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Posted: 12/9/2004

TCA acid treatment

I just had Acid treatment to remove a wart...this is what happened. After the treatment (that took about 5 minutes) there was discomfort and burning not too bad. The wart was white - the skin around the wart was greyish. Day two still white, maybe smaller looking and skin around seemed to peeling away. Day three still white, but only attached to surronding skin that was peeling away. Day four - gone, the skin under the wart, is pink and looks sensitive. There was some discomfort - but it wasn't so bad. My doctor didn't tell me exactly what was going to happen, and I expect I'll have to do this again when new warts appear. Does anyone have experience with the TCA treatment they can share with me. For instance reoccurance in the same spot - better treatment options?

Comments:

12/10/2004 3:39:36 PM -
well i had 6 tca treatments on one
spot but my wart wasnt shrinking and
it turned out to have developed into
preinvasive cancer. my hubby has
successfully had tca treatment for his
warts 3 times now, they do go away but
they always reappear in the same
spot. hope this helps.

12/10/2004 3:40:34 PM -
oh i almost forgot to mention, i find
aldara to be a better treatment, at
least for me. it was actually able to
get rid of my preinvasive cancer as
well as the hpv so to me, IT ROCKS!

12/10/2004 7:03:27 PM -
thanks, here is a site a found gives the
% reoccurrance with each treatment method.
http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/uf6252.asp?navbar=hw105403

12/13/2004 11:04:22 PM -
ANy doctor that treats a wart 6 times
without a biopsy is a bad doctor.
uSUally if the area in question does
not respond in some way after about 2
treatments other alternatives(A biospy
on the area) should be done. I dont
know what type of doctors are treating
you out there.

12/13/2004 11:16:14 PM -
my wart was huge so the doctor tried
the acid multiple times, he suggested
a biopsy after the 3rd treatment but i
didnt want to do it b/c of pain. i
finally agreed to it and he removed it.

12/19/2004 5:51:54 PM -
the same exact thing happen to me it
was gone by the third day though and
since then I haven't had an outbreak
yet.


12/20/2004 3:45:12 PM -
I had TCA treatment and absolutely
hated it. It burned and was
uncomfortable to me. The pain sucked.
I had numerous treatments..maybe 2-3.
the last time I went to my doc I told
him I just couldnt do it anymore and
he prescribed ALdara. I think its way
less painful but it can take longer.


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