is freezing of verruca really painfull?

Question

my son has got verruca in his feet and he play foot ball.he is going to undergo freezing treatment of veruca.how long will the pain last

Answer 1

no not at all, my daughter had hers unsuccessfully frozen on a number of occasions. the best remedy is to cut a square of banana skin and keep it in place overnight with a plaster and it draws it out

Answer 2

Well, if the treatment is going to be done at the doctors, it will probably be pretty sore. They do it with liquid nitrogen, straight onto the verruca. There are also home kits with this in them, but it's not as concentrated and therefore not as sore. It also dosen't work as well. Anyway. I had mine done on my feet and hand, and it blistered up, was very difficult to walk on. It depends which part of the foot it's on, the arch is the worst as the skin there is really soft, the rest of the foot isn't as bad. I had to stop dancing for a while when mine were done, but a few treatments are enough to zap them if it's every week. Takes about 2ish days to be able to run around on them after the treatment, it depends how much nitrogen is used. You can ask them not to be as heavy with it if there's a game coming up, but it will take longer to get rid of them.
Have you considered alternative treatments?? Bazooka is RUBBISH, it only works on really small warts/verrucas, but there is stuff called Cuplex (you can get it without perscription, but over the counter) which is good and dosen't hurt when walking. It takes longer to work. There is also something called Occlusal which is fantastic but can only be gotten on perscription. Hope this helped!

Answer 3

yes after afew treatments it can be very painful, i've had the complete eight treatments carried out every three weeks and it hasn't worked so I've been told by my nurse to go back to the doctor to have it dug out (obviously it will be numbed slightly) which is what should have happened in the first place as it would have saved alot of time.pain and hassle, I coped with the pain very well according to my nurse, it depends on each persons pain tolerance and how bad the verruca is, i'm 24 and have had the same verruca reappear, its so annoying as usually only children get verrucas while in school showers etc but the virus is infectious so I'd recommend he cover it up with a breathable bandage with small holes in to allow skin to breathe, i've been told that the Liquid Nitrogen has damaged the skin cells around the verruca so i've got to wait about three weeks before seeing the doctor again, personally I'd ask to have it dug out, it will be painful of course for awhile after but its much quicker and once its done its done, you could also try the banana remedy a fellow writer has put down, I'm going to try it, anythings worth ago, one person I know said it took ages for their verruca to go and then it just disappeared eventually of its own accord, your son will probably find the Liquid Nitrogen painful while its being applied but usually not long after the pain subsides but i'm sure your son's a toughtie so he'll be okay but if you don't see an improvement after afew treatments I would ask for your doctor to have it dug out, it will only take afew minutes and will either take place in your doctors surgery or local outpatients department/hospital, good luck for your son, hope it clears up soon.

Answer 4

I have the exact same thing... ive had it for about 2 years..well it was gone for a year and came back about 2 months ago....the salicylic acid works.. it just takes a long time to get rid of it... theres another product dr. scholls freeze away which will freeze it... the tiny black dots are kinda like "seeds" which implanted into your foot and the verruca will not go away until all the "seeds" are gone... verrucas are HPV which can be caught from walking around bare foot at a public pool or shower

Answer 5

i tried it on my foot a few times - didn't work.

More recently, I took my daughter for verruca freezing - the chiropodist had the N2 ready etc etc, but she took one look and said "if I freeze that, she'll hit the roof". Instead, she did something very non-painful with marigold paste. It worked amazingly well. Three cheap treatments and it's never come back.

Answer 6

Its a lot less painful than havcing a verruca!;

Answer 7

My mate has just had this done & it hurt for two weeks. Mind you, the verruca was so bad he had to give up football two weeks before that.

Answer 8

I had mine done that way, it wasnt terribly effective but they did go eventually and I was never really convinced if the bazuka gel, the freezing or the burning made any difference they just went. It didnt really hurn but the next day or so it was uncomfortable

Answer 9

In my experience it depends on your sons expectations and pain threshold.....ie if he falls does he jump straight up or is he sensitive to pain......I would also suggest you dont tell him it wont hurt.....explanation of the procedure and how it will help in the long run goes a long way to managing pain......both of my children have had verucas' frozen.......one thought it just tickled (strange child) and one said it was worse than when they broke their leg..........good luck with it but its definitely worth giving it a go and I expect all the top footballers have had them at some point or other...........

Answer 10

Look at it this way, the relatively minor paid of freezing them off will be less than the ongoing pain of having them.