Yeah, Dad may be a little behind the times on that one.
It hurt like fuck and was not a lot of fun to do, but it worked.

As for the liquid nitrogen- when I was a teenager and liquid nitrogen was just starting to be used for these things, my father treated an actinic keratosis on the forehead of one of our neighbors from the place we'd moved from some years previously. He used the Q-tip method as I had, dipping it out of a small yellow Thermos.

When it was done their dog came up to Dad and started doing the usual Labrador retriever greeting if sticking its nose up his butt. Dad turned and poured a small amount of liquid nitrogen on the carpet next to the dog, creating a soft *poof* and a ring of fog. The dog, being an inbred twit of an animal, jumped back and started barking at the floor. Dad responded with another little pour in front of the dog, who jumped back again and barked even more furiously. He ended up chasing the stupid thing out of the room with it.

Classic...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 25 Jul 2008, 16:58, Reply)