Anesthesia prior to electrodesiccation is another option. Taking hold of the acrochordon with forceps and applying cryotherapy to the forceps may provide superior results. Advise patients that these are benign tumors. Elastic tissue in fibroepithelial polyps. Fibroepithelial polyps and pathologic evaluation.
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