Is it time to treat your warts? Discover the facts about warts, your treatment options, and the potential benefits and drawbacks of addressing this common skin condition. Get the insights to make an informed decision.

Understanding Warts: What You Need to Know

Warts are skin growths caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). They occur when the virus infects the top layer of the skin and causes rapid cell growth. Warts can spread through direct contact with the virus, such as sharing personal items or touching an infected area. Certain types of warts thrive in warm, damp environments, making them common among swimmers and those with broken skin.

It’s important to note that warts are usually harmless and often go away on their own within months or years. However, if they spread, cause pain, or you’re simply unhappy with their appearance, you may want to consider treatment options.

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Treating Warts

The decision to treat your warts is a personal one, influenced by factors such as the cost, time investment, and potential side effects. Home treatments like salicylic acid or duct tape are generally less expensive and have a lower risk of side effects, but they may take longer to see results. In-office treatments like cryotherapy or laser surgery can be more effective, but they tend to be more costly and may cause more discomfort.

It’s important to consider the potential downsides of wart treatment as well. Even after successful treatment, warts may come back or spread to other parts of the body, as most treatments only destroy the wart itself and not the underlying virus. Additionally, some treatments can cause skin irritation, blistering, or scarring.

Exploring the Treatment Options for Warts

There are several methods available for treating warts, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Some common options include:

Home Treatments

• Salicylic acid (e.g., Compound W, Occlusal): These over-the-counter products soften and remove the layers of skin that form the wart.
• Tape occlusion (e.g., duct tape): Covering the wart with tape can help soften and remove the wart over time.

In-Office Treatments

• Cryotherapy: This involves freezing the wart with a very cold liquid to kill the virus.
• Cantharidin: A medication applied by a doctor to the wart to help it blister and fall off.
• Laser surgery or electrosurgery: These techniques use concentrated energy to burn off the wart.
• Curettage: The wart is surgically cut out by a healthcare provider.

Immunotherapy

If other treatments fail, your doctor may recommend a medication that triggers your immune system to attack the wart virus.

Factors to Consider When Deciding to Treat Warts

When deciding whether to treat your warts, there are several important factors to consider:

Wart Characteristics

Is the wart getting worse, easily irritated, or causing pain? These may be signs that treatment is necessary.

Personal Preferences

Do you dislike the appearance of your wart or are you concerned about it spreading to other areas or people?

Underlying Health Conditions

If you have diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, a weakened immune system, or a major illness, it’s crucial to consult your doctor before using any over-the-counter wart removal products.

Maximizing the Effectiveness of Wart Treatments

While wart treatments don’t always provide a permanent solution, there are some steps you can take to improve your chances of success:

Persistence is Key

Be prepared to try multiple different treatments, as what works for one person may not work for another. Stick with a treatment plan for the recommended duration before switching to a new approach.

Combine Treatments

Some studies suggest that using a combination of treatments, such as salicylic acid and cryotherapy, may be more effective than a single approach.

Consult a Healthcare Provider

For stubborn or recurring warts, or if you have any underlying health concerns, it’s best to work with a healthcare provider to develop the most appropriate treatment plan.

Embracing the Natural Healing Process

It’s important to remember that in many cases, warts will eventually go away on their own without any intervention. While this may not be the most satisfying solution, it’s a viable option for those who want to avoid the time, cost, and potential side effects of active treatment.

Ultimately, the decision to treat your warts or not is a personal one that should be made in consultation with your healthcare provider, taking into account your individual circumstances and preferences.

Warts: Should I Treat Warts?

You may want to have a say in this decision, or you may simply want to follow your doctor’s recommendation. Either way, this information will help you understand what your choices are so that you can talk to your doctor about them.

Warts: Should I Treat Warts?

Get the facts

Your options

• Treat warts.
• Don’t treat warts.

This topic is for a person who is deciding about whether to treat a common wart or a plantar wart. It is not about genital warts.

Key points to remember

• Warts are harmless. In most cases, they go away on their own within months or years.
• If warts spread or cause pain, or if you don’t like the way they look, you may want to treat them.
• Treatments for warts don’t always work. Warts may come back in the same place or on a different part of your body.
• Treatment can take a lot of time, be painful, and cost a lot.

FAQs

Warts are skin growths caused by some types of the human papillomavirus (HPV). Warts form when the virus infects the top layer of your skin and causes your skin cells to grow very fast.

Warts can spread when you come in contact with the virus. You can infect yourself again when you touch the warts and then touch another part of your body. You can infect others when you share towels, razors, or other personal items.

You are most likely to get warts in places where your skin is broken, such as through cuts, hangnails, closely bitten nails, or scrapes.

Some types of the virus thrive in warm, damp places, such as showers, locker room floors, and swimming pool areas. Warts that you get on your feet (plantar warts) are common in swimmers whose feet are not only moist and softened, but are also scratched and broken by rough pool surfaces.

You won’t get warts every time you come in contact with the virus. But some people are more likely than others to get warts.

Warts are usually harmless. In most cases, they go away on their own within months or years. But if they spread or cause pain, or if you don’t like the way they look, you may want to treat them.

There are several ways to treat warts. For example, you can:

• Use a home treatment to soften and remove the layers of the skin that form the wart. These treatments include salicylic acid (such as Compound W and Occlusal) or tape occlusion (such as duct tape). You don’t need a prescription to use these products.
• Freeze the wart with a very cold liquid that can kill the virus. This is called cryotherapy. You can first try an over-the-counter medicine to freeze your wart. Or you can have your doctor freeze it for you.
• Use a medicine like cantharidin. This is medicine that is applied to your wart by your doctor.
• Have surgery that uses an intense beam (laser surgery) or an electrical current (electrosurgery) to burn off the wart. Or you can have the wart cut out (curettage).

If these treatments don’t work, you can try putting a medicine on the wart to trigger your immune system to kill the wart virus. Or you can try a medicine called bleomycin that is injected into the wart.

If you have diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, a weakened immune system, or a major illness, talk to your doctor before you use any over-the-counter wart removal products. You may not be able to use them.

The decision to treat your warts is up to you. But you might think about the cost and the time needed to treat them. In most cases, over-the-counter products you can use at home work as well as treatments done in your doctor’s office. These home treatments cost less, cause little or no pain, and have a low risk of side effects or scarring. But they may take longer to work.

Treatments for warts don’t always work. Even after warts shrink or go away, they may come back or spread to other parts of your body. This is because most treatments destroy the wart but don’t kill the virus that causes it.

Studies suggest that salicylic acid and cryotherapy may get rid of a wart more quickly than no treatment.^{footnote 1}

Other treatments may not work any better than salicylic acid or cryotherapy. You may need to try several different treatments to find one that works for you.

Side effects depend on the type of treatment. But some can cause:

• Skin irritation, burning, and blistering.
• Pain.
• Scarring.
• Infection.
• Nerve damage.

Your doctor might suggest that you treat your warts if:

• You have a wart that is getting worse and is easily irritated.
• You have a plantar wart that hurts to walk on.
• You don’t like the way your wart looks.
• You are worried that your wart might spread to other people or other parts of your body.

Compare your options

Compare Option 1Treat your wartsDon’t treat your warts

Compare Option 2Treat your wartsDon’t treat your warts

Treat your warts Treat your warts

• If you have diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, a weakened immune system, or a major illness, talk to your doctor before you use any over-the-counter wart removal products. You may not be able to use them.
• You’ll need to do different things depending on the treatment you choose.
  • Salicylic acid: You put the medicine on your warts every day for 2 to 3 months. You can do this at home, and you don’t need a prescription.
  • Duct tape: You cover your warts with tape for 6 days. Then you remove the tape and soak the warts in water. You may have to repeat these steps for up to 2 months. You can buy duct tape at a grocery store or hardware store.
  • Cryotherapy: You can first try an over-the-counter medicine that can freeze your warts. Each treatment takes only a few seconds. Or you can have your doctor freeze the warts for you using a very cold liquid. You’ll likely need to have this treatment repeated.
  • Cantharidin: Your doctor applies this medicine to your wart in his or her office.
  • Electrosurgery: Your doctor numbs the area around your warts and then sends an electrical charge through the tip of a needle to burn off your warts.
  • Curettage: Your doctor numbs the area around your warts and then cuts them off with a sharp knife or spoon-shaped tool.
  • Laser surgery: Your doctor uses a laser or an intense beam of light to burn off your warts.

• You may get rid of your warts sooner than if you wait for them to go away on their own.
• The success rate depends on what type of treatment you choose. About 65 to 85 out of 100 people may see their warts go away with treatment.
• You prevent your warts from spreading to other people or other parts of your body.
• You have less pain if the warts are in a spot that you put a lot of pressure on, such as on your finger or the bottom of your foot.

• Possible side effects include:
  • Skin irritation, burning, and blistering.
  • Pain.
  • Scarring.
  • Infection.
  • Nerve damage.
• Treatment may not work. Warts may come back.

Don’t treat your warts Don’t treat your warts

• You wait and see if your warts go away on their own.
• You take steps to prevent warts from spreading. For example:
  • Cover your warts with a bandage or athletic tape.
  • Don’t walk barefoot on warm, moist surfaces.
  • Don’t share towels, razors, or other personal items.

• You avoid the side effects of treatment.
• You avoid the cost and inconvenience of getting treatment.
• If your warts don’t go away on their own, or if they spread to other parts of your body or cause pain, you can decide to try treatment.

• If you don’t treat your warts, they:
  • Might not go away on their own.
  • Might get worse and cause pain.
  • Might spread to other people or other parts of your body.

My 12-year-old son Jeff has warts on several of his fingers. They don’t seem to bother him too much, but his sister thinks they are “gross.” I think he doesn’t want to do anything about them because he likes to tease her. I asked our doctor if there was any reason to treat them. He said there really wasn’t and that Jeff would probably outgrow them as he gets older. Our doctor also said to keep in mind that warts are contagious, and Jeff’s sister might catch them too.

At first I didn’t know what the growth on my toe was. I never had warts when I was a kid. But when I kept stubbing it on things and making it bleed, I decided I should probably do something about it. So one day when I was seeing my doctor for something else, I asked her to take a look at it. She said it was definitely a wart and “I can freeze it off right now if you don’t mind a little pain, or you can try a nonprescription product that will take longer.” I knew I wouldn’t stick with the home treatment for more than a few days, so I agreed to the freezing.

I was nervous about doing anything like freezing or surgery to the bottom of my foot. I’m on my feet all day at work, and I hated to take a day or two off just to have a wart treated. But my plantar wart was sort of nagging me, so I used a nonprescription product, pads, and a pumice stone for several weeks. It was a slow process, but it gave me an excuse to spend a few minutes in the bathroom by myself every night!

Some people think that warts are no big deal, but the warts on my feet have caused all sorts of grief. I’ve had them burned off and frozen off, tried home treatments, even tried the old banana peel remedy, and they just keep coming back. I know they aren’t going to kill me, but they sure are a pain in the neck—make that a pain in the foot! I’m ready to try some injections that the doctor says may work. I have to have them once a week for a couple of months.

What matters most to you?

Your personal feelings are just as important as the medical facts. Think about what matters most to you in this decision, and show how you feel about the following statements.

Reasons to treat warts

Reasons not to treat warts

I want to do whatever I can to get rid of my warts.

I want to wait and see if my warts go away on their own.

More important

Equally important

More important

I don’t like the way my warts look.

My warts don’t bother me.

More important

Equally important

More important

I want to prevent my warts from spreading to other people or other parts of my body.

I’m not worried about my warts spreading to other people or other parts of my body.

More important

Equally important

More important

My warts are in a spot where they cause pain.

My warts don’t hurt.

More important

Equally important

More important

My other important reasons:

My other important reasons:

More important

Equally important

More important

Where are you leaning now?

Now that you’ve thought about the facts and your feelings, you may have a general idea of where you stand on this decision. Show which way you are leaning right now.

Treating my warts

NOT treating my warts

Leaning toward

Undecided

Leaning toward

What else do you need to make your decision?

2. 2, If warts are bothersome, should they be treated? 3.3, Do treatments for warts always work? 1.1,Do you understand the options available to you?2.2,Are you clear about which benefits and side effects matter most to you?3.3,Do you have enough support and advice from others to make a choice?

1.
How sure do you feel right now about your decision?

Not sure at all

Somewhat sure

Very sure

2.2, Check what you need to do before you make this decision.

Use the following space to list questions, concerns, and next steps.

Your Summary

Here’s a record of your answers. You can use it to talk with your doctor or loved ones about your decision.

Next steps

Which way you’re leaning

How sure you are

Your comments

Key concepts that you understood

Key concepts that may need review

Credits

Author	Healthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer	Patrice Burgess MD – Family Medicine
Primary Medical Reviewer	Adam Husney MD – Family Medicine
Primary Medical Reviewer	E. Gregory Thompson MD – Internal Medicine
Primary Medical Reviewer	Martin J. Gabica MD – Family Medicine
Primary Medical Reviewer	Ellen K. Roh MD – Dermatology

References

Citations

1. King-fan Loo S, Yuk-ming Tang W (2014). Warts (non-genital). BMJ Clinical Evidence. http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/x/systematic-review/1710/overview.html. Accessed April 12, 2016.

You may want to have a say in this decision, or you may simply want to follow your doctor’s recommendation. Either way, this information will help you understand what your choices are so that you can talk to your doctor about them.

Warts: Should I Treat Warts?

Here’s a record of your answers. You can use it to talk with your doctor or loved ones about your decision.

1. Get the facts
2. Compare your options
3. What matters most to you?
4. Where are you leaning now?
5. What else do you need to make your decision?

1. Get the Facts

Your options

• Treat warts.
• Don’t treat warts.

This topic is for a person who is deciding about whether to treat a common wart or a plantar wart. It is not about genital warts.

Key points to remember

• Warts are harmless. In most cases, they go away on their own within months or years.
• If warts spread or cause pain, or if you don’t like the way they look, you may want to treat them.
• Treatments for warts don’t always work. Warts may come back in the same place or on a different part of your body.
• Treatment can take a lot of time, be painful, and cost a lot.

FAQs

What are warts?

Warts are skin growths caused by some types of the human papillomavirus (HPV). Warts form when the virus infects the top layer of your skin and causes your skin cells to grow very fast.

Warts can spread when you come in contact with the virus. You can infect yourself again when you touch the warts and then touch another part of your body. You can infect others when you share towels, razors, or other personal items.

You are most likely to get warts in places where your skin is broken, such as through cuts, hangnails, closely bitten nails, or scrapes.

Some types of the virus thrive in warm, damp places, such as showers, locker room floors, and swimming pool areas. Warts that you get on your feet (plantar warts) are common in swimmers whose feet are not only moist and softened, but are also scratched and broken by rough pool surfaces.

You won’t get warts every time you come in contact with the virus. But some people are more likely than others to get warts.

How are warts treated?

Warts are usually harmless. In most cases, they go away on their own within months or years. But if they spread or cause pain, or if you don’t like the way they look, you may want to treat them.

There are several ways to treat warts. For example, you can:

• Use a home treatment to soften and remove the layers of the skin that form the wart. These treatments include salicylic acid (such as Compound W and Occlusal) or tape occlusion (such as duct tape). You don’t need a prescription to use these products.
• Freeze the wart with a very cold liquid that can kill the virus. This is called cryotherapy. You can first try an over-the-counter medicine to freeze your wart. Or you can have your doctor freeze it for you.
• Use a medicine like cantharidin. This is medicine that is applied to your wart by your doctor.
• Have surgery that uses an intense beam (laser surgery) or an electrical current (electrosurgery) to burn off the wart. Or you can have the wart cut out (curettage).

If these treatments don’t work, you can try putting a medicine on the wart to trigger your immune system to kill the wart virus. Or you can try a medicine called bleomycin that is injected into the wart.

If you have diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, a weakened immune system, or a major illness, talk to your doctor before you use any over-the-counter wart removal products. You may not be able to use them.

The decision to treat your warts is up to you. But you might think about the cost and the time needed to treat them. In most cases, over-the-counter products you can use at home work as well as treatments done in your doctor’s office. These home treatments cost less, cause little or no pain, and have a low risk of side effects or scarring. But they may take longer to work.

How well do these treatments work?

Treatments for warts don’t always work. Even after warts shrink or go away, they may come back or spread to other parts of your body. This is because most treatments destroy the wart but don’t kill the virus that causes it.

Studies suggest that salicylic acid and cryotherapy may get rid of a wart more quickly than no treatment. ¹

Other treatments may not work any better than salicylic acid or cryotherapy. You may need to try several different treatments to find one that works for you.

What are the side effects of treatment?

Side effects depend on the type of treatment. But some can cause:

• Skin irritation, burning, and blistering.
• Pain.
• Scarring.
• Infection.
• Nerve damage.

Why might your doctor recommend treatment for warts?

Your doctor might suggest that you treat your warts if:

• You have a wart that is getting worse and is easily irritated.
• You have a plantar wart that hurts to walk on.
• You don’t like the way your wart looks.
• You are worried that your wart might spread to other people or other parts of your body.

2. Compare your options

Personal stories

Personal stories about deciding to treat warts

These stories are based on information gathered from health professionals and consumers. They may be helpful as you make important health decisions.

“My 12-year-old son Jeff has warts on several of his fingers. They don’t seem to bother him too much, but his sister thinks they are “gross.” I think he doesn’t want to do anything about them because he likes to tease her. I asked our doctor if there was any reason to treat them. He said there really wasn’t and that Jeff would probably outgrow them as he gets older. Our doctor also said to keep in mind that warts are contagious, and Jeff’s sister might catch them too.”

“At first I didn’t know what the growth on my toe was. I never had warts when I was a kid. But when I kept stubbing it on things and making it bleed, I decided I should probably do something about it. So one day when I was seeing my doctor for something else, I asked her to take a look at it. She said it was definitely a wart and “I can freeze it off right now if you don’t mind a little pain, or you can try a nonprescription product that will take longer. ” I knew I wouldn’t stick with the home treatment for more than a few days, so I agreed to the freezing.”

“I was nervous about doing anything like freezing or surgery to the bottom of my foot. I’m on my feet all day at work, and I hated to take a day or two off just to have a wart treated. But my plantar wart was sort of nagging me, so I used a nonprescription product, pads, and a pumice stone for several weeks. It was a slow process, but it gave me an excuse to spend a few minutes in the bathroom by myself every night!”

“Some people think that warts are no big deal, but the warts on my feet have caused all sorts of grief. I’ve had them burned off and frozen off, tried home treatments, even tried the old banana peel remedy, and they just keep coming back. I know they aren’t going to kill me, but they sure are a pain in the neck—make that a pain in the foot! I’m ready to try some injections that the doctor says may work. I have to have them once a week for a couple of months. “

3. What matters most to you?

Your personal feelings are just as important as the medical facts. Think about what matters most to you in this decision, and show how you feel about the following statements.

Reasons to treat warts

Reasons not to treat warts

I want to do whatever I can to get rid of my warts.

I want to wait and see if my warts go away on their own.

More important

Equally important

More important

I don’t like the way my warts look.

My warts don’t bother me.

More important

Equally important

More important

I want to prevent my warts from spreading to other people or other parts of my body.

I’m not worried about my warts spreading to other people or other parts of my body.

More important

Equally important

More important

My warts are in a spot where they cause pain.

My warts don’t hurt.

More important

Equally important

More important

My other important reasons:

My other important reasons:

More important

Equally important

More important

4.

Where are you leaning now?

Now that you’ve thought about the facts and your feelings, you may have a general idea of where you stand on this decision. Show which way you are leaning right now.

Treating my warts

NOT treating my warts

Leaning toward

Undecided

Leaning toward

5. What else do you need to make your decision?

Check the facts

1.
Are warts harmful?

That’s right. Warts are usually harmless. In most cases, they go away on their own within months or years.

2.
If warts are bothersome, should they be treated?

That’s right. If warts spread or cause pain, or if you don’t like the way they look, you may want to treat them.

3.
Do treatments for warts always work?

That’s right. Treatments for warts don’t always work. Warts may come back in the same place or on a different part of your body.

Decide what’s next

1.
Do you understand the options available to you?

2.
Are you clear about which benefits and side effects matter most to you?

3.
Do you have enough support and advice from others to make a choice?

Certainty

1.
How sure do you feel right now about your decision?

Not sure at all

Somewhat sure

Very sure

2.
Check what you need to do before you make this decision.

Use the following space to list questions, concerns, and next steps.

Credits

By	Healthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer	Patrice Burgess MD – Family Medicine
Primary Medical Reviewer	Adam Husney MD – Family Medicine
Primary Medical Reviewer	E. Gregory Thompson MD – Internal Medicine
Primary Medical Reviewer	Martin J. Gabica MD – Family Medicine
Primary Medical Reviewer	Ellen K. Roh MD – Dermatology

References

Citations

1. King-fan Loo S, Yuk-ming Tang W (2014). Warts (non-genital). BMJ Clinical Evidence. http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/x/systematic-review/1710/overview.html. Accessed April 12, 2016.

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King-fan Loo S, Yuk-ming Tang W (2014). Warts (non-genital). BMJ Clinical Evidence. http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/x/systematic-review/1710/overview.html. Accessed April 12, 2016.

Bay Area Foot Care: Podiatry

Warts are usually a sign of skin irritation or infection. Stress, a busy lifestyle, bad hygiene, or irregular food habits can all cause warts to develop on the body. Sometimes they are caused by viral infections as well.

Most warts go away by themselves, though it may take a year or more for them to disappear. While most do go away eventually, this is not always the case. They can become a chronic problem and cause pain and inflammation in the infected area. When they form on the foot, they can affect mobility. Warts can also make a person feel bad about their body.

What Will Remove Warts?

Foot warts are an annoying problem to have, but there are several over-the-counter remedies you can try. Medications specifically for wart removal usually contain salicylic acid. Salicylic acid is effective in getting rid of both warts and acne.

However, if you have tried over-the-counter treatments and home remedies but none of them have worked, then you will need to set up a consultation for a wart-removal treatment from an experienced medical professional.

Before a doctor can prescribe medication for treatment, they will need to find the underlying cause behind why the wart appeared in the first place. This will involve a discussion and an examination of the wart.

Treatment of Warts

We may recommend any of the following treatments for wart removal depending on the specifics of your case:

• Salicylic Acid: We can recommend a stronger concentration of salicylic acid that may be more effective in getting rid of warts. These treatments remove warts by peeling them off one layer at a time.
• Cryotherapy: During this procedure, we apply liquid nitrogen to the warts to freeze them off. The affected area is first numbed so that the procedure does not hurt, and then the liquid nitrogen is applied. The area starts to form blisters that fall off. The patient will have to visit us for successive appointments until the warts are eliminated.
• Trichloroacetic Acid: A combination of this acid followed by salicylic acid treatments at home is good for warts that do not disappear. 
• Laser Therapy: A pulsed-dye laser can be used to cauterize the blood vessels that form warts. This procedure is usually used if nothing else has worked in removing the warts. More than one sitting is required to get rid of warts completely.
• Surgery: Surgical removal of a wart carries with it the risk of scarring, but it is the most effective option when it comes to solutions. 

Contact Us to Get Rid of Your Warts

A consultation will need to be carried out before getting rid of your wart. During a consultation, a skilled medical professional will talk to you about the wart-removal process and your treatment options. Part of this will be discussing your medical history and any allergies you may have.

The best way to learn more about wart removal is by contacting Bay Area Foot Care and set up a consultation. Schedule your appointment today.

Warts symptoms & treatments – Illnesses & conditions

Warts usually clear up without treatment. However, it can take up to 2 years for the virus to leave your system and the warts to disappear.

The length of time it takes for a wart to disappear will vary from person to person. They tend to last longer in older children and adults.

In adults and people with a weakened immune system, warts are less likely to clear up on their own or respond well to treatment.

Leaving the wart to go away by itself is one option. However, you may want to consider treatment if your wart is painful, in an awkward position, or is causing you distress or embarrassment.

Your GP should always refer you to a specialist if you need treatment for a wart on your face.

Treatment options

There are a number of treatments available for warts. However, no single treatment is 100% effective, and the wart may return.

The aim of treatment is to remove the wart without it returning and without leaving any scarring.

Treatments include:

• salicylic acid
• cryotherapy
• chemical treatments

Surgery to treat warts is not usually recommended because warts often return and further treatment is required.

Some treatments may cause side effects such as mild pain, blistering and skin irritation around the wart.

These various treatments are described below.

Salicylic acid

Many wart and verruca treatments – including creams, gels, paints and medicated plasters – are available over the counter from pharmacies.

Salicylic acid is the active ingredient in most of these treatments.  It has been shown that salicylic acid is as effective as cryotherapy for treating warts. 

There is limited evidence available to show which type of salicylic acid treatment (cream, gel, paint or plasters) is most effective.

Salicylic acid and other wart treatments also destroy healthy skin, so it is important to protect your skin before applying the treatment. You can use petroleum jelly or a corn plaster to cover the skin around the wart.

Before applying the treatment to your wart, use an emery board or pumice stone to file it down a little (avoid sharing the board or pumice stone with others). Repeat this about once a week while you are treating your warts.

Each time you treat your wart, soak it in water for about 5 minutes first to soften it, then follow the instructions that come with the medication.

You may need to apply the treatment every day for 12 weeks or longer. You should stop the treatment if your skin becomes sore, and seek advice from your pharmacist.

Don’t use treatments that contain salicylic acid to treat warts on your face. Ask your pharmacist for advice about the best type of treatment.

Consult your pharmacist before using over-the-counter treatments that contain salicylic acid if you have poor circulation – for example, if you have a condition like diabetes or peripheral arterial disease (PAD). This is because there is an increased risk of damage to your skin, nerves and tendons.

Cryotherapy

In cryotherapy, liquid nitrogen is applied to your wart for a few seconds to freeze and destroy the affected skin cells. After treatment, a sore blister will form, followed by a scab, which will fall off 7-10 days later.

A session of cryotherapy usually takes 5-15 minutes and can be painful. Large warts usually need to be frozen a few times before they clear up. You will probably need to wait a few weeks between each treatment.

There are 2 different cryotherapy methods. Liquid nitrogen may be sprayed directly onto the wart, or it may be applied using a stick with cotton wool on the tip. This second method is often preferred for treatment around the eyes or for small children.

Cryotherapy may be recommended if you have a wart on your face. This is because the risk of irritation is lower than when using salicylic acid or duct tape.

Cryotherapy is not usually recommended to treat young children because they may find the treatment too painful. It may also be difficult for them to stay in the same position while having the treatment.

If cryotherapy hasn’t been successful within 3 months, further treatments aren’t likely to be effective.

Possible side effects of cryotherapy include:

• pain and blistering
• your skin may become darker (hyperpigmentation) or lighter (hypopigmentation) – particularly if you have black skin
• your nails may develop an abnormal change in shape or structure if cryotherapy is used to treat warts that develop around the nails (periungual warts)

Cryotherapy is sometimes carried out at GP surgeries or at hospital skincare clinics. However, it may not be available on the NHS in all areas of the country.

A very cold spray (dimethyl ether propane) is also available from pharmacies, which you can apply yourself. You should avoid using this spray on your face. Evidence suggests these sprays are not as effective as cryotherapy using liquid nitrogen.

Chemical treatments

Warts can also be treated using chemical treatments available on prescription. The treatments contain chemicals such as:

• formaldehyde 
• glutaraldehyde 
• silver nitrate

These chemicals are applied to the warts to kill affected skin cells. Potential side effects include the skin being stained brown (with glutaraldehyde) and burns to the surrounding skin (with silver nitrate). 

Other Treatments

If the above treatments do not clear warts then other methods may be tried such as:

• light therapy (photodynamic therapy)
• laser therapy
• acupuncture (for flat warts only)

These treatments may not be available on the NHS.

Treating warts during pregnancy

If you are pregnant and have warts, your pharmacist may recommend using salicylic acid, cryotherapy or duct tape.

Salicylic acid can be used to treat warts during pregnancy, as long as it is used on a small area for a limited period of time.

Warts and verrucas: Causes and Treatments

Treatment of warts and verrucas

Most warts and verrucas go away by themselves, and treatments don’t always work. But if your wart or verruca is bothering you, you might decide to give treatment a try.

The most commonly used treatments for warts and verrucas removal are salicylic acid and cryotherapy (freezing).

Medicines

There are many creams, gels and medicated plasters for treating warts and verrucas. You can buy these over-the-counter at a pharmacy. Many of them contain an ingredient called salicylic acid. This is a chemical that helps to soften the hard, outer layer of your wart or verruca. It has been shown to have a modest beneficial effect in helping to get rid of warts and verrucas.

Don’t use salicylic acid preparations on your face or on large areas because of the risk of irritation and scarring. Check with your pharmacist or doctor before using it if you have diabetes and are prone to ulcers or have nerve damage.

Always carefully follow the instructions that come with your wart and verruca treatment and ask your pharmacist if you need advice. Try to get as little as possible of the treatment on the surrounding area because it can cause irritation to healthy skin. You can protect the skin around the wart with petroleum jelly or soft paraffin. Avoid getting the treatment on broken skin.

Before applying the treatment, soften the wart by soaking it in water and rubbing it with an emery board or pumice stone to remove any excess hard skin. Once the treatment has dried, it may help to cover the wart with a plaster or some duct tape. You may need to use this sort of treatment daily for up to three months.

Cryotherapy

Cryotherapy is the process of freezing your wart using liquid nitrogen so it falls off. Cryotherapy can be done by a GP but, depending on where you live, it’s not usually funded by the NHS. This means it might only be available as a private treatment.

You can buy over-the-counter cryotherapy preparations at your pharmacist that contain other gases. However, these don’t usually work as well because they can’t freeze at temperatures as low as liquid nitrogen.

When you have cryotherapy, your doctor applies the liquid nitrogen to your wart using either a spray or a cotton bud. It takes between five and 30 seconds to freeze your wart depending on the technique used and the size and location of the wart. You may need to repeat the treatment every two to three weeks, up to six times. It sometimes leads to blistering or scarring of your skin and can be painful, so isn’t often recommended for younger children.

There’s some evidence that cryotherapy may help to remove warts and verrucas, but it hasn’t been shown to work any better than salicylic acid treatment.

Specialist treatments

Sometimes, your GP may need to refer you to a dermatologist or specialist skin clinic for treatment. This may be because:

• you have warts on your face
• further tests are needed to confirm your diagnosis
• large areas of your skin are affected
• your warts are bothering you, and they haven’t gone away with salicylic acid or cryotherapy
• you have lowered immunity because of a medical condition or medicines you are taking

Your doctor may suggest various different procedures for removing your wart. These can include scraping it away using an instrument called a curette, and laser treatment. Laser treatment destroys your wart and the blood vessels that supply it. These procedures are both done under local anaesthesia, but they can be painful and leave a scar. In about three out of 10 cases the wart or verruca comes back after it’s been removed using these procedures. To try and prevent this, your doctor may recommend combining these with other treatments.

A dermatologist can also prescribe stronger medications that you may either take by mouth or apply to your skin.

How To Get Rid Of Warts

After acne, warts are the most common dermatological complaint that most people have. At any one time, about 10% of people have a wart, says Robert Garry, PhD, and about 25% will get one sometime in their lives. Warts are benign skin tumors that can occur singly or in packs on just about any part of the body.

They come in several different varieties, each bearing its own special name, each caused by various strains of the papillomavirus. The virus masterfully tricks the body into providing it with free room and board in a sheltered “house”—the wart. Unfortunately, standard medical treatments are often violent—burning, scraping, cutting, freezing, injecting, or zapping the wart with a laser. Many are also painful. Some even leave scars. The irony is, these techniques are not always effective. To add insult to injury, warts often reappear, no matter which treatment is used.

Knowing all this, you may want to try some home remedies to get rid of warts before heading to the doctor’s office. But be careful not to injure yourself with wart treatments. Give these simple techniques a try for several weeks before resorting to stronger measures. Unless otherwise noted, the following wart treatment options are effective for both common warts and plantar warts (those found on the foot).

Leave ‘Em Alone

According to one estimate, 40 to 50% of all warts eventually disappear on their own—typically within 2 years. Children, in particular, often lose warts spontaneously. Warts constantly shed infectious virus, though, cautions Marc A. Brenner, DPM. If left untreated, they may get larger or spread to other areas. So if your warts start multiplying, take action.

Use Vitamin A

Garry has had great success applying vitamin A directly to warts. Simply break open a capsule containing 25,000 IU of natural vitamin A from fish oil or fish-liver oil, squeeze some of the liquid onto the wart, and rub it in. Apply once a day. He emphasizes that the vitamin should be applied to the skin only. Taken orally in large doses, vitamin A can be toxic. Different warts respond differently to this treatment. Juvenile warts can disappear in a month, others in 2 to 4 months, but plantar warts might take 2 to 5 months longer, he says. Garry recalls one woman who had more than 200 warts on her hand. By persisting with the vitamin A therapy for 7 to 8 months, she was able to get rid of all but one stubborn wart under her fingernail.

Practice Good Foot Hygiene

Warts can be contagious. So keep your feet clean, avoid walking barefoot, and wear socks with your shoes, preferably socks that draw moisture away from the skin, says Glenn Gastwirth, DPM. “And avoid picking at warts with your fingers,” he adds. (Here’s what really happens if you go barefoot in the locker room.)

Stay Dry

Warts thrive on moisture, so keeping your feet very dry may help eliminate plantar warts. Dry your feet with a blow-drier, says Brenner. “Many people with plantar warts have hyperhidrosis (sweaty feet). If you control the sweating, you may be able to control the warts,” he adds. “You can try an antiperspirant for feet, such as Lavilin.” To banish a plantar wart without chemicals, change your socks at least three times a day, says Brenner. At the same time, apply a medicated foot powder such as Zeasorb-AF frequently—10 times a day if necessary.

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Opt For A Nonprescription Product

Probably the most popular commercial wart remedies are the over-the-counter (OTC) salicylic acid preparations. Salicylic acid is believed to work against warts by softening and dissolving them. These products come in liquid, gel, pad, and ointment form. Liquid products like Compound W are effective on small warts. One good thing about Compound W is that it contains a little oil, which makes it less irritating to the skin than some other salicylic acid products, says Suzanne M. Levine, DPM, PC. 

Brenner advises, however, that the liquid and gel products, which typically contain only about 17% salicylic acid, may not be strong enough to work on plantar warts, which have thick calluses covering them. Follow these three rules for dealing with any over-the-counter product, says Gastwirth. “First, be certain that it is a wart you’re treating. Second, follow all of the package instructions to the letter. And third, if the wart does not respond within a reasonable amount of time—say, a week or two—see a doctor.”

If you have diabetes, a circulatory or cardiovascular problem, or an active skin infection, then do not use a caustic compound on your feet, says Gastwirth. Be cautious or avoid freezing sprays, says Coyle S. Connolly, DO. “When used improperly, these products may cause skin injury.”

Do It With Duct Tape

Covering warts with duct tape zaps warts better than cryotherapy (freezing), according to a study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. In the study, the duct tape method eliminated 85% of the warts after 2 months, compared with 60% with the freezing method.

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To use duct tape with over-the-counter preparations, follow this procedure, says Connolly: Bathe the area in warm water for at least 10 minutes to soften the thick callus overlying the wart. Scuff the area in a gentle yet vigorous manner with an emery board or file. This makes it easier for the salicylic acid to penetrate the callus. Apply a salicylic acid liquid once during the day and once at night. Cut a piece of duct tape to size (slightly larger than the wart) and leave it on overnight. Repeat this sequence of duct tape use for 10 nights, skip 10 nights, then apply for 10 more nights, all the while using the acid application during the day. Remember, warts are stubborn and may take weeks of treatment.

Use Compound W Pads

Compound W Pads work fairly well for plantar warts and can also be effective on hand warts, although it’s harder to keep the patch in place on the hand. “The main drawback to pads,” says Levine, “is that people often use too large a piece, which exposes the surrounding skin to serious irritation. And they put on a new pad every day. Pretty soon they have an ulcer around the wart that’s far worse than the wart they started with. The best course of action is to follow the directions on the label.” To ensure a good fit, cut out a little cardboard template in exactly the shape and dimensions of your wart. Then use that template to precut a supply of patches from the adhesive plaster. Lightly coat the normal skin surrounding the wart with petroleum jelly to prevent any medication from touching your skin.

Go With An Ointment

Rounding out the salicylic acid arsenal is 60% ointment. For best results, says Levine, soak the wart area in lukewarm water for about 10 minutes before applying ointment to allow for greater penetration. Dry well, then apply a drop of the ointment to the wart. Cover with a bandage. If you’re dealing with a plantar wart, do this at bedtime so that you won’t have to walk around on the wart and rub off the ointment. In the morning, soak the area again and lightly pumice off any softened skin.

Wart Home Remedies From The Kitchen

When all is said and done, you never know just what will cure any particular wart. The remedy that so neatly dispatched one little growth might leave another completely unscathed. So perhaps your most powerful weapon in the war of the warts is an open mind. That’s why you shouldn’t overlook the healing potential of so-called folk cures, treatments that have never undergone formal scientific scrutiny but have worked just fine for many people. Here are a few that some folks swear by:

• Apply clove oil or the milky juice of unripe figs directly to the wart
• Soak lemon slices in apple cider with a little salt. Let stand 2 weeks. Then rub the lemon slices on the wart.
• Rub the wart with a piece of chalk or a raw potato
• Tape the inner side of a banana skin to a plantar wart.

How To Avoid Warts

Warts are caused by a virus. Someone with a wart sheds the virus onto a moist surface (in a locker room, bathroom, or nail salon) and you pick it up the same way you do any viral infection. If you’re susceptible to the virus and you have a cut or crack in the skin for it to take hold, you’ll get a wart. It’s that simple. Even so, there are a few things that you can do to lessen your chances.

Keep your shoes on. The wart virus thrives in a very moist environment, says Levine, so always wear sandals around swimming pools, health clubs, and locker rooms to avoid foot contact with the virus. By not going barefoot, you also avoid getting the minute cracks or cuts in your feet the virus needs to enter.

Change shoes frequently. Because the wart virus breeds in moist places, you should change your shoes frequently and allow shoes to dry out between wearings, says Levine. Clean up. “At a health club or gym, you might even want to clean the shower out first with a product like Lysol,” says Levine. “Even just household bleach works to kill viruses and bacteria.”

Look but don’t touch. “Warts spread easily,” says Brenner. “So if you have one on the bottom of your foot, for instance, try not to touch it with your hand. If you have even a small cut on your finger, you risk getting a wart there.”

Pamper your cuticles. If the wart virus enters a cut or can opening around your cuticle, it can cause a particularly nasty type of wart. Called periungual warts, they’re very difficult to treat, says Levine. “If you do get a cut in the cuticle, put on a topical antibiotic cream (such as bacitracin) and cover it with a bandage until it heals.”

Keep your feet dry. Making sure your feet are dry, including between the toes, will help prevent infections from fungi, bacteria, and viruses, says Levine. If you visit a nail salon, make sure it has a clean environment (sterilized instruments, scrubbed wash basin).

Play it cool. “My own feeling is that people seem to be more susceptible to warts when they’re under stress and eating poorly,” says Levine. “And the warts seem to spread more then.” So try to take it easy. (Try these 10 proven ways to worry less and feel happier, right now.)

Use The Power Of Your Mind To Get Rid Of Warts

As difficult as it is to cure warts with medicine, wouldn’t it be great if you could just wish your warts away? It turns out there is real scientific evidence that you can psych out your warts with a little help from self-hypnosis. According to a recent scientific review of studies, psychotherapeutic treatment with and without hypnosis is an effective way to reduce or eliminate viral warts. This method involves using guided imagery and hypnotic suggestions to boost your immune system.

In one study, psychotherapists hypnotized 17 people who had warts on both sides of their bodies for a series of 5 sessions and told them that their warts would disappear only from one side. Another 7 people were not hypnotized and were instructed to abstain from using any wart remedies. Three months later, more than half of the hypnotized group had lost at least 75% of the warts on the suggested side. The people who hadn’t been hypnotized still had their warts.

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The power of suggestion alone—without hypnosis—may be equally effective at wasting warts, the researchers say. To try it at home, imagine that your warts are shrinking, that you can feel the tingling as your warts dissolve and your skin becomes clear. Do this for 5 minutes every day.

The power of suggestion is a well-known phenomenon among doctors. In fact, believing in the cure is the power behind the placebo effect. Strong belief in a cure may also explain the continued popularity of such offbeat, old-fashioned folk remedies as rubbing the wart with a penny and then burying the penny under the porch. To try this at home, simply believe that your warts will go away just as they did for those in the hypnosis study. You are getting very sleepy…

When To Visit The Doctor

If you have the slightest doubt about what you’re dealing with, see a doctor. It could be a corn, callus, mole, or rarely skin cancer. “Note that warts may look different if found on the top of the foot (fleshy) versus the bottom of the foot (flat and roughened),” says Gastwirth. In general, warts are pale, skin-colored growths with a rough surface, even borders, and blackened surface capillaries. Normal skin lines do not cross a wart’s surface. And contrary to popular opinion, warts are very shallow growths—they don’t have “roots” or “runners” that go down to the bone.

Panel Of Advisors

Marc A. Brenner, DPM, is founder and director of the Institute of Diabetic Foot Research in Glendale, New York. He is past president of the American Society of Podiatric Dermatology and author and editor of various books.

Coyle S. Connolly, DO, is a dermatologist and assistant clinical professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and president of Connolly Dermatology in Linwood, New Jersey.

Robert Garry, PhD, is a professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans.

Glenn Gastwirth, DPM, is executive director of the American Podiatric Medical Association.

Suzanne M. Levine, DPM, PC, is a podiatric surgeon and clinical podiatrist at New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center. She is author of Your Feet Don’t Have to Hurt.

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Plantar Warts | Futch Podiatry

Nobody wants warts. They’re embarrassing and gross, right? But when these meddlesome little bumps pop up on the bottom of your foot, as they do with plantar warts, they go from being an ugly nuisance to a painful condition that can interfere with activities.

Plantar warts are a special type of wart that is most common among kids and teens. They start out as small lesions on the bottom of the foot that look a bit like a callus. But as the wart grows inward, you’ll start to notice black pinpoints on the surface, which are actually tiny drops of clotted blood.

Without treatment, these little warts will grow and keep growing, sometimes up to one inch in diameter. They can also spread and multiply into a cluster of warts by scratching, touching and bleeding. So hands off! The bigger they get, the more uncomfortable or even painful they can become, particularly when standing or walking.

Plantar warts are caused by an invasion of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which creeps into the outer layer of skin on the soles of your feet through a cut, crack or scrape, or through waterlogged skin that has spent too much time in the pool.  There are more than 100 types of HPV, but this isn’t the kind that causes problems elsewhere on the body. There are only a few types that cause warts on your feet.

We generally develop an immunity to this strain of HPV somewhere between the late teen years and early adulthood.  Kids and teens are most susceptible, but that’s not to say that adults can’t get plantar warts, too.

The virus loves warm and moist environments like public or indoor pools, locker rooms, shower floors and bathtubs.  In fact, it’s been known to live on surfaces for up to six months, just waiting for another foot to come along.

If you or your child has warts on the bottom of your feet, call our office for an appointment. We recommend that you don’t try to treat them with over-the-counter kits, which can be expensive, ineffective, and can damage useful skin cells.

When you come for your appointment, we’ll carefully evaluate your feet to make sure that you do have plantar warts.  If we determine that they are in fact warts, we can usually remove them with a bit of scraping and topical medication.  The scraping is done in the office and doesn’t hurt. Sometimes it takes a few visits to get rid of plantar warts entirely, but it’s well worth the time to have clean and healthy feet.

If you have had plantar warts before or spend a lot of time in warm, wet places, here are a few tips:

• Wear flip flops around the pool deck and in locker rooms and showers.
• If you or someone in your family has had plantar warts, clean all of their shoes with Lysol and disinfect showers, bathtubs and pool decks.
• Check your kids’ feet frequently for signs of a lesion.

Don’t wait to start treatment, because plantar warts will usually just get worse.  Call our office today to make an appointment.

3 Dermatologist Recommended Ways to Get Rid of Warts

Warts, though a fairly common skin condition, can be annoying, painful and embarrassing. If you want to know how to get rid of warts, here are a few dermatologist-approved treatment methods.

What Causes Warts?

Before we can get into treatment options, it’s important to understand what causes warts to crop up in the first place. First and foremost, warts only grow in the epidermis. Your typical wart will have a raised, rough surface, though some warts on feet or the face may be flat. Warts develop when skin cells grow faster than normal because of a human papillomavirus (HPV). Of all the HPV strains, there are about 10 that contribute to the development of skin (cutaneous) warts.

Are Warts Contagious?

Fortunately, warts aren’t highly contagious. That being said, it’s still possible for them to spread from person to person. This occurs via direct skin contact, most often through breaks in the skin. It may also be possible to contract warts from surfaces in locker rooms or public showers, but it’s difficult to determine any kind of frequency in these cases.

How Can I Get Rid of Warts?

While warts are annoying, there are a number of home remedies for warts that come with dermatologist recommendations. Let’s review a few of them.

Salicylic Acid

Though commonly used as a treatment for acne, salicylic acid has a number of uses. One such use is to treat warts. To perform a salicylic acid treatment on your wart, it’s recommended to soak it in warm water for a few minutes, file away some of the excess skin, and then apply salicylic acid to the affected area. You can perform this treatment at home a few times a day for up to 12 weeks. One of the biggest reasons this treatment is so popular is the nature of salicylic acid. It’s relatively inexpensive, causes minimal side effects, and can be applied as a gel, cream or even a patch.

Freezing

Cryotherapy is probably the most commonly recognized treatment for warts. You can find wart freezing kits in most drug stores — they’re relatively inexpensive, and in most cases, effective at treating warts on different parts of the body. If you’re not comfortable performing an at-home freezing treatment for your warts, you can also have this treatment performed by your doctor. In that scenario, liquid nitrogen will be swabbed or sprayed on the affected area. The extreme cold burns the skin, thus causing a blister. With this treatment, a wart may disappear in about three to four sessions.

Duct Tape

This may sound like a strange treatment for warts, but some studies have actually found that it can be effective. For this treatment, you can place duct tape over the affected area and leave it on for several days. Once cleaned and allowed to breathe for a night, repeat the process until the wart disappears. It’s still unclear why this method is so effective so make sure you speak with a dermatologist before trying it.

Warts can be tricky to deal with. If you’re struggling with warts and you need a treatment that works, contact our team at North Pacific Dermatology today. We want to help you get rid of those warts once and for all.

Methods for removing warts

What is a wart? Scientists are in a hurry to reassure: a wart is a benign neoplasm that usually provokes the papilloma virus. More often, warts appear in humans when the virus is transmitted through close contact between people. The most likely transmission of this virus is sexual intercourse. In the neoplasms themselves, there is little aesthetic, because it is usually covered with grooves or unpleasant papillae. This is why people are extremely interested in removing them.

Warts indicate two changes in the human body:

• the appearance of the papilloma virus in it;
• decreased immunity.

But do not worry too much, because the very appearance of warts on the body does not harm the body in any way, representing a threat only to the appearance, which, again, in our time, is solved cosmetically and quickly.

How is the deletion of

There are several options for removing the unpleasant consequences of the virus, which are practiced more often than others:

• liquid nitrogen. It is carried out in the surgeon’s office or in special cosmetic departments;
• laser removal of warts.Also practiced by a surgeon or in special cosmetic departments;
• removal by electric shock. Not every beauty salon will decide to remove the neoplasm in this way.

The main thing is to always remember that before any procedure it is worth consulting with specialists, even if you decide to remove warts at home.

Ways to remove papillomas at home:

• with salicylic acid. This tool is usually heard by everyone, but few people realize how useful it is for people.Even in the case of neoplasms, salicylic acid will cope perfectly well. It is also quite simple to use it for removal: the ointment should be applied for several days in a row to the skin, which should be steamed before that;
• Another of the most popular removal methods is celandine wart removal. But an ordinary person runs the risk of overdoing it, so it is advised to buy special ready-made products or tinctures.

Removal with celandine, although specially purchased, should be carried out in several strict stages.First you need to wet the wart with warm water. After that, scrape off the top layer of the affected skin with pre-cleaned devices. Then the place is rubbed with celandine. The procedure should be repeated three times a day. Such treatment is not limited in time and depends solely on how soon the wart disappears.

Folk advice and recipes

Fortunately, our ancestors did not leave us without effective, simple recipes even on this topic. It turns out that, in addition to celandine, there are several other natural healers – dandelion juice, garlic and Kalanchoe juice.

But it is important to remember that self-treatment can only be done if the neoplasm is small. Otherwise, you should contact a specialist. Also, do not overlook the fact that modern removal is faster and less painful.

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What are warts from a medical point of view

Warts are benign neoplasms on the skin of a non-inflammatory nature, with a rounded shape and sizes from 1.5 to 15 mm.

Causes

• The presence of HPV infection in the body ( human papillomavirus ).

How

are transmitted

• Through direct contact and through household items ( dishes, manicure accessories ), in public places ( swimming pools, saunas, gyms, transport ).The virus readily penetrates through open wounds on the skin. People with weakened immune systems are more likely to become infected.

Classification of warts by type

1. Ordinary (vulgar) warts are painless nodules on the skin of a flesh or grayish-brownish color, having a rounded shape, a keratinized rough surface and a size from 3 to 10 mm. Localized on the palms, fingers, the back of the hands, less often on the scalp, mucous surfaces and on the face. As a rule, there is one large “maternal” wart from which all others grow.If you remove the wart, called the maternal, then all the rest will disappear by themselves.
2. Plantar-palmar warts are difficult to diagnose because they are very similar to calluses. Has a dense corneal layer. They are localized more often on the soles of the foot, with the pressure of uncomfortable shoes, they cause discomfort and pain while walking. Sometimes occurs on the palms, especially in people prone to excessive sweating of the hands and feet.
3. Filamentous warts – these warts are quite soft, sometimes they are on the stalk.The color ranges from flesh to dark brown. The causes of occurrence are often hormonal in nature ( pregnancy, menopause, obesity ). Localized on the upper eyelids, groin, neck and armpits.
4. Flat (youthful) warts are small, nodular, flesh-colored, sometimes yellowish warts, smooth and almost flat. Size – from 0.5 to 3 mm. Localized on the back of the hands and on the face. Often observed in adolescent schoolchildren.
5. Genital warts (condylomas) are transmitted exclusively sexually, therefore they are also called venereal.

If you have found one of the above and are planning to remove warts in Kharkov, you should not collect a lot of information on the Internet, trying to find a doctor closer and cheaper.

Search queries for “dermatologist wart removal” or simply “wart doctor” will show you a lot of unnecessary and unnecessary tips that will only confuse you.Any disease should be treated by trusted doctors with a good reputation working in specialized clinics.

We recommend that you contact the medical center “European Dermatology”, where experienced specialists use various methods of removing warts.

Why it is not worthwhile to procrastinate with the removal of warts

The Clinic for the Removal of Warts promotes a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent the appearance of these benign but contagious neoplasms on the skin.

There are a lot of risk factors:

• warts tend to spread to other areas of the body;
• in case of accidental injury to warts, a secondary infection can get into them and then the process of spreading the papillomavirus will significantly increase;
• everyone should know if there are warts on the skin, the removal of which was delayed for some reason, then this can provoke infection of those who are nearby – family members, close friends, fellow practitioners and fellow students, work colleagues.

You need to urgently contact the medical center “European Dermatology” in the following cases:

• the wart has changed color;
• the wart began to bleed;
• many similar daughter formations appeared around the wart;
• The wart is exposed to shoe pressure or rubbing against clothing, which causes pain and can cause injury.

If you find the first signs of the appearance of these skin formations, you need to immediately remove the wart in Kharkov, contacting the specialists of the medical center “European Dermatology”.

Cost of removing warts in Kharkov

Patients are interested in the cost of removing warts. On the Internet, you can find out prices for comparison by asking search queries “removal of warts Kharkiv price” or “removal of warts cost”.

But the most reliable information can be obtained on the website of the medical center “European Dermatology” by going to the “Prices” section. Next, you need to select the column “remove the wart price”, and see how much it will cost to remove one of the methods described above.

For the convenience of patients, the site offers a form for online appointment for a consultation.

If you have any additional questions, you can call the specified telephone help desk, find out the necessary information and make an appointment immediately by phone.

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“Do not touch the frog, or the wart will grow,” – the parents of their offspring have been so frightened for a long time that they spend hours fiddling around the pond, observing the fascinating life of amphibians.And sometimes these predictions come true. But it turns out that the frogs have nothing to do with it. Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) leads to warts.

Frogs have nothing to do with

The virus is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person, you can catch it not only through direct contact, but also through common items.

In the environment, this virus is able to survive for 2-3 hours, and this is quite enough for it to find a new victim.You can get infected in swimming pools, saunas, gyms, or even in the subway – by touching the handrail that the sick person was holding onto. The incubation period (the time from infection to the onset of the disease) can be up to 8 months.

However, the simple contact with an infected person or an object on which bacteria have settled, fortunately, is not enough for the appearance of a wart. For the introduction of the virus and its subsequent development in human cells, certain conditions are necessary – microtraumas of the skin (abrasions, cracks), a weakening of the immune system, as well as increased sweating of the hands and feet.Most of these conditions usually occur during the warmer months, when it is especially easy to get abrasions on your hands and feet. It is easy for a virus to penetrate into injured and steamed skin. Before you have time to look around, an ugly growth has already appeared on the palms or feet. And even more than one, because warts easily “multiply”.

Find your species

Among the various varieties of this scourge, the most common are vulgar, juvenile and palmar-plantar warts.

Palmar-plantar warts – Painful, callus-like formations that usually invade the skin of adults, but can also occur in adolescents. With excessive sweating of the hands and feet, such warts multiply quickly and are difficult to treat.

Vulgar (simple) warts – the most common (they account for up to 70% of all such skin formations). These rough, painless nodules that are flesh-colored or yellowish in color from a pinhead to a pea (3–10 mm in diameter) are usually found on the face and palms.If there are several warts, then usually there is one among them, the largest – “maternal”. With its removal, as a rule, all the others disappear.

Flat (juvenile) warts occur mainly in children and adolescents. According to statistics, 10% of young people are familiar with them. These small growths (0.5–3 mm) of arbitrary shape only slightly rise above the surface of the skin, are yellowish or flesh-colored. They usually appear on the back of the hands and feet, as well as on the face.

Will it fall off by itself?

Unsympathetic growths can exist on the skin for a long time, months or even years. Although they are not dangerous to health, their occurrence can cause great inconvenience – for example, a wart on the palms will certainly interfere with writing, and on the feet – playing sports. Well, if nasty brown pimples covered open parts of the body or even the face, then in this case, serious psychological discomfort cannot be avoided. In addition, warts contribute to a decrease in the body’s immunological reactivity.So it is better not to delay the treatment.

Traditional medicine knows a bunch of ways to get rid of these unaesthetic marks. Everything is used: from conspiracies to rubbing the skin with celandine juice, a buttercup flower and half a fresh apple. Fans of Mark Twain are well aware of the recipe from Tom Sawyer, who was sure that the wart would definitely disappear if you roll a dead cat over your head and then bury it in the cemetery.

Oddly enough, any methods, no matter how strange they seem, in most cases lead to the desired effect.No, magic has nothing to do with it, just every dermatologist knows that 2/3 of all warts go away on their own within a year. There are known cases of successful treatment of these neoplasms with the help of suggestion.

Methods of “reprisal”

But why wait until this “decoration” disappears by itself or thanks to auto-training, it is better to insure yourself and take action. But it is necessary to remove warts carefully, because too aggressive measures of “reprisal” can injure the neoplasm and lead to its degeneration into a malignant tumor.In general, before removing a harmless nodule on the skin, it is better to make sure that it is a wart, and not something much more dangerous. It is imperative to consult a dermatologist if the wart began to multiply or grow rapidly, changed its shape or color, began to hurt and bleed.

Today, people are trying to fight warts in different ways. At home, unpleasant growths are traditionally fought with alkalis and celandine juice. But this method is far from perfect: it often leads to relapses, ugly scars, and burns to healthy skin areas.

Other methods are used in salons and medical centers:

● Electrocoagulation and curettage. In the first case, the wart is removed with an electrocoagulator electrode, with curettage – with a scalpel. The disadvantages of these methods are pain, the possibility of a secondary infection and a high probability of scarring.

● Laser destruction. Destruction and removal is performed using a laser. Cons of the method: pain

and possible scarring after removal.

● Radio wave destruction. Removal is done by high frequency radio waves. The disadvantages are the same as with the laser method.

● Cryotherapy (cryodestruction). With this method, the wart is destroyed by freezing it with liquid nitrogen. This is the least aggressive way to remove growths, but often requires several visits to the salon.

AiF Health recommends

Those looking to avoid getting warts this summer should follow these simple rules:

● Do not go barefoot, especially in saunas and swimming pools where humid environments thrive;

● Avoid skin microtrauma: cracks, cuts.If they appear, disinfect the wound as soon as possible;

● Keep your feet dry. If they sweat, wear dry shoes and dry them wet;

● When one wart appears, you should try not to touch it, because this way you can transfer the infection to other areas of the skin;

● Do not bite your nails, do not break off the cuticles – in the injured tissue, the virus spreads with particular speed, and periungual warts are especially difficult to cure.

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What are warts?

Warts ^{are small raised growths on the skin.They look like rounded grains with a dry, rough to the touch surface.}

Black dots can be seen inside the wart: these are small clogged blood vessels.

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Where do warts come from?

These small growths are manifested by ^{human papillomavirus (HPV), which has penetrated into skin cells.}

HPV has many subtypes – more than 150. Each leads to the appearance of different types of warts on different parts of the body. Most often, warts occur on the hands, including fingers, knees, elbows, and the soles and toes. Simply because these areas are constantly traumatized.

Are warts contagious?

Yes. You can get HPV through direct contact. For example, shaking hands with someone who has a wart on their finger or the back of their hand.But more often, infection occurs indirectly ^through:

• through personal hygiene items used by an infected person. These can be towels, washcloths, linen, shoes (for example, reusable bath slates), scissors or nail clippers, razors;
• through infected surfaces: doorknobs, floors in showers, changing rooms, poolside.

As a rule, the virus clings to the affected (with scratches, burrs, tiny wounds) or wet ^{skin (for example, sweating feet).}

However, establishing the moment of infection can be difficult because, on average, ^{2 to 6 months elapse between infection and the appearance of a wart.}

Who is at risk?

Warts do not appear on everyone who wipes off with infected towels, slaps barefoot on the floor of the common shower or shakes hands with infected friends. Most often, the immune system easily copes with the invasion of the papillomavirus. But this is not always the case.

The risk of warts is higher than ^:

• in children and adolescents. This is due to both age-related imperfections of the immune system and the fact that young people are less careful and often have microtrauma on the skin;
• in people with autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis;
• in people with weakened immune systems. These may be those who have HIV / AIDS or have had organ transplants.

Why are warts dangerous?

Most often nothing ^{.By themselves, these neoplasms do not cause any harm – except perhaps for aesthetic experiences.}

In some cases, people feel that the wart is in the way, itches or aches. Plantar warts are most often blamed for soreness, which account for the load when walking.

Do you need to remove warts?

Optional. Warts often go away on their own ^{when the immune system defeats the virus. However, this may take a year or two .}

But if the wart gives you inconvenience, it is definitely worth getting rid of. And not only for aesthetic reasons. The fact is that you will probably try to tear off the interfering tubercle. This can lead to inflammation and even blood poisoning if an infection gets under the skin.

When should you see a doctor?

A dermatologist is responsible for the removal of warts. It will also help determine if you have a wart or this growth is something else.

Be sure to show a specialist about neoplasms on the skin if ^they:

• hurt or itch;
• change shape or color;
• bleed;
• spread over the skin;
• do not disappear or reappear over and over again, although you have been trying to get rid of them for a long time.

You also need to consult a dermatologist if you are an adult and you suddenly have warts regularly. This may indicate a possible malfunction of the immune system.

How to get rid of warts?

There are many ways ^{to remove a wart. The dermatologist will examine you and recommend the option that is most effective in your case.}

• Salicylic acid treatment. With each application, the acid will dissolve the wart layer by layer.Your doctor will prescribe a cream or ointment with a suitable concentration of the compound. Depending on the concentration, the product can be sold either over the counter or with it.
• Cryotherapy. It is also frozen with liquid nitrogen. When frozen, skin tissues, including the wart, die off and then peel off on their own in about a week. This is not the most pleasant procedure: due to its pain, it is not recommended for young children.
• Treatment with other acids. This method is used if salicylic acid or cryotherapy did not work.The doctor will apply a more powerful remedy, trichloroacetic acid, to the stubborn wart. It will not help the first time either, so you will have to go through the procedure several times at intervals of about a week.
• Surgical operation. The doctor will simply cut out the wart under local anesthesia. This is a reliable method, but it can leave a scar.
• Laser therapy. The specialist will use a laser to press on the blood vessels that feed the wart. As a result, the infected tissue will die and fall off by itself.However, this method is not always effective. In addition, laser cauterization is sometimes painful, and a scar may remain at the site of the removed wart.

How to get rid of warts at home?

If you have a wart and no symptoms that threaten you, try one of the remedies ^{health care providers think might work.}

• Peeling with salicylic acid. Pharmacies sell over-the-counter acidic products (lotions, ointments, patches) to remove warts.For the drug to work better, first steam the area with the build-up in warm water and only then apply the medicine. Then carefully remove the dead skin with a disposable file or pumice stone. Keep in mind that you won’t be able to remove the wart in one go: you will have to use lotion or ointment every day for several weeks.
• Home cryotherapy. Over the counter liquid nitrogen products are available in pharmacies. They are usually sold as a liquid or spray. They are applied to the wart in accordance with the instructions, wait a certain time, and the neoplasm disappears by itself.
• Scotch tape. Use a silver tape that is tighter to your skin. Cover the wart for at least six days, then remove the tape and steam the build-up in warm water for 20 minutes. After the bath, the wart can be lightly rubbed with a pumice stone or a disposable file. Leave the skin exposed for 12 hours, then reapply the tape until the wart disappears.

Remember: the effectiveness of all these methods is ambiguous, and in your case they can fail. Then you still have to go to the doctor.

Do folk remedies help?

On forums and social networks, you can find many recommendations on how to get rid of warts. Someone advises smearing them with apple cider vinegar ^{, others suggest applying raw garlic, banana or orange peel, raw potatoes.}

And indeed: sometimes after such procedures the warts disappear. The only problem is that after does not mean due. It is impossible to know if the vinegar and garlic worked or if the immune system strained itself and destroyed the HPV on its own.

As for evidence-based medicine, it remains silent about folk recipes. There are no studies that conclusively confirm or refute the effectiveness of home remedies.

What cannot be done?

Do not try to cut off the wart, as you can infect deeply under the skin. Or get hurt and end up with a scar. In addition, by inaccurately cutting off the growth, you can spread the papillomavirus to other areas of the skin.

Remember that any local treatment (prescribed by a doctor or independent) can cause allergies.If the skin is red, itchy, stop using the drug and consult a dermatologist.

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, do not self-medicate. The funds that are contained in anti-wart creams, ointments, lotions are absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin and can enter milk or penetrate the placental barrier. This is the name of the barrier between the blood of the mother and the fetus, which protects the child from various infections and harmful substances. Not all of these drugs are safe for children.Therefore, only a qualified doctor can determine the method of removing warts in your case.

Can warts be cured once and for all?

Sorry, they are coming back. And no one can say whether the warts are gone forever or one day they will reappear.

What to do to prevent warts from appearing again?

We repeat once again: there is no way to 100% protect yourself from warts. But you can reduce the risk of their occurrence. Here’s what ^{experts from the American Academy of Dermatology advise.}

• Do not touch other people’s warts.
• Watch your personal hygiene items. Do not use other people’s towels, washcloths, razors, nail clippers.
• Observe the condition of the epidermis. Try to avoid irritation and microtrauma. If there are scratches or burrs on the skin, protect these areas: cover them with adhesive tape or do everything possible to avoid touching the damaged area to door handles, elevator buttons, handrails in public transport, shower taps.