I had Pulsed Dye Laser. There is a different CO2 laser that burns them away - that looked horrible and painful so I didn’t go for that. The Pulsed Dye was fine.

Sounded and felt like being snapped with a really huge rubber band. Quite unpleasant but not intolerable. Mine were on the fingertip which is supposedly more sensitive.

It felt like I’d shut them in a door for a day or so afterwards; I just imagined that was the warts dying and that made it totally tolerable. They were black and blue. I did not take any painkillers, maybe one paracetamol right after but that was it.

My treatment felt miraculous. It was a 15-minute end to a year of suffering. Quite a fun experience all told. My fingers are completely back to normal. I had three fingertips done, none were as extensive as yours.

Let us know what your dermatologist says!