Electrosurgery

• Skin tags
• Some warts
• Selected benign growths

People with a benign lesion that the dermatologist has examined and considered suitable for this method.

After local anaesthesia, a fine electrode delivers controlled energy to remove or reduce the lesion.

A short procedure in the clinic. You may feel the anaesthetic injection; the procedure itself should not be painful.

A small scab usually forms and falls off on its own. You will receive wound-care instructions.

The number of sessions, if more than one is needed, is decided at consultation based on your condition and how your skin responds.

Any growth that is changing, bleeding or uncertain in appearance should be properly assessed first; some need removal by excision and laboratory examination instead.