Common Cryotherapy Freeze Times

Freeze Times

“I use my Brymill CRY-AC® 20-30 times per week for treating everything from warts to molluscum to AK’s to skin tags. It’s incredibly easy to use. I trained my nurse practitioner to use it, and she uses it as often as I do.
”Mark Moores, M.D., Webster Family Health Center, Dudley, MA

Thursday, May 15 2008

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Common Cryotherapy Freeze Times

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Common Cryosurgical/Cryotherapy Freeze Times for Various Skin Lesions

Cryosurgery, sometimes called cryotherapy, involves spraying liquid nitrogen to produce a 1mm halo around/beyond the lesion. Cryosurgical freeze times vary according to lesion type, size, depth, and location. Lesions often need more than one freeze.

Common freeze times for lesions that respond to cryosurgery are listed below:

Lesion	Common Freeze Time (Seconds)
Actinic Keratosis	5-15
Cherry Angioma	10
Chondrodermatitis	20-40
Condyloma	10
Granuloma Annulare	20
Granuloma Faciale	30
Hemangioma	60+
Keloids	30
Lentigines	10
Molluscum Contagiosum	5-10
Mucocele	30
Nevus	10
Papilloma	10
Prurigo Nodularis	30
Sebaceous Adenoma	5-10
Sebaceous Hyperplasia	5-10
Seborrheic Keratosis	10
Skin Tags	10
Verruca Plana	5
Verruca Vulgaris	15-20

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