Actinic keratosis can be treated using liquid nitrogen.
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Liquid nitrogen is used to treat the actinic keratosis lesions by freezing them. The freezing action depends upon the width, location and thickness of the lesions. The time taken by the lesions to get healed may vary according to their location as well. If the freezing action takes a long time to treat the lesions, it may leave a scar on the skin.
Cutting out the lesions from the skin cannot be a solution to treating actinic keratosis.
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Excision is an option for actinic keratosis treatment. The method involves removing the lesions completely. Post-excision the wound is sutured and the sutures are removed after a few days when the wound has healed completely. Excision of the actinic keratosis will remove the complete lesion and any risk of further complication like skin cancer.
Choose the type of treatment that is suitable for actinic keratosis.
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Photodynamic therapy is a treatment option used for actinic keratosis where a special ointment is applied on the lesions. After this, light ,either from a lamp or a natural source like the sun, is shone on the patches to kill the abnormal cells. The treatment may cause a stinging or burning sensation on the skin and may also lead to pigmentation of the treated area.
After treatment, how can further actinic keratosis be prevented?
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In order to prevent recurrence of actinic keratosis, it is important that the skin is protected from exposure to the sun. For that, using sunscreen, wearing full sleeved clothes along with a hat and limiting time in the sun as much as possible, should suffice.
Actinic keratoses can result in skin cancer.
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Actinic keratosis is a condition that mainly develops as a result of exposure to UV radiation which damages the DNA of the skin. It has been reported that actinic keratosis can sometimes develop into skin cancer. Hence, it is important to treat the condition as soon as possible to avoid the risk of cancer.
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