These warts may feel tender under pressure, and a person may feel as though they have pebbles in their shoes when walking. Plane warts are flat, skin-colored warts that commonly grow on the face, hands, and shins. People usually have multiple plane warts. Shaving may be responsible for spreading the virus on the face or legs.
Filiform warts look like threads or fronds coming from the skin. They appear on the face, particularly around the eyes, nose, or mouth, and usually grow quickly. However, they occur due to a specific strain of HPV and affect people who live or work in cold, moist environments. Wart treatments work by removing the wart rather than curing HPV. Due to this, warts may reoccur after treatment because the virus remains. However, if this is not the case, or a person wishes to remove warts quickly, various treatment options are available.
People can choose from many over-the-counter products containing salicylic acid that they can apply topically to a common wart. There is no clear evidence that duct tape wart removal is effective and no guidance on how long it might take. The idea behind this approach is that applying new duct tape to a wart every few days may gradually remove layers of the wart. A person can try this method easily at home, but it is important to note that it may not work and that some people may experience side effects, such as skin reactions and bleeding.
Cryotherapy uses liquid nitrogen to freeze the wart, which causes the surface layers to peel off. However, cryotherapy can cause blistering, which can last up to several days or weeks.
It can also cause permanent white marks on the skin and may lead to temporary numbness in the treatment area. Electrosurgery and curettage use heat to burn away the base of the wart. This type of treatment can treat large warts that have not responded to other treatments, but there are some downsides :.
Wart medications, such as salicylic acid, gradually peel away layers of a wart until it reaches the same level as the skin. People may notice the wart becoming flatter over time.
When a doctor performs a procedure to treat a wart, its removal may be much quicker. In addition, the area may look a little lighter after it has healed. Assess if you still have pain when you walk or touch where the wart was. You should have no pain if the wart is gone.
Feel the area. You should have no bumps on your foot. The area should feel smooth. Laura Agadoni has been writing professionally since Her feature stories on area businesses, human interest and health and fitness appear in her local newspaper. She has also written and edited for a grassroots outreach effort and has been published in "Clean Eating" magazine and in "Dimensions" magazine, a CUNA Mutual publication.
Monitor the health of your community here. More Articles. Written by Laura Agadoni. References InformedHealth. Warts: Overview. Updated November 7, What are the treatment options for warts? Wart Plantar, Verruca Vulgaris, Verrucae. Updated September 27, Sci Rep. Duct tape for warts in children: Should nature take its course?. Can Fam Physician. Cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of plantar warts verrucae : a randomised controlled trial.
Skip to navigation menu Skip to content. High Priority Alert. Close alert. Informational Alert. Is this your child's symptom? Small raised growths that have a rough surface Viral infection of the skin Symptoms of Warts Raised, round, rough-surfaced growths on the skin Skin-colored or pink Most commonly occur on the hands, especially the fingers Not painful unless located on the sole of the foot plantar wart.
Also can be painful if on part of a finger used for writing.
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