Cryopen Cryotherapy

CryoPen ®

CryoPen is an innovative, high-performance cryosurgery tool to safely remove unsightly skin tags, warts, age spots and other benign skin lesions. The CryoPen ® allows treatmetns with millimetre precision for removing all benign skin lesions with no more collateral damage to healthy tissue. It is manufactured in Belgium by H&O Equipments – a market-leading creator and manufacturer of leading-edge cryosurgery medical instruments, founded in 1998.

Cryotherapy or cryosurgery is a highly safe and effective procedure that is used to freeze and destroy benign skin lesions. The clinic uses Cryopen to perform this treatment.

It uses liquid nitrous oxide to destroy the tissue by freezing the cell fluid which in turn forms ice shards that rupture the cell membrane and in turn destroying the cell and lesion. Cryopen is precise, avoiding healthy surrounding tissue.

Cryotherapy Benefits to the Patient

  • Versatile treatment options, treats lesions from 1mm to 10mm in size.
  • Fast treatments, treats a 2mm lesion in 10 seconds
  • Safely treats lesions on face and close to eyes
  • Pinpoint accuracy, treats just the lesion and not healthy surrounding tissue, no follow up care needed.
  • Minimal discomfort to patient as it doesn’t touch skin (no messy buds, cones or apertures) with enhanced accuracy and effective treatments.
  • Cryosurgery offers a comfortable, quick and precise treatment with no stress and no downtime. It is also safe to use on delicate skin or around the eye area.

Quick And Painless Results

Treatments can be as quick as a couple of minutes for a basic skin tag with results shown in as little as 1 treatment. There is also no after-care needed for treatments

The treatment requires no anaesthetic and has minimal to no scarring. There are no limitations on activities ( except protecting the area from damage) and can return to normal activities after the treatment.

Common benign skin lesions
  • Skin tags
  • Warts
  • Age spots
  • Seborrhoeic keratoses
  • Pigmented spot
  • Cherry Haemangioma
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The NHS does not routinely fund removal of benign skin lesions so this is the ideal service to use.

CryoPen® Cryotherapy

At your initial CryoPen consultation, one of our skincare experts will examine any areas you wish to treat. From this, we can put together a bespoke plan and decide whether this is the most efficient course of treatment.
Depending on the size of the area you wish to treat, we may recommend CryoPen cryotherapy once.
In some cases, further treatment may be needed.

Before CryoPen treatment
It is important that you do not use retinoids, exfoliating acids (AHAs, BHAs and PHAs) or physical exfoliants for at least 48 hours prior. Do not use fake tan or gradual tanner for at least two weeks before, and avoid laser or IPL treatments for two weeks prior

First Freeze Cycle
The clinician will hold the applicator as close as possible to the lesion, and move it quickly towards and away from it. Depending on the lesion size and depth, the treatment could be 1 to 30 seconds.

Thaw
After the first freezing cycle, the tissue will be allowed to thaw for about 30 seconds

Second Freeze Cycle
The second freeze cycle will start. The tissue will freeze faster than during the first freezing cycle

After CryoPen Treatment
Due to the nature of CryoPen treatment, less aftercare is needed than with other methods such as electrocautery, cold knife or laser. The affected area is often known to heal quickly, with minimal issues.

For 48-72 hours after treatment it is important that you do not sunbathe or use other heat treatments such as sunbeds, sauna or steam. This also includes avoiding swimming, hot showers and baths.

Please avoid applying makeup, soap, perfumed products or heavy moisturisers to the treatment area. Do not touch or cleanse the area or pick at any scabs that may form.

After CryoPen treatment, it is common to experience redness, swelling or blistering. This may last anywhere from a few hours to 48 hours after. You may apply aloe vera to the treatment area for the next 72 hours. When keeping this in the fridge, it has a nice cooling effect.

Regardless of the weather after your appointment, please make sure to use SPF 30 on the treated area. After the session, this area may appear darker, with scabs or crusting remaining for 10-30 days after. Total skin healing may take up to 3 months.

Warts

The CryoPen can be used to treat all kinds of warts whether that be common warts found on the hands and arms or plantar warts that are commonly found on the soles of the feet.

Warts are caused by the infection known as the human papillomavirus (HPV) but can be treated easily with CryoPen.

This is much better than using wart removal creams and is a painless experience thanks to the use of liquid nitrogen.

The Cryopen is a unique pen like device allowing for more targeted treatments, meaning no healthy tissue will be affected during treatment(s). Cryopen is a CE and FDA approved device meaning it is certified safe to use for purpose.

Skin Tags

Skin tags are made up of many components, including stubborn fat, fibres of collagen, and in some cases small blood vessels and nerve cells. Commonly found in skin folds, these lesions can unsightly and an overall nuisance.

Using cryo surgery with the CryoPen device, ultracold jets of N20 are the most favourable solution for removal due to their quick and pain-free turnaround time offering outstanding results for the patient and an incredible treatment for any practitioner’s clinic.

Cherry Angiomas

Cherry angiomas are the most common type of angioma, although not cancerous or harmful, they can be unsightly and cause for lack of confidence.

Luckily cryotherapy using the CryoPen device can easily freeze the affected area and remove the lesion with just a couple of sessions.

Using ultra-cold nitrous oxide, you can see how clear the skin is left after treatments, removing the lesion with as minimal discomfort as possible.

CryoPen® Gallery

Experience the before and after evidence of Cryopen treatment.