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Wart Removal
Introduction
Warts are very common; many people have at least one during their life. Warts are not dangerous or painful, but they look ugly. Some warts will spread if they are not taken care of quick enough. Some warts will grow. Some warts are on parts of the body where they can be irritated easily. Wart removal is really a simple process if done properly. Many seek the advice of a physician, preferably a dermatologist, to remove the wart. While this is a good idea, it is not always necessary. There are safe methods to successful remove the wart right from home.
A dermatologist is a doctor that specializes with conditions of the skin. They are very use to seeing patients with warts and they will know how to deal with them. Even though warts are not harmful, they are ugly and can multiply. Many want them removed because of their unsightliness, and that is okay. A wart might go away without doing a thing, but it could take a long time. Some believe that UV light helps to make them disappear, though there are more people who have to do something physically to get rid of their warts.
What Causes Warts?
Viruses cause warts to erupt on skin, all over the body. They come from the human papilloma virus. You have probably heard of it as “HPV.” Warts typically blend into the skin, but they have the texture of cauliflower, a rough spot. Some may be mistaken for a callus depending on where they are located. Some warts may be dark in appearance and can be flat and smooth too. They can pop up anywhere on the body. Ironically, a wart on a child may go away without any intervention. Adults are a different story. Once a wart takes hold, it is almost impossible they go away on their own. Adults generally have to receive some type of treatment to get rid of their warts.
Types of Warts
- Small raised rough warts
- Flat smooth and dark warts
- Plantar warts
Warts mainly grow on the hands and feet. They can appear on the face, arms, legs, and genitals too. Warts are contagious and can spread by touching someone who has the virus that causes warts, or through the sharing of clothing or towels (anything that may have touched the wart). Generally, it is tougher to “catch” the wart virus through contact, but it is possible. Once you have a wart, you can spread them to other parts of your body. You may have them on the hands, on all fingers. On the other hand, you can have several on the foot.
Methods of Wart Removal
Warts, for the most part, are not painful or harmful; they occasionally can be painful, depending on where they are. Because they come from a virus, they can spread, and they can be contagious. It is because of this factor that you would remove your wart. Wart removal can come about by either going to a physician such as a dermatologist. Sometimes the over-the-counter medications will work, sometimes they will not. Now you can even purchase nitrogen to freeze the warts from home. Salicylic acid works well as wart removal, but it can be caustic to healthy skin surrounding the wart. Often during treatment, the skin may blister and bleed.
Salicylic acid removes the wart within 4 to 12 weeks. It takes a constant vigilance of applying the medication, at least twice a day. One way to protect the healthy skin is to apply petroleum jelly (Vaseline) to the skin surrounding the wart prior to the application of the medicine. One issue is the salicylic acid tends to dry too fast and the medication will “peel” off the wart. One way to remedy this is to put a band-aid over the wart after the medication has dried, careful not to spread petroleum jelly to where the bandage will not stick. Sometimes wart removal may result in a scar.
The different warts respond differently to the many methods of wart removal. What may work well for one, will not work for another. It is hard to say which one will work and not work. In addition, what may work well to remove a wart from the hand, will not work to remove a plantar wart from the foot. Because of the risk of scarring, if there is a wart on the face, a dermatologist is the best person to remove it safely. Physicians know of several good prescription creams and ointments that help to remove warts. The physician will know which medication is useful based on the location of the wart. Sometimes a medical procedure is better than a chemical medication for removing warts.
Freezing and Surgical Wart Removal
Freezing warts, or cryotherapy, is a method that uses liquid nitrogen to remove the wart. The liquid nitrogen works to freeze the wart, literally. Freezing the tissues kills the human papilloma virus. After a few days the tissue will slough off and the wart is gone, if it works. Sometimes, if liquid nitrogen does not work, a physician may opt to cut the wart off the skin. Laser treatments work well for warts that grow deep, like plantar warts. Laser will scar though, and they are better to use on places like the bottom of the foot and never the face.
Over the Counter Wart Removal
Chemical Medication
You do not have to have a medical prescription to purchase over the counter medications. You do not even have to have a doctor’s approval. You can purchase these chemical wart removers right from the shelf at your favorite store. Salicylic acid is the main ingredient in most of these over the counter wart removal medications. It comes in liquid, ointment, paste and even on a type of bandage. This method has been around for years, and as discussed above, it works most of the time, but is caustic to the surrounding healthy skin.
Generally, with the counter medication the warts will dry out. First, it forms a sort of blister, but it is not a fluid filled blister. The blister dries and the top layers peel off. Normally you have to peel off a few layers every several days and continue the treatment for at least a month to remove the wart completely.
Freezing Method (Over the Counter)
In recent years, a new medication for wart removal showed up on the shelves alongside the salicylic acids, over the counter freezing. These are normally a onetime shot at applying the freezing solution. By doing this yourself, you could miss the wart, and freeze a part of your healthy skin. You may not apply enough and the wart will continue to grow. Sometimes this method does not work well, even when applied at a physician’s office. It will “kill” the surface layers, but will not reach the root of the wart. There may be some temporary relief, as the outer layers slough off and it may appear the wart is gone, but after a week or so, the wart will reappear. Sometimes a second application will completely get rid of it.
Other Home Remedies for Wart Removal
- Castor oil, used with fig juice and onions (sounds rather yuck!) is a home remedy that removes warts over time. This particular concoction takes longer than over the counter medications, but it is safe and does not scar.
- Duct tape, used as a bandage and stick directly on the wart. Leave in place for almost a week, then after a good soak take a nail file or emery board and scrape the tape (and wart) off.
Other Wart Removal – Plantar Warts
Plantar warts are a bit more difficult to remove because they grow deep roots, normally on the foot. The human papilloma virus that causes plantar warts occurs when the virus enters in through a small cut. Sometimes plantar warts, if left alone, will go away. Many times, they do not. They grow and if they are on the bottom of the foot, can cause a lot of pain. If you discover you have a plantar wart, it is a good idea to take measures to remove it sooner than later. This helps to prevent the spread of the virus, and prevents them from growing so large they become painful.
If you go to your physician for plantar wart removal, they will begin with the easiest and most gentle method first. Plantar warts are tough to get rid of, so be prepared for more visits. Normally they may start by freezing the wart. This will work to kill off the first layers of the wart, however because plantar warts are so deep, this may not be the best solution. Sometimes they may continue by reapplying the freezing method to continue to kill down through the layers.
Another method for removal of plantar warts is a solution of salicylic acid with extract from a blister beetle. This solution goes on the wart and must stay covered by a bandage. The solution is not painful, but the blister that forms may be painful. Once this solution kills the wart, the doctor will have to cut out the dead tissue within a week. An electric needle successfully removes plantar warts, however this method can scar.
Lasers are useful in plantar wart removal, especially for ones that are difficult to remove. Laser use is normally the last resort, because of the pain and expense caused by laser use.
Wart removal requires some testing to see which method will work. Many will try the least invasive and least expensive methods first, and then if they do not work, will move on to more advanced methods. Some will find simple home treatments work just fine. Others will require help from their physician.
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