There were a couple of spots on my leg the dermatologist wanted to biopsy. They appeared identical to me, but one of them was nothing and the other was pre-cancerous. The treatment was a blast of freezing liquid nitrogen.
The Liquid Nitrogen instructions:
- A small blister may form on the areas treated. If the blister is large it may be ruptured with a sterilized needle. Sometimes the blister may be hemorrhagic (blood filled).
- It may take anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks for the areas treated to form a scab and fall off.
Hmm. To rupture or not to rupture? I’ll contemplate what to do while awaiting the arrival of Snowzilla.
Ugh. But Tom has you beat (not counting your melanoma toupee). He goes twice a year and always comes back with ugly liquid nitrogen fry marks all over his face, hands, arms and head, now that his once lush, thick black hair is reduced to a few gray strands in the back. He’s had countless basal cell carcinomas, at least five squamous, and enough pre-cancerous lesions for 10 people.
We both suffer from ugly but benign “barnacles,” which are crusty and flaky. He gets gross, huge brown ones, but mine are small and pale. It’s the price I pay for hours spent frying on the Framingham State dorm roof with my girlfriends, wearing teeny bikinis and gallons of Hawaiian Tropic. Smells great! Causes cancer!
But I must admit, your thing REALLY looks icky and … liquid-y, like a creepy wart on an Outer Limits alien. Happy popping!