My friend is 27 year old boy and he had pearly penile papules. Is this curable and if yes how.
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Because pearly penile papules pose no health risk, treatment is typically only advised if the protrusions are causing psychological stress. Before beginning any form of treatment, it is essential that patients receive a proper diagnosis to avoid the cost and hassle of undergoing a possibly ineffective and unnecessary removal procedure. Surgical treatment for pearly penile papules involves the surgical removal of each papule on the penis, an operation which requires hospitalization and the administration of anesthesia. Under no circumstances should an individual attempt to perform surgery on his or her own penis. These treatments include (in order of effectiveness): carbon dioxide laser surgery the surgeon uses highly targeted carbon dioxide lasers to produce beams of infrared light, which disintegrate the papule tissues at the molecular level. This method is the safest and most effective surgical option available for the treatment of pearly penile papules. Radiosurgery the surgeon uses high dose radiation to selectively ionize the tissue, producing free radicals that are deleterious to the cells. When used to remove pearly penile papules, this procedure is more accurate than excisional or hyfrecator surgery, but less so than carbon dioxide laser surgery. Cryosurgery or freezing the papules are cooled to extreme low temperatures using liquid nitrogen until they fall off. Excisional surgery using a scalpel or lancet, the surgeon cuts and removes each papule one by one. This method is generally less accurate than others and may result in damage to the surrounding tissues. Manageable pain is to be expected during the recovery stage. Electro-dessication with curettage using hyfrecator the papules are dessicated (put in a state of extreme dryness) with electricity, after which the residual tissues are removed by scraping or scooping with surgical instruments. This method can be painful unless the patient is anesthetized and may result in permanent scarring. Manageable pain during recovery is to be expected.
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