Warts irritate everyone. Interestingly, in humans typically half warts disappear spontaneously within about one and a half years. But if it does not happen, it's worth thinking about removing warts to forget about this trouble once and for all.

What are warts

Warts - are local growths on the skin that are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). There are more than a hundred kinds of HPV, some of which affect the genitals, causing the appearance of genital warts and cancer. Other types of HPV are responsible for the appearance of the common skin warts and are not associated with cancer.

Types of warts

• Well-known prominent warts on fingers and toes and on my knees.
• Plantar warts are found on the sole of the foot.
• Flat warts can appear on the face, legs and other parts of the body, often in large quantities.
• Periungual warts appear around the nails or below.
• Filamentous warts usually appear as a single formation of elongated, often on the face.

How to remove warts

Common warts (not genital or venereal) has long been treated by means of pharmacy-counter containing salicylic acid, which destroys the wart. Newer agents are available in the form of aerosols, which are frozen warts.

• Means with salicylic acid. These means are in the form of drops, gels, cosmetic pads and patches. They are intended for the treatment of various warts, from tiny to large gnarly. Salicylic acid - a keratolytic agent, which means that it dissolves keratin, which forms most of the warts, and a thick layer of dead skin, which often covers it.
• Method using freeze. Aerosol for the treatment of warts are frozen to a temperature of fifty-seven degrees below zero. However, OTC drugs are not nearly as effective as drugs used by doctors.

Is it safe to use OTC drugs

OTC drugs will not do you any harm. If you apply salicylic acid to normal skin, it can cause a burning sensation and redness, but rarely an infection or scar. All you need to do - is to cease to apply it to the irritated areas, and the skin will return to normal. However, it is better not apply salicylic acid to such sensitive areas as the face or the groin, where it is likely to cause discomfort on the skin near the warts. Usually, it is not recommended to diabetics salicylic acid applied on areas where broken blood circulation.

OTC drugs also freeze quite safe, but they should be used with caution and only by following the instructions, because they are destroying the living tissue.

Effectively treatment for warts

First of all, the treatment of warts requires patience. Since there are different types of treatment, their effectiveness - is another matter. Warts can appear and disappear without any specific reason and often disappear on their own without treatment. Some warts are caused by the appearance of warts on the main subsidiaries warts, while others - not. Warts are usually painless, if not in the places where they are subjected to pressure or friction, such as the palms and soles. Certain warts respond to treatment, while the other (even in the same person at the same time) - no. All treatments often require multiple sessions over weeks, months or longer.

A practical approach to the treatment of warts:

• If you can not pay attention to their warts and do. Once they disappear (although this could happen soon, after months and even years).
• If you have a simple situation (a wart on the face or one or more warts on the palms), go to the doctor, so that he made a quick freezing or electrical degradation. These techniques are simple, although a bit painful, and usually do not leave scars.

If you have a complicated situation, you can start to self-treat the wart for a few weeks. Here are some examples:

• Plantar warts. Warts on the sole of the foot is deeply felt, but still are in the surface layer of the skin. Sensitive plantar warts Plantar warts - the pain with every step   You can try to make a painless, without causing bleeding. Drops and patches with salicylic acid to help remove the thick skin growths, and the wart will not be hurt as if you hit a stone in the shoe. You can also use OTC frozen in the form of an aerosol.
• Ordinary warts on the hands. These warts are usually ugly, but do not cause pain. Salicylic acid can reduce them, but occasionally removed. The same can be done over the counter freezing.

If you have tried all means to remove the warts, but they did not help you, do not try too hard. Treatment should not be worse than the disease. Here are some examples:

• Warts under and around your nails. These warts are extremely difficult to treat. You can try to go through one or two procedures a doctor, but if they do not help, and you will cause acid on them, they will just look coarse and ugly.
• Mosaic warts. The tiny warts can spread across the sole of the foot in the form of clusters of dozens or hundreds of warts. They usually do not hurt and rarely respond to any treatment, although you can try to hold one or two treatments.
• Flat warts. These small flat flesh color formation may occur in large numbers on the same part of the body (such as the face, arms or in the groin). To get rid of them, just use treatment luminous flux, the use of salicylic acid, or other relatively simple methods of treatment, but they tend to come back.

  

What should I do if I can not remove warts

If these treatments do not help, see your doctor, so he froze the warts with liquid nitrogen, or cauterized their electric needle. Other ways in which doctors can treat warts include:

• Imiquimod (Aldara), immunostimulant, which is approved for the treatment of genital warts, but has also shown to be effective in the treatment of some common warts. It's quite an expensive tool.
• Injections kandidina (extract analyzed for sensitivity to fungus candida).
• Injection of bleomycin, a chemotherapeutic drug used in treating cancer.
• Operation.

If the warts are not very big and not cause discomfort or aggressive surgical removal laser surgery is usually avoided. Since warts caused by a virus, they may return after surgical removal or any other treatment.