Electrolysis With Lesa

Skin Tags are often squidgy and soft, you can wriggle them around and can be pigmented or non-pigmented. They are often found in areas of friction such as the neck, under the armpit, groin, they increase with age. They often appear with a stalk and Skin Tags are removed quickly and easily by applying diathermy to the stalk or neck of the skin tag. 

Blood Spots are vascular blemishes and superficial. Blood spots appear as purple/red in colour and have a smooth surface, can be slighted raised, and domed shaped.

We would remove blood spots using electrolysis, a very tiny probe would be placed just under the skin’s surface and passing through a tiny amount of current to seal off the tiny capillary. This results in the capillary drying up and disappearing. The procedure is not painful at all, but may be a little uncomfortable, a little nip or sting. 

White Heads are tiny white spots that contain keratin and sebum, White Heads are white, pearly, rounded lumps which occur in the uppermost layer of the skin when sebum the oil produced naturally by the skin becomes trapped in a blind duct. The exact cause in unknown, however, some think it may be due to excessive vitamin C in the diet, or use of too rich a cream on the skin. 

White Heads are treated by applying diathermy, after treatment a tiny, pin-dot crust will form which will heal and fall away- usually within a few days. 

DPN are smooth, domed shaped little spots on the skin which are actually just very small Seb K. They most often, but not always, occur on darker skin. DPN is often hereditary. DPN are easily removed using electrolysis to gently scrap them off, a small scab can form, which should be allowed to slough off naturally. 

These little marks are caused by an overgrowth of the eccrine sweat glands. They most commonly appear around the eyes and can be mistaken for Milia. However, they are softer and are usually oval whereas Milia tend to be harder and round in shape. They are removed by gently scraping them away with diathermy. 

These are simply enlarged oil sebaceous glands and are completely harmless. They occur mostly on the forehead, nose and cheeks- the areas where there are most oil glands. We remove Sebaceous Hyperplasia by gently scraping them away with diathermy. 

Plane Warts have a flat surface and are skin coloured to brown, they sometimes occur in groups, often on the wrists, face or knees although can appear anywhere. Using diathermy we use a shave excision to remove the Plane Wart, a small crust will appear and must be allowed to slough off naturally. 

Warts & Verrucas are caused by infection of epidermal cells with the Human Papilloma Virus HPV. They can be contagious meaning they can be passed from one person to another by contact. 

Common warts can be single or can appear in groups, they have a thickened, rough surface which sometimes has black dots in it- the black dots are just tiny blood vessels. Common Warts are most common on the hands.

Verrucas are just warts on the soles of the feet and are painful due to constant pressure of the weight on the body, they can occur in groups. 

All types of warts are removed by inserting a little probe to the base of the wart, where the blood supply is and passing a heat energy known as diathermy to the area. This seals of the blood supply without which the wart cannot survive. Treatment is very effective, however very painful.