Warts can grow for many months — sometimes a year or more — before they are big enough to see. So if you do get a wart, you may never know where you came into contact with HPV. If you touch a towel, surface, or anything else someone with a wart has used, you can pick up HPV. Kids who bite their fingernails or pick at hangnails get warts more often than kids who don't. That's why it's important to avoid picking, rubbing, or scratching a wart, whether it's on another person or on your own body.
Most warts don't hurt. But a wart can be annoying if it's on a part of your body that gets bumped or touched all the time. Different kinds of warts grow on different parts of the body. Some warts are smooth and flat. Some are big, rough bumps. Others are tiny and grow in clusters. The treatment for a wart depends on the type of wart a person has.
It's a good idea to have a doctor look at a wart before trying to treat it, especially if it's on the bottom of your foot. For some kinds of warts, the doctor may say you don't need medicines to make them go away.
In time, these warts will disappear on their own. Some warts can be hard to get rid of because the thick layers of skin make it hard for medicine to reach the virus that causes them. There are many ways to treat warts, but treatments can sometimes be tricky. After a wart seems to be removed, it might come right back.
With any of the treatments above, the doctor will take steps to prevent you from feeling pain while the wart is being removed. And after it's all over, you can wave goodbye to your wart! Reviewed by: Larissa Hirsch, MD. Larger text size Large text size Regular text size. This may happen within weeks or months of warts becoming visible but can take several years in some cases.
Two-thirds of warts remedy within 2 years. Before deciding on treatment, a doctor will typically examine the wart, ask about family history, and may take some tissue for tests. A person may be able to treat their warts at home with salicylic acid. This is available over the counter OTC as creams, gels, paints, and medicated dressings.
A person will typically have to apply salicylic acid daily for several weeks or even months. In controlled medical settings, solutions with high concentrations of salicylic acid have been successful in clearing OTC treatments are usually of lower strength, but may still be beneficial.
It is important to protect the skin around the wart before applying this treatment, as salicylic acid may destroy healthy skin. In addition, a person should not apply salicylic acid to their face. There is a selection of salicylic acid treatments available for purchase online.
In cryotherapy , liquid nitrogen is sprayed or applied onto the wart, destroying the cells. A blister will then develop, scab over, and eventually fall off. A healthcare professional must carry out cryotherapy. It is common for a person to need repeat treatments. It is uncommon for a doctor to recommend surgery for warts. Typically, a person will only undergo surgery if all other treatment options have proven ineffective.
Surgical options for removing warts include :. Surgical options can leave visible marks, whereas warts that disappear naturally do not leave scars.
This is painless, but it creates a blister that may be uncomfortable. As this blister forms, it lifts the wart from the skin. The doctor will then remove the dead part of the wart.
Doctors can inject an extract of Candida albicans , an infectious yeast, into a wart. Candida antigen shots can result in the total removal of warts. But the efficacy of the treatment can vary. If warts do not respond to standard treatments, a dermatologist, or skin specialist, may offer other options. Common warts, especially around the fingernails and toenails, may be difficult to eliminate completely or permanently.
They can occur anywhere, but they are most common on the fingers, near the nails, and on any area with broken skin. Accessed March 7, Ferri FF. In: Ferri's Clinical Advisor Philadelphia, Pa. Kwok CS, et al. Topical treatments for cutaneous warts. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Kermott CA, et al. Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies. Rochester, Minn.
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