Warts, which may commonly develop on our hands, fingers, and feet, are skin infections caused by a virus named human papillomavirus or HPV. Warts, for children, may disappear by itself after a few weeks or maybe, it would disappear too after years. Warts thrive in moisture places, so it is a rule of thumb to keep the infected part as dry as possible. It should not also be picked for the reason that warts are spreadable or contagious.



For these warts may sometime be cosmetically ugly, there are various wart removals that can be performed to get rid of it. Wart removal may take place just in one corner of your house, or it may also be in hospitals where you may have your doctor or dermatologist to do it. Before anything else, the dermatologist will inject a local anesthetic because in the actual taking off of the warts, patients may feel hurt or may feel serious pain. Meanwhile, for the children, their warts may not undertake wart removal for the reason that it may disappear by itself, as mentioned earlier. But when the time came that their warts are gradually enlarging or starting to grow, actions should be made.

There are many ways of wart removal ranging from home treatments to having your dermatologist take action with it. Here are some usual procedures that you may do to remove your warts:

• Shave the warts off by scissors or any clean sharp things that are mainly used for cutting.

• People may use duct tape in removing their warts. They have to put a small piece of it to the infected part and do it again and again until the warts are gone.

• Some over-the-counter (OTC) medicines contain salicylic acid. Salicylic acid is keratolytic, so it will dissolve the proteins of the warts making it smaller for the time being. This treatment is painful. It may cause allergies and irritations to our skin. It would also takes a lot of time before the warts would be perfectly removed. Meanwhile, over-the-counter medicines that do not contain salicylic acids may not be hurtful when applied to children. It may just take a couple of weeks before their warts would be gone.

• Cauterization and laser surgery may also be an option. Local anesthetic is usually injected, for the

patient not to be hurt. This operation is often expensive. Additional to that, it may leave scars after the performance.

• Freezing of warts and putting liquid nitrogen to the infected parts are the duties when cryotherapy is being performed. This operation brings a discomfort feeling and may still continue several days after the operation has been made.

Patients may do any of these methods, whichever they prefer. Wart removal is a must and there are many methods on how to do it, whether it is the traditional ways or the modern techniques.

Due to the fact that home treatments are safer and more effective, people tend not to try the modern treatments because those are not just expensive, but it may also leave scars on their skins. Remember, warts may reoccur anytime even if you had it before when you were still a child or whenever, so be clean and be organized on your things to avoid certain viruses sticking on your stuffs.