Are cherry angiomas from sun damage or are they a genetic skin disorder? It seems to me that not everyone has them..

Can the CP's help remove them? It seems a get a few more every year.

thankyou Flicka

Hi Flicka,
Cherry Angiomas can be treated with cryotherapy using liquid nitrogen or dry ice "CO2". Or WartFreeze from Dr Scholl's.
Exfoliation with mild acid even stronger one won't help.

Cps used to aid healing afterwards.
They are mostly genetic, but i get some after minor skin trauma due to scatching (sometimes), i don't know how and when exactly.

you should forward your question to Dr.Pickart.

Hi Amirpana.
Thanks for the info. I've never heard of Wartfreeze, but I'm sure if it's from Dr. Scholl's I should be able to find it in one of the drugstores where I live. Have you personally used Wartfreeze? Would be nice to have a testimonial..

It would also be nice to hear what Dr. Pickart thinks!

thanks

yes Flicka it comes with an special thin spray nozzle for precise application, so that the adjacent normal skin is not damaged.It is kind of at home cryothertherapy.

Hi amirpana. I just bought some Freeze away and read the long list of instructions and precautions. It says that one has to be sure that they are treating a plantar wart and nothing else.. They say you shouldn't use it on moles etc.. because it could cause skin damage.
Also in the instructions is says that after freezing the wart there will be a little bubble of blood underneath.. since a cherry angiomas is some kind of blood vessel, I am a little scared.
Anything you can do to reassure me. I will wait to hear your answer.

REgards, Flicka

Don't worry Flicka, it is just being used all over the world to remove cherry angiomas with a method which is considered more aggressive than Freez away , like liquid nitrogen at -196 C.

Moles are absolutely different issue, they can be benign or malignant, that's why companies are reticent with this problem.

Doesn't it come with extra fine nozzle for precise application , to safeguard the surrounding skin ?!.

OK thanks Amirpana for the reassurance.
It makes sense about the moles.
This one that I have has a sponge applicator.
The sponge applicator is on a tube attached to the can. Once I attch the sponge applicator to the can, I am supposed to turn it upside down and then press it down onto a sort of cap. This is supposed to , I guess, release the 'stuff' onto the applicator. Once on the sponge applicator I am supposed to immediately treat the spot I want.. My cherry angiomas are relatively small so I think that it'll just be a
quick dab!

By the way, how long did it take for your cherry angioma to heal? Does it get black and then fall off?

Thanks so much , Flicka

sponge applicators are relatively big, there are many like mines , that have very narrow applicator most suitable for small lesions (thin cylinder shaped hallow tube, without sponge, just fits your cherry angioma lesion).

No real problems with sponge applicators ,the smaller injured surface , the more rapidly it heals.

Don't forget to apply cps afterward . It is always better with copper peptides.

Just one application often removes the cherry angiomas , however it might reoccur, mines are gone. may be i get some back in future.

Good luck,

Amirpana

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