Ans – No, it is neither risky nor much painful.
Electrocautery treatment or thermal cautery treatment is used to tumor from the skin cells.
Tumor is an unwanted mass of cells that reproduces profusely and when it is malignant it can be dangerous. Tumors must be removed immediately after detecting and electrocautery treatment is pretty effective in doing that.
It uses electric current to destroy the abnormal cell mass. Electrodes that pass electric current are placed on the target tissue and the heat through the electrodes destroys the target tissues.
It is a safe and minimally invasive process and is also recommended by top dermatologists.