The invention relates to the field of medicine, and specifically to preparations for treating skin lesions, in particular viral, benign, precancerous and cancerous, non-metastasizing, dysplastic and inflammatory lesions of the visible mucous membranes, and also viral and fungal skin and nail lesions, and for correcting wrinkles and senile pigment blemishes, said preparations comprising solutions of complex compounds of salts of zinc and alpha-chlorocarboxylic acids of general formula [Zn(RCH2−xClxCOOH)n(H2O)4−n]+2.2[RCH2−xClxCOO]−, where R=alkyl, H or Cl, x=1-2 and n=0-4, in a corresponding alpha-chlorocarboxylic acid, wherein the content of zinc in the solution is 0.25-10.0% and the content of acid is 10-90%. The preparation may additionally contain an additive perfume, for example an ethyl ester of the corresponding alpha-chlorocarboxylic acid. The treatment method consists in that 2-5 doses of the preparation, which has been precooled to 10-15° C., are applied to the affected skin portion with a delay of 1-3 mins between the first and subsequent applications of the preparation. The preparations are stable on storage.