Caustic Pencil 95% (or silver nitrate stick) is a device for applying topical medication. As a result, It contains silver nitrate and potassium nitrate, used to cauterize skin chemically.
It is applied topically in aqueous solution and used as a haemostatic, for pain relief in certain conditions and for the removal of small quantities of unwanted tissue.
its uses include:
- nongenital warts and verrucas,
- granulation tissue,
- wound healing,
- stoma maintenance,
- umbilical stumps,
- cautery,
- anterior epistaxis,
- vasomotor rhinitis,
- post-bioptic cervical nicks,
- skin tags and pain relief for aphthous stomatitis.
