Electrocauterization is the use of electricity to produce heat that passes through a tool with a thin, needle-like tip that gets really hot and is directed right onto warts, moles, and syringomas to remove them—literally killing the skin cells by burning them out. Although these growths do not usually need to be treated, unless you opt to for that more confident feeling brought about by clean, blemish-free, smooth skin.
The procedure starts with cleaning and numbing the skin since the heat can sting and burn as the growth is seared dead and removed, with the area around it often will be white and swollen charred. Skin sample is often sent for lab analysis to test the nature of the growth which often goes away after one session. The wound, however, may take 1 to 6 weeks to heal—with larger ones taking longer to recover and may need more sessions to finish off.
A session takes about 20 to 30 minutes and will often end with your specialist bandaging the wound on the treated area—which later will soft scan and drop of naturally leaving a small scar—which you need to maintain at home and make sure bleeding is stopped. Apply firm pressure using cloth on your wound if it continues to bleed in the next 24 hours—do for 10 minutes and repeat if bleeding continues. If you really are not up to even the slightest scar, this may be your last choice.
