry Angiomas to be removed quickly and painlessly. CryoPen is a handheld treatment device that delivers an ultra-cold jet of high-pressure Nitrous Oxide (N2O) directly to a lesion using an applicator tip shaped like a pen; millimeter accuracy ensures only skin lesion tissue is affected rather than healthy tissue; N2O then freezes intercellular fluid cells which causes cell death thereby killing all affected tissue.
Cryotherapy treatments such as electrocautery or cold knife removal methods are generally quicker and simpler. Furthermore, it causes less trauma to your skin, meaning shorter recovery time and reduced risk of infection.
CryoPen applicators are designed to get as close as possible to a skin imperfection. Nitrous oxide gas is then evenly applied over its entire surface, and within five seconds, the lesion has frozen off completely – then replaced by another tip, and the process is repeated until frozen lesions appear again. Each treatment session lasts only seconds and is fast, safe, and pain-free!
Once a lesion has been destroyed, a scab will form; within 7-10 days, it should completely peel away, leaving normal, healthy skin behind. No medicines or bandages are required, and there is minimal downtime, making CryoPen an ideal addition to your clinic treatment menu.
While you may experience slight discomfort during the procedure – like having someone press on your skin with a pen – this only lasts a few seconds and does not require topical anesthesia. Afterward, mild stinging may remain for some time until your scab falls off and the skin heals naturally.
CryoPen is an effective solution for treating sun spots (also referred to as Liver Spots, Age Spots, or Solar Keratoses). Additionally, its precision allows it to accurately target smaller warts and verrucae on your skin for removal.
What are the benefits of CryoPen?
CryoPen is one of the most cutting-edge and innovative lesion removal techniques available to cosmetic practitioners today. A high-pressure jet of nitrogen oxide-induced extreme cold is directed directly towards a specific lesion with millimeter accuracy, dissolving its tissues without disrupting healthy skin in its path.
CryoPen can reach temperatures as low as minus 89 degrees Celsius at its tip, far colder than the minimum freezing point at which cells begin to die before enabling it to freeze and destroy benign lesions such as warts, verrucae, molluscum contagiosum, and skin tags without damaging surrounding tissue.
CryoPen stands apart from traditional lesion removal treatments like electrocautery by being noninvasive and painless. Clients may experience mild discomfort similar to being stung by an insect bite; however, this should only last for a few seconds before subsiding. There may also be minor bruising after treatment, but this can easily be covered up with makeup.
CryoPen can not only be used to remove skin lesions but can also help treat pregnancy- or sun-induced melasma (skin-colored patches). CryoPen’s ice crystals will freeze melanocytes within the skin, thereby killing them off and decreasing their appearance, thereby alleviating melasma symptoms.
An accurate diagnosis is critical when treating cancerous lesions, so it is advisable to visit your GP or dermatologist as the initial point of call. However, if the lesion appears benign, CryoPen may provide safe and effective relief.
CryoPen doesn’t require the use of anesthetic or numbing cream, making treatment quick and straightforward, typically taking just two minutes. Furthermore, there’s no recovery period necessary, and results may last for life, with only one or two sessions required for most skin conditions.
CryoPen treatments are fast and straightforward to administer, making it simple to incorporate CryoPen into existing facial treatments or client appointments. Furthermore, its applicator is user-friendly for refills and replacement, eliminating the need for separate temperature maintenance docking stations.
What are the risks of CryoPen?
CryoPen is an advanced treatment that utilizes extreme cold to eliminate unwanted skin lesions. It can effectively eradicate cosmetic imperfections like milia, skin tags, warts, viral verrucae, and cherry angiomas, as well as resistant hyperpigmentation and scars. The device emits a fine jet of highly pressurized liquid nitrous oxide, which can be precisely directed onto any target lesion with millimeter accuracy, minimizing collateral tissue damage.
Nitrous oxide lowers cell temperatures to below 20degC, which causes them to die off safely and effectively with minimal aftercare needed for the removal of lesion(s). Furthermore, its pen-point precision applicator eliminates any risks of handling dangerous gases or liquids commonly required by other cryosurgical devices.
After treatment, there may be temporary redness or blistering of the treated area for several hours following administration of drugs. If this occurs, aloe vera may help speed up healing time – any scabs that form should disappear within several weeks.
As with any medical procedure, CryoPen may not be suitable for all conditions. To make sure CryoPen is the most appropriate treatment plan for you and to ensure a positive result from treatment, it is essential that prior to beginning, any lesions undergo a medical assessment by a healthcare provider and undergo proper diagnosis and evaluation by medical personnel to make sure that it’s not cancerous and CryoPen is indeed your ideal option.
If you have concerns about your skin, the first place to turn should always be your GP. They can give a precise diagnosis and recommend the most effective course of action.
RejuvaSkin Clinic Bradford offers CryoPen treatments for just PS50 per session. This price covers one treatment of one benign lesion, such as warts or milia; additional charges will apply depending on their number and size.
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