Dysplasia shows up in the cervix s outer layer. If the abnormal cells aren t treated, those cells could spread in various stages to the cervix and the rest of the reproductive organs as well as to other parts of the body. As long as precancerous conditions and cancer are caught at the preinvasive stage and treated, it s usually not life threatening. A lot of times it can be done in the doctor s office or on an outpatient basis. When I was told that I had dysplasia, I went to my doctor s office for a colpscopy, which is an exam where my doctor removed some tissue from my cervix for biopsy.
Treatment depends on whether it s in the pre-invasive or invasive stages.
Treatment seems to vary with the circumstances. With the pre-invasive stages, treatment could range from simple surgery to a hysterectomy. For me, I went through the colpscopy in the doctor s office. When the biopsy came back, my doctor scheduled me for an out patient procedure at the hospital, called a leep cone. A wire was used, transmitting an electrical current to remove a cone shaped piece of tissue from my cervix.