Syringoma Removal

What is Syringoma?

Syringomas are small papules that resemble pimples on your skin. They usually appear in small clusters or groups on your skin, most often on your face. They are easily identifiable as rounded bumps on the skin with colours ranging from skin-toned to white or even light yellow. These bumps are harmless to your body and they do not itch or cause pain. 

Causes of Syringoma

Syringomas are the result of cells overgrowth in the sweat glands. These glands are also known as the eccrine glands. Eccrine gland is found in almost all regions of the skin and they produce sweat that reaches the surface of the skin by way of coiled ducts. When the body gets warm, your eccrine glands produce sweat to bring your body temperature down.

There are also physical and environmental factors that can make your eccrine glands overwork, causing syringoma to appear. These factors include:

• Stress
• Exercise or physical activity
• Hot climate
• Genetic changes or mutations
• Underlying medical condition.

Syringoma is most commonly found around these areas:

• Upper cheeks
• Lower eyelids
• Underarm
• Chest
• Abdomen
• Forehead
• Genitalia

Types of syringoma:

• Localised

Localised bump is the most common type of syringoma that only appears on one area of your body. These bumps are usually not associated with any other medical condition.

• Generalized

Also known as eruptive syringomas, these bumps can appear on different parts of your body and are most common among adults.

• Genetics

Some people are just more prone to syringoma development due to genetics. 

Syringoma Removal Treatments

Syringomas quite often return after treatments. At The Clifford Clinic, we use a combination of CO2 laser and AGNES RF to treat syringoma. From our experiences, the combination of these two treatments will help to not only remove the syringoma but also to reduce the chances of recurrences. 

CO2 laser

Fractional CO2 laser can improve skin’s texture, shrink pores and smoothen out wrinkles. Used in acne scar treatments in Singapore, the fractional CO2 laser is also just as effective for syringomas. They are also known as ablative lasers, meaning that the laser is capable of ablating or removing any excess skin or bumps on the surface or beneath the surface of the skin without affecting the surrounding skin. As such, direct CO2 can help to burn the syringoma till it’s gone and the lesion is flat to the skin. 

AGNES RF

Agnes uses a specific syringoma needle that is specifically measured to the depth of the syringomas and works by using small microscopic needles to accurately deliver radio frequency (RF) currents into the sweat glands. While the CO2 removes the syringoma, AGNES RF directly addresses the sweat gland that produces the syringoma. The RF energy from AGNES will help to inactive the sweat gland, therefore reducing the chances of recurrences of syringomas. 

The Clifford Clinic uses two separate types of needles that deliver two different strength of RF energy for syringomas or acne treatment in Singapore so you can rest assured that the needles used for your treatment are fine-tuned specifically for your needs.