What Is Cryotherapy

What Is Cryotherapy?

Also known as cryogenic therapy, cryotherapy refers to using cold locally to destroy dead or damaged tissues, including tumors or cancerous cells. The most common form of this therapy is using liquid nitrogen to eliminate harmful cells.

What Are Its Uses in Relation to Skincare? What’s The Science Behind This?

My research established that cryotherapy had been around for decades, serving as the conventional cure for skin abnormalities, including skin tags, dark spots, and warts. According to science, this therapy freezes and destroys dead or damaged tissue, helping with skin conditions, bone cancer, cervical cancer, and retinoblastoma.

Is It Beneficial for All Skin Types? Why So?

The good news is that cryotherapy works for all skin types and ages. While skin needling treatments may cause discomfort, cryotherapy is painless, making it the best for various skin types.

How Often Should Cryotherapy Be Used?

This depends on your needs, schedule, injury, and availability. However, as a skincare expert, I recommend using cryotherapy 3-5 times per week if you are an average person.

Is There A Possibility Of It Being Overused? What Would the Effects Be?

 Yes, there is a possibility of an average person misusing cryotherapy. The consequences of this can be redness, nerve irritation, tingling limbs, and numbing.

Why Do You Think It’s Become Such a Popular Practice in Wellness Recently?

Cryotherapy has been gaining traction in wellness recently due to its massive benefits. Apart from helping with skin abnormalities, this therapy improves mood, alleviates migraine symptoms, and treats low-risk tumors.

Elena Ognivtseva
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Nutritionist, Cornell University, MS

I believe that nutrition science is a wonderful helper both for the preventive improvement of health and adjunctive therapy in treatment. My goal is to help people improve their health and well-being without torturing themselves with unnecessary dietary restrictions. I am a supporter of a healthy lifestyle – I play sports, cycle, and swim in the lake all year round. With my work, I have been featured in Vice, Country Living, Harrods magazine, Daily Telegraph, Grazia, Women's Health, and other media outlets.

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