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Plantar wart soak: Plantar Wart Removal, Treatment, Causes, Contagious, Remedies & Symptoms

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Plantar Warts – My Chicago Foot Expert

What is a plantar wart? 

Warts are very common. We see this condition with numerous patients every week in our Chicago office.  Our patients have often had their wart for some time and usually contracted it from a health club, pool area, shower, or locker room.

A wart is a small growth on your hands or feet that looks like a hardened blister. It is caused by a virus, particularly from the family of the human papillomavirus.  This virus is present everywhere, especially on moist surfaces such as in health club showers, locker rooms, and pools. When you step barefooted on the wart virus, it enters your skin through cuts or other vulnerable areas.  If your skin stays moist for a while, it can actually penetrate through your skin.

As the wart grows, it may look like a small callus and usually has little dark specks in it.  They are consistent with little blood vessels that feed your wart.  As the blood vessels bring blood to your wart and feed it, it slowly grows and gets larger. When it is on the bottom of the foot, it is called a plantar wart.

Why should you get treatment?

Because a wart is caused by a virus, it will spread causing more warts to develop. If you don’t treat your wart as soon as possible, other warts can develop around the foot and may infect the other foot. Warts are contagious and other members of your family may also become infected and develop warts, especially if they use the same showers. We encourage people to make sure they use a little anti-virus spray or a little diluted bleach to spray the bathtub to kill any wart virus that might be living there to help prevent the spread of the virus. If you have an untreated wart and are sharing shoes with anyone, they are also at risk of developing a wart.

How do we treat plantar warts?

We find it very effective to use a combination of treatment options and therapy when dealing with warts. We do everything that we can to eliminate your wart and with the least amount of discomfort. Forms of treatment we use may involve laser surgery, burning the wart off, cutting or scooping it out, freezing it, shaving it down, or using acid. We try the most effective treatment for you that will kill the wart.

Many times we encourage our patients to soak their feet in salt water to help dry the wart out. This seems to be effective in addition to the other methods.  We have found, over many years of treating warts, that the most effective and least expensive treatment is to use a combination of drying and burning the wart to completely remove it without using a scalpel.  In this way, you are able to walk the same day and go back to school or work with the least amount of time lost.

How can you prevent getting plantar warts?

One of the most important things to do is to not walk barefooted around areas with moist or damp floors. This would include decks of swimming pools, locker rooms, or showers and changing rooms. The wart virus is alive and well on these moist surfaces that are usually tile or concrete. Make sure you wear something like shower shoes or flip flops to protect the bottoms of your feet. Always thoroughly dry your feet so there is no remaining moisture on them after showering.

You can use sprays in your shoes with an anti-virus component to help kill the possibility of any virus surviving in them. Regularly inspect your feet just in case you have developed a wart so that you can treat it as soon as possible before it becomes resistant and starts to grow. As a wart grows and becomes larger, it develops a thick, callused layer on top that protects it from some forms of medication you may try to use, making it much more difficult to remove.

Our success rate is very high due to the fact that Dr. Alexopoulos is very meticulous when he treats his patients.  Over the years he has found that if you do not remove or treat the whole wart, the little bit left over can actually start growing again and re-infect the foot. He does his best to make sure that treatment prevents warts from reoccurring.

If you have a plantar wart that is affecting your day-to-day activities, get treatment today. You can contact our office by calling (773) 561-8100 or by requesting an appointment online.

Plantar Wart & Common Wart Removal & Prevention

WHAT ARE WARTS?

Warts are small noncancerous skin growths that form in the top layers of the skin following a viral infection. Warts tend to be rough and bumpy. However, the texture and appearance will vary between different forms of warts. The two most prevalent types of warts are common warts and plantar warts.

Warts are small noncancerous skin growths that form in the top layers of the skin following a viral infection. Warts tend to be rough and bumpy. However, the texture and appearance will vary between different forms of warts. The two most prevalent types of warts are common warts and plantar warts.

Common warts, as the name suggests, are the most common type of wart. They’re typically found on the hands, most often on the fingers, although they can grow anywhere on the hands as well as other areas of the body. They’re not usually painful. There are a number of characteristics associated with common warts.

  • Common warts are typically small although they can range in size. Some are as small as a pinhead while others are as large as a pea.
  • Common warts are round or irregular in shape, and they’re usually rough and firm in texture.
  • Some common warts appear to have tiny black dots, which are blood vessels. 
  • The color of a common wart can vary, appearing brown, light gray, flesh-colored, yellow or even grayish-black.

Plantar warts can be found on the soles of the feet, most commonly the heels and balls of the feet. Because these areas often bear weight, plantar warts are often subjected to large amounts of pressure and this can lead to pain and discomfort when standing or walking. The pressure can also cause plantar warts to flatten or even grow inward, often under a layer of thick skin. Plantar warts have some distinguishing physical features.

  • Plantar warts often resemble a callus or thickened skin. 
  • Like common warts, plantar warts contain blood vessels, which may appear as tiny black dots. 
  • Plantar warts often grow in clusters.

WHAT CAUSES WARTS?

Warts are caused by a form of the human papillomavirus (HPV). The virus can enter the skin through a cut or scratch and cause infection, resulting in a wart. 

HPV can spread a number of ways, including:

  • Contact between two people. If you touch someone’s wart, the virus could spread and enter your skin through a cut or scrape, causing a wart to grow. 
  • Contact with a contaminated object. Personal items such as nail clippers and razors can become contaminated with HPV. If you share personal items with someone who has warts, you could become infected and get a wart yourself.
  • Contact with a contaminated surface. If someone with warts walks barefoot in a public area such as a swimming pool or locker room, the surface floor could become contaminated. If you walk barefoot in the same area, the HPV virus could enter your skin and cause an infection. This could lead to a wart.
  • Contact between two body parts. If you have a wart, you can spread the infection to another part of the body by touching the wart and then touching other areas of skin. 

HOW TO HELP PREVENT WARTS

There are ways to reduce the risk of getting and spreading the virus that causes common and plantar warts:

  • Don’t touch another person’s wart since direct contact can spread the virus. This could cause you to become infected and get a wart.
  • If you have a wart, wash your hands after touching it. Cover the wart in order to avoid spreading the virus to someone else or to another part of your body.
  • Avoid sharing personal items such as nail clippers and razors because they may be contaminated with the virus. If you have a wart, be sure to wash any personal items thoroughly after use. Wash towels, socks and linens regularly.
  • Avoid biting your nails and ripping off hangnails since the virus that causes warts can enter your skin through small tears and sores.
  • Keep your skin hydrated since dry, cracked skin is more vulnerable to infection.
  • Wear shoes when walking around public areas such as swimming pools and locker rooms since high-traffic surfaces could be contaminated, potentially spreading the virus that causes warts. 

HOW TO GET RID OF WARTS

There are two over-the-counter treatments for warts:

Salicylic acid exfoliates the cells of a wart in order to reduce the skin growth little by little. Dr. Scholl’s® Clear Away® Fast-Acting Liquid Wart Remover is a liquid wart removal product that’s applied directly to the skin. It can be used once or twice a day for up to 12 weeks. The package includes cover-up discs that help conceal the wart and reduce the risk of spread. When using a salicylic acid wart removal product, follow these steps for best results:

  • Wash the wart and surrounding skin thoroughly.
  • Soak the wart in warm water for up to five minutes.
  • Allow the area to completely dry.
  • Apply the wart removal solution one drop at a time until the entire wart is covered.
  • Let the solution dry completely before covering it with a cushion or putting on shoes or socks.

Dr. Scholl’s® CLEAR Away® Plantar Wart Remover provides an easy mess-free system for treating plantar warts while also reducing discomfort. Medicated discs contain salicylic acid for effective wart removal while cushioning pads relieve pressure on and around the wart. The pads also help conceal the wart and medicated disc.

CLEAR Away® Wart Remover with DURAGEL® technology is a highly effective treatment for common warts. The technology is ideal for fingers and toes. Medicated discs containing salicylic acid are placed directly on the wart. Thin, lightweight cushions can then be placed directly over the disc in order to conceal and protect. The flexible cushions are designed to move with you and stay in place throughout the day.

Freezing is a wart treatment method that involves applying a very cold substance directly to the wart in order to remove it. Over-the-counter wart freezing products typically use a gas called dimethyl ether and propane as the freezing agent. Dr. Scholl’s® Freeze Away® Wart Remover quickly freezes warts to eliminate them in as little as one treatment. You can also try Dr. Scholl’s Freeze Away Max™wart remover, which provides a precision spray of cooling gas for simple, single-action wart removal.

For particularly stubborn common and plantar warts, Dr. Scholl’s® Dual Action Freeze Away® Wart Remover combines a freezing treatment with salicylic acid medication in a single package. You can start using the salicylic acid medication 24 hours following the freezing treatment.  

If over-the-counter treatments fail to eliminate a wart, see your doctor. There are a number of more aggressive options available:

Cryotherapy involves freezing the wart, much like over-the-counter treatments. However, doctors typically use liquid nitrogen. You may need several treatments spaced two or three weeks apart in order to eliminate a wart.

Electrodesiccation and curettage involves drying the wart with an electric needle and then physically removing the wart with a scraping tool. The procedure is not usually recommended for plantar warts.

Prescription drugs may be recommended for warts that don’t respond to over-the-counter treatments. Options range from topical medications to injections.

See your doctor if you have concerns about a wart, especially if the wart grows rapidly or if there’s bleeding. Some more serious skin conditions could be mistaken for a wart and may require medical attention.

SHOP PRODUCTS FOR COMMON & PLANTAR WARTS:

Plantar warts, who cured, respond? November 25, 2012

Buys verrukacid or mountain celandine (extract) in the pharmacy. In the evening, put your foot in a basin in very warm water for a long time (20-30 minutes) so that the skin softens. then gently cut off the skin with tweezers to “open” the wart. it doesn’t hurt, because the skin there is rough and steamy. if cut deep, the wart may bleed. Much better not to cut, because. this is going to hurt. Gently drip verrukacin or cystotel onto the wart itself so that it does not get on the skin around. they burn the wart and dry it. You need to do this several times almost every day, cutting off the wart a little bit. If the medicine hisses, then they cut off a lot. The main thing is to embed the entire wart. you yourself will understand when it is no longer there – and there will be no pain when pressed

In principle, there are instructions on the medicines. but they stink and burn the fabric, so be careful. And as I already wrote, then I got a wart on my arm – I got infected from my son, so I recommend gloves.

from folk remedies it is also recommended to burn with vinegar, onion, garlic, apply an apple (also acid), but it already hurts (except for an apple)

if you have any questions, ask

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Has anyone tried meat? They say the method is 100%.

Raw meat is applied to the wart, tied with a plaster and not removed for three days. Everything rots there that hurts. The plaster is removed, everything falls off by itself.

I’m afraid to cut, there is a ticklish place (in the sense of ticklish), my son is nervous and twitches his leg. I’m afraid to hurt.

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I’ll tell you how my husband got rid of warts. I was pregnant and put on him so that he would start getting rid of the warts. I went to the beauty institute on Olkhovskaya Street, burned it with a laser, they pulled out about 10 thousand money, once there was a burn and he was on sick leave, and the warts did not go away completely. Then the mother-in-law took him to the grandmother and she spoke warts. And miraculously, they got off. 2 years have passed and they are gone. I absolutely do not believe in such methods and consider them nonsense. But for some reason it helped.

I’m from Nino, does anyone know the address of a good grandma?

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I had this as a child after going to the bath. Withdrew pharmaceutical products, which were prescribed by the doctor.

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Olushka

A good product – Cryopharm. At home, you cauterize and the wart comes off in a couple of weeks.

but it’s better than the clinic with their services at exorbitant prices.

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Castor oil reduces warts. try. Better at night.

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Stifler’s mom

Author, go to the doctor, don’t self-medicate. This is not 1 wart, but a virus, they will multiply.

I had this in my childhood after going to the bathhouse. Withdrew pharmaceutical products, which were prescribed by the doctor.

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Mother of many children

I tried a vodka compress. At night, I moistened a swab and tied it with cling film to the warts. Did it two weeks ago. Yesterday I noticed that one fell off – there was not even a trace left. And around the second skin lagged behind, and like a head of blackened cauliflower rises. It’s on the finger. There is a barely noticeable seal on the sole, but there was also a crater, the so-called. And we continue to go to the pool three times a week and douse ourselves in ice water in the morning. Can the immune system take care of itself? 9Expert s Woman.ru

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Light

Friends, the same problem. I was burned with a laser, but they grew again. Now 3 months. I burn it with nitrogen, I glue the salipod, and in between, I also drip celandine and slowly, having anesthetized with lidocaine, I pick the wounds with tweezers. at first there was a “cushion” inside the ring, then it flaked off and deepened. Now there are holes, at least insert a nail. I can’t get inside with tweezers anymore. I can’t get it. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THIS: It’s like a dense ring around. It just hurts! And when I get up on my foot, the second one said to watch, I came home in the evening, and the wound instantly healed. At first I thought about letting it heal, but I was afraid and glued the salipod again. Suddenly, there is still a root sitting in the depths, it is not visible there! What kind of seal is that painful to step on? Will it dissolve?? What kind of tight ring, what to do with it? As the dermatologist said, warts peel off until a pink skin appears, but my holes are thin and deep !!! Many here write that their warts have fallen out, leaving holes. WAS A TIGHT RING AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT????

Mother of many children

A 7-year-old son developed plantar warts after visiting the swimming pool. On the finger is generally huge and has recently begun to turn black. Anyone who helped anyone, please unsubscribe. I know that it is HPV. I know that official medicine removes them with a laser (relapse almost always). I ask you to respond only to those who had, and who got rid of.

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100% METHOD: NAVOCAINE FOR INJEC INTO THE INSULIN SYRINGE, CUT THE WAR INTO THE ROOT DEEPLY FROM ALL SIDES TO DROP BLOOD DROPS AND EXCESS SOLUTION. WILL DISAPPEAR IN A WEEK BY THEMSELVES. I DID THE PROCEDURE HERSELF, IT IS VERY PAINFUL, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SUFFER FOR THE REASON.

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Friends, same problem . I got burned with a laser, but they grew back. Now 3 months. I burn it with nitrogen, I glue the salipod, and in between, I also drip celandine and slowly, having anesthetized with lidocaine, I pick the wounds with tweezers. at first there was a “cushion” inside the ring, then it flaked off and deepened. Now there are holes, at least insert a nail. I can’t get inside with tweezers anymore. I can’t get it. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THIS: It’s like a dense ring around. It just hurts! And when I stand on my foot, it’s like I’m standing on a ball! I opened the wounds, went to the dermatologist, he burned only one, said to observe the second, came home in the evening, and the wound immediately healed. At first I thought about letting it heal, but I was afraid and glued the salipod again. Suddenly, there is still a root sitting in the depths, it is not visible there! What kind of seal is that painful to step on? Will it dissolve?? What kind of tight ring, what to do with it? As the dermatologist said, warts peel off until a pink skin appears, but my holes are thin and deep !!! Many here write that their warts have fallen out, leaving holes. WAS A TIGHT RING AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT????

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A week ago, a herpes (cold) got out on my lip. Not the first time, I must say. The bubble burst and began to dry up, and then my friend advised me to anoint with acyclovir for quick healing. I have a wedding in a week.

I started smearing. Bubbles climbed near the nose, I began to smear these bubbles. Then, above, under the very eye, a red edema appeared, the size of a 5 ruble coin. And it itches and itches. Itching stopped, only after I stopped smearing with acyclovir. The second day I walk with this edema. Beauty indescribable. I pray to God that by the resurrection it will pass. The sores on the lip have already healed.

Hence the conclusion: maybe it is not necessary to prevent the release of this muck? Here is a virus, and there is a virus. They just find a way out, breathe, so to speak, fresh air, and go back to hibernation 🙂

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the crush was brought out in just a week by Vartner with a gel applicator pen. I applied this gel 2 times a day for 4 days and that’s it. then only watched as the wart exfoliates.

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38 and 39 are my posts.

Removed from my son with a vodka compress. It didn’t help my daughter. The wart on the finger of the hand is growing and is not going to fall off yet. But the son went to the pool – he became tempered, and the daughter is only 2 years old. On Monday I made an appointment with a dermatologist. The wart began to bleed, some kind of muck crawls out of the middle all the time, clings to everything. I’ve covered it with adhesive tape.

Many of my friends also had warts on their hands when they were children. From whom they themselves fell off – just like that, from whom they were taken out by freezing.

Legs are more difficult. My son had one small one on the sole and two huge ones on the toes. Everything went without a trace.

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38 and 39 are my posts.

Removed from my son with a vodka compress. It didn’t help my daughter. The wart on the finger of the hand is growing and is not going to fall off yet. But the son went to the pool – he became tempered, and the daughter is only 2 years old. On Monday I made an appointment with a dermatologist. The wart began to bleed, some kind of muck crawls out of the middle all the time, clings to everything. I’ve covered it with adhesive tape.

Many of my friends also had warts on their hands when they were children. From whom they themselves fell off – just like that, from whom they were taken out by freezing.

Legs are more difficult. My son had one small one on the sole and two huge ones on the toes. Everything went without a trace.

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Pasha

Thank you for your reply! Tell me, did the warts on your son’s legs come out with a vodka compress or some other remedy? How long did it all take and how often did you make a vodka compress?

A friend had it on her daughter’s arm, they didn’t do anything at all, she passed by herself.

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1. A wart is a virus and therefore spreads like a virus, you can’t touch it!!!! If you touched, then you should immediately wash your hands, because any treatment is useless if you spread the infection again, and you can still infect loved ones.

2. All warts have one main central wart, eliminating, curing which the rest will simply go away on their own. It is a fact.

3. And most importantly. As for the treatment. There is such a drug (not a drug, but sold in some pharmacies), called “ChistotYol-elEksYor”. Producer Dnepropetrovsk company TOV “ElЁksёr”. You can easily find it on the internet. A very small (1.2 ml) bottle, but the product is overly strong. You buy a syringe, but not to inject, but draw a drop of this drug into the syringe and gently drip onto the warts in the morning and evening.