Treatment for Warts, Thick Yellow Nails, and Torn Ligaments or Tendons

What are some new treatment modalities available for fungus nails and injured ligaments or tendons? Well, there is one specific treatment that our office uses called laser therapy. Now, you’ve all heard of the lasers for treating your eyesight and removing moles and warts, but maybe you haven’t heard about the lasers we use in podiatry. There are a couple of uses for this therapy including fungus nails, ingrown nails, treating injured tendons or ligaments and removing warts and moles.

For fungus nails, the treatment will usually take one treatment, but depending upon your body a follow-up treatment may be required. You really will not feel anything when you are being treated other than some focal warmth in the area. Depending upon how severe your case is, your nails may or may not return to their original appearance. However, they will be better.

The laser can also be used over tendons and ligaments that are partially injured. The laser functions by stimulating the cells that produce healing and new growth to occur. Over time, the goal is to return your ligament or tendon to as close to its original condition as possible.

Lasers have been used for many years to remove warts and moles. This is still being done in both dermatologists and podiatrists offices. This particular treatment has a little more pain associated with it and so we will numb the area first before removing the growth.

Laser therapy is changing on a daily basis and new treatments for this technology are being discovered. If you or someone you know is interested in any of the treatments above, our office would be more than happy to schedule an appointment for you. Our offices serve the Dracut, Methuen, and Tewksbury, Massachusetts areas. We are also happy to announce our office in North Andover, Massachusetts and it can be found at 451 Andover St. Suite 300, North Andover MA 01845.