Is Removing Genital Warts Painful?
One of the biggest fears that people have when it comes to removing genital warts, is
whether or not the process is painful.
There are multiple methods that can be used to remove genital warts and some of these
methods are more painful than others.
I will go through the methods one by one and rate the painfulness of each method on a
scale of 1 to 10 with one being no pain and 10 being as painful as having a tooth pulled out ith no anesthetic.
| Treatment | Description | Side Effects | % Chance Of Recurrence | Pain Rating |
| Podofilox/Condylox | Applied by patient, causes destruction of the infected cells | Burning, Pain and Inflammation | 5-30 | 7 |
| Aldara/Imiquimod | Causes an immune response that fights the infected cells | Irritation, ulceration, pain, burning, erosion, flaking, edema, induration, and pigmentary changes at application site | 15 | 7 |
| TCA (Trichloroacetic acid | Applied by doctor, causes proteind coagulation of the wart tissue | Local Pain and Irritation | 35 | 8 |
| Podophyllin Resin | It is applied by the doctor and is destructive to cells and stops cellular replication. | It may have to be applied often to be effective. Can cause local irritation, erythema(redness of skin), burning, and soreness at application site; Also possibly mutagenicity, oncogenicity (can cause cells to mutate and give rise to tumors) | 20-65 | 9 |
| Cryotherapy | Liquid Nitrogen is used to freeze of the warts | Pain or blisters at application site | 20-40 | 8 |
| Surgical Removal | This is when the warts are physically cut out of the skin. | Pain, bleeding and scarring; There is also a risk for burning and allergic reaction from local anesthetic. |
20 | 10 |
CHARLES M. KODNER, M.D., and SORAYA NASRATY, M.D, Management Of Genital Warts, America Family Physician
As you can see from the data above, all of these forms of genital wart treatment are painful and can cause side effects. One of the most frustrating factors is that there is a large chance that the warts will recur with most treatment options.
But if you want to be wart free you need to treat them sooner rather than later as the warts tend to spread and increase in size.
I know a way that you can get rid of the warts from the comfort and privacy of your own home
and the method that I know about only ranks 3 on the pain scale rather than the 8, 9 and 10s that you see in the above table.
Are you ready to read more? The information is here: http://wartsgenital.net or just click here
Good Luck!!
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