Wart Removal in Stansted Mountfitchet
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Warts are very common, but they can be stubborn, unsightly and embarrassing, especially on your hands or face. I remove warts at my private clinic in Stansted Mountfitchet, just a few minutes from Bishop’s Stortford and Stansted Airport. I’ll be honest with you from the start: warts usually need more than one treatment, and I explain exactly why below.
What Are Warts?
Warts are small, rough growths on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). The virus enters through tiny cuts or breaks in the skin and causes the skin cells to grow faster than normal, creating a raised bump.
Warts are harmless, but they are contagious and can spread to other areas of your body or to other people, especially if they’re picked or scratched.
Types of Warts I Treat
- Common warts: rough, raised bumps, most often on the hands, fingers and knees
- Plane warts: small, smooth, flat warts, often on the face and backs of the hands
- Filiform warts: long, thin warts that stick out from the skin, usually around the face, eyes, nose and mouth
- Periungual warts: warts around the fingernails and toenails
If your wart is on the sole of your foot, it’s a verruca. You can find out more on my verruca removal page.
How I Remove Warts
My preferred treatment for adults is electrocautery. I use a fine probe with a mild electrical current to treat the wart precisely. In my experience, it’s usually the most effective option, and most people need fewer treatments with it than with freezing. It can feel a little more uncomfortable, which is why I recommend numbing cream beforehand.
CryoPen: An Alternative When Electrocautery Isn’t Suitable
If electrocautery isn’t suitable for you, for example if you have a pacemaker or another implanted electrical device, I use CryoPen instead. CryoPen freezes the wart with a precise jet of nitrous oxide. It’s quick, gentle and needle free, although it may take a few more sessions. The price is exactly the same whichever method I use.
Want to know more about the difference? Read my guide to electrocautery vs CryoPen.
Why Do Warts Need More Than One Treatment?
This is the question I’m asked most, so I want you to know what to expect before you book. Warts are caused by a virus that lives in the skin. Treatment removes the wart you can see, but the virus can still be present in the skin around it. Each treatment also helps prompt your immune system to recognise the virus and fight it off.
Everyone’s immune system is different, so some warts clear after one or two treatments, while others take several. Warts that have been there for a long time are often more stubborn. I’ll always be honest about what to expect for your wart, and I’ll advise you on the best timing between treatments.
Does Wart Removal Hurt?
Most people find it very manageable. For electrocautery, I recommend buying EMLA numbing cream from your local pharmacy and applying it generously about one and a half hours before your appointment, covering it with cling film and topping it up as it sinks in. Without numbing cream you may feel some discomfort, which most of my clients find easy to tolerate. CryoPen feels like a brief cold sting.
What Happens at Your Appointment
Before you even come to the clinic, I’ll ask you to complete a medical history form. This means I already know which treatment suits you before you arrive, so I never waste your time. At your appointment, I’ll take a look at your wart and talk you through the plan. Once we’re both happy, I’ll treat it there and then, and go through your aftercare before you leave.
Aftercare and Healing
After electrocautery, a small scab forms over the treated area. Keep it clean and dry, and let the scab fall off naturally, which usually takes around 7 to 10 days. After CryoPen, the area may darken slightly, then dry and fall away within one to three weeks. I give every client verbal and written aftercare.
Wart Removal Prices
I don’t charge per wart. Instead, you pay for treatment time, and the price is the same whether I use electrocautery or CryoPen.
Package 1: £180 for 14 minutes of treatment time
Package 2: £280 for 30 minutes of treatment time
For warts, 14 minutes is almost always plenty of time, so most people only ever need Package 1 for each session. As most warts need more than one treatment, you’ll book a new session each time.
A consultation is £25, either in clinic or by WhatsApp video call, and comes off your treatment price if you go ahead.
Wart Removal FAQs
How many treatments will I need?
Everyone is different, as it depends on how your immune system responds. Some warts clear in one or two sessions, but many need several. I’ll give you an honest idea at your appointment.
Are warts contagious?
Yes. To help stop them spreading, avoid picking, biting or scratching them, don’t share towels, and wash your hands after touching them.
Can you remove warts on the face and near the eyes?
Yes, I regularly remove warts on the face, including around the eyes, nose and mouth. Electrocautery is very precise, which makes it ideal for delicate areas. I’ll assess each one at your appointment to make sure it’s suitable.
Can you remove warts on the hands and fingers?
Yes, hands and fingers are the most common areas I treat, including warts around the fingernails.
Which areas can you treat?
I treat warts on all areas of the body, including the hands, fingers, knees, arms, legs and face. I don’t treat genital warts. For these, please see your GP or a sexual health clinic.
I’ve tried treatments from the chemist. Can you still help?
Yes. Many of my clients come to me after shop bought treatments haven’t worked. Please don’t try to cut or burn a wart off at home, as this can cause infection and scarring.
Will my wart come back?
Once a wart has fully cleared, it’s unlikely to come back in the same spot. However, as warts are caused by a virus, new ones can still appear, especially if you come into contact with the virus again.
Will it leave a scar?
Most treated areas heal very well, leaving little or no visible mark. Following your aftercare and letting the scab fall off naturally gives you the best result.
Do you treat children?
Yes, I treat children aged 10 and above with parental consent, using CryoPen only. You can find out more on my children’s wart and verruca removal page.
Do you also remove skin tags and moles?
Yes. I also offer skin tag removal and mole removal, so you can have everything looked at in one visit.
Here are some real examples of warts I’ve treated at my clinic in Stansted Mountfitchet. Every client is different, but these give you a good idea of what to expect.
An amazing skin transformation. I removed multiple warts and benign skin lesions from my client’s face over around 3 staged treatments, with the final results seen a few months later once the skin had fully healed.
Another amazing facial transformation. I removed a mixture of warts and benign skin lesions using a staged treatment process, giving the skin time to heal between sessions for the best possible result.
A stubborn wart on a young client, treated with gentle CryoPen over 3 sessions. Some warts take a little longer to clear, as every immune system is different, but the result was well worth it.
Wart Removal Near Me
My clinic is at Unit 5, The Courtyard, Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TS, with easy parking. I see clients from Stansted Mountfitchet, Bishop’s Stortford, Saffron Walden, Takeley, Elsenham, Great Dunmow, Harlow and across Essex and Hertfordshire.
Wart Removal Results
Here are some real examples of warts I’ve treated at my clinic in Stansted Mountfitchet. Every client is different, but these give you a good idea of what to expect.
I also offer mole removal, skin tag removal, verruca removal, children’s wart and verruca removal, milia removal, cherry angioma and spider angioma removal, seborrhoeic keratosis removal and facial thread vein removal.
Book Your Wart Removal
Ready to say goodbye to your warts? Book online or call me on 07546 096346. Have a question first? Message me on WhatsApp and I’ll be happy to help. With over 180 five star reviews, you’re in safe hands.