What’s the procedure for freezing a wart off at the doctors office?
Friday, November 6th, 2009 at
9:31 pm
What happens? Will they numb my wart before they freeze it?
Will it hurt? It’s on my foot. Can I play gym after I remove it or do I have to be excused from gym? If so, for how long.
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They dont numb it, they just pull out the freeze stuff and stick it on there. Sometimes it hurts a lot, sometimes it doesnt. You can buy the same stuff i had a huge one on my thumb and i bought the Dr. Scholl’s freeze away stuff and it completely disappeared. Gym depends on how YOU feel. You might need to be excused for a few days but it depends where on your foot it is.
They’ll numb the area with some Novocaine which will be the worst part of the procedure.
After that they use some liquid nitrogen to freeze the wart, then cut it off. They’ll put a bandaid on the area and that’s it. You should be able to go to gym class no problem. Just follow the doctor’s directions on keeping the area clean, and changing the bandaid.
They will give you one of two treatments. One is made by a crushed up beetle shell or something. This makes a huge blood blister on your foot and is quite painful and sometimes you need it twice. If that doesn’t work than they freeze it off. It doesn’t hurt it just feels kind-of warm on your feet and the spots that were frozen with be sore but you can still go into P.E. and they will disappear.
A wart isn’t frozen off anymore. What they do is a much easier procedure done by your dermatologist and some doctors can do it. They will completely numb the site so that you won’t even know that it is happening. It is burned of by gentle scraping. Sounds bad but it isn’t at all. You only need a tiny bandaid for a day or two. You may not have to miss gym it is up to you.
They wont numb it and it will sting but nothing you should be getting excited about. Getting your ears pierced is worse. You will be fine afterwards.
The doctor will have a cup with the chemicals in it. She will use a swab to (slightly hard) press the swab (which is dipped in). It stings a little, and will not fall off right away. After a while, it will fall off. you can still use it, but if it hurts, dont use your foot. I hope I helped!!! And I hope your wart goes away!!!