Mole Removal
 

What is Radiosurgery?
Radiosurgery is basically a technology which is used for treating a variety of soft tissue conditions, from the skin to deeper tissues. Instead of using a scalpel, radio waves do the cutting.We use the latest technology to ensure safe and effective removal of moles, warts and skin lesions.

Radio surgery technology is somewhat similar to laser or electro-surgery, but it uses a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum than either. Instead of using light waves (like laser), and instead of using high-temperature, low-frequency waves (such as with electro-surgery), radio surgery uses low-temperature, high-energy waves in the radio bandwidth

 

What’s the benefit of using radio waves instead of laser or electro-surgery?
Radiofrequency Ablation is an extremely precise way to perform surgery, creating much less trauma to surrounding tissues than other technologies.

 

Moles
Moles are common skin lesions. They are correctly called melanocytic nevi, as they are due to a proliferation of the pigment cells, melanocytes. If they are brown or black in colour, they may also be called pigmented naevi. Moles are benign in nature (harmless). Moles may be flat or protruding. They vary in colour from pink or flesh tones to dark brown or black. Although mostly round or oval in shape, they are sometimes unusual shapes. They range in size from a couple of millimeters to several centimeters in diameter. The number of moles a person has depends on genetic factors and on sun exposure.

One or more moles may be present at birth. More frequently moles arise during childhood or early adult life, when they are called acquired melanocytic naevi. Exposure to sunlight increases the number of moles. Teenagers and young adults tend to have the greatest number of moles and there are fewer in later life because some of them slowly fade away.

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Radio surgery Procedure :
The lesion is first prepped with isopropyl alcohol, injected with a small amount of local anesthetic, and then painlessly removed using a radio surgery probe. During the procedure, the treated area is cauterized as the lesion is being removed. This means that the treated area is free of bleeding and therefore ready to be prepped with topical antibiotic ointment and a band-aid immediately afterwards.

After the procedure, patients are asked to keep the treated area clean and free of contaminants until the wound has scabbed over. This post-procedure maintenance is done by simply cleaning the wound with mild soap and water, applying the triple antibiotic ointment (supplied by us), and a band-aid 1-2 times a day for 2 to 4 days. Typically patients see new skin after a week which is usually pink in color. The new skin then gradually starts to match the surrounding skin in days to weeks.

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