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It seems that you have experienced liquid nitrogen burns (“cold burns”) – redness, blisters, erosions, scabs, and finally residual post-inflammatory hypopigmentation that are most prominent in darker-skinned patients. Skin pigment recovery time depends on level of damage and/or destruction of pigment-producing cells called melanocytes.
Temporary post-inflammatory hypopigmentation do not require therapy.
However, differential diagnoses to be considered in penile skin with hypopigmented areas are: scars, vitiligo, lichen sclerosus, etc. All of these require specific therapeutic approach.
Wishing You Optimal Health,
Dr. Jasmina Jankicevic
I would also like to add that the reason I treated these myself is because in the past I used liquid nitrogen on a wart and it worked perfectly.
This time however, the bumps were incredibly small for the swab and I ended up burning the surrounding skin.
I never left the swab on the skin for more than 3-4 seconds.
Anyway, like I said before, my pubic area is now full of pink spots and it looks very bad (because I have dark skin). I really hope they will go away.
Awaiting your response.
Oh yeah I definetely got huge blisters. I didn't touch them though and I read somewhere that it was normal.
Do you have any specific recomendations or "not to do's" while my skin is recovering?
For anyone wondering, a month and a half later my scars and hypopigmented spots are almost gone. They are hardly noticeable! I am very happy.
Since Jasmina didn't bother to answer me further or give me any recommendations, here is what I did:
- Avoided hot showers.
- Avoided touching the area as much as I could.
- Applied aloe vera twice everyday for the first week.
- Applied rosehip oil once a day during the second week.
If anyone is considering self applying liquid nitrogen, MAKE SURE to freeze only the wart/bump and not the surrounding skin. Be very careful when using it.