The wart is frozen until it and 1 to 2 mm of surrounding skin have turned white (Figure 15) . A repeat freeze after thawing causes more effective tissue destruction than a single freeze. The affected tissue turns red or blisters over the next one to two days, then gradually sloughs off over the following weeks.
Hermana is in Spanish. It is the Spanish word for sister..
What is HPS? Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) is a genetic metabolic disorder which causes albinism, visual impairment, and a platelet dysfunction with prolonged bleeding. In some genetic types of HPS there is a lysosomal accumulation of ceriod lipofusion. In other words, there is accumulation in the cells of a substance presently known as âceriodâ. Ceroid is the name given to this substance because it means âwax likeâ.