Some plantar warts will go away naturally. Others may require at-home or medical treatments, such as applying salicylic acid to “burn” off the wart, or liquid nitrogen to “freeze” off the wart.

Warts are skin growths that aren’t necessarily harmful but can be itchy and bothersome. One over-the-counter treatment that can remove warts is salicylic acid. It needs to be applied over time to work ...

Danielle McNeil, D.P.M., is a board-certified podiatrist who has practiced in both private and hospital clinics. You can use salicylic acid to treat and remove plantar warts at home. Cryotherapy uses ...

Dear Dr. Gott: How do you remove a family of plantar warts off the bottom of a big toe? My 10-year-old daughter has had them for a couple of years (shortly after starting gymnastics). Please help!

When a wart is treated, the skin goes through several stages of the wart falling off. First-line wart treatments help the wart fall off by slowly killing the skin damaged by the virus. They may also ...

What Are Plantar Warts and Palmar Warts? Plantar warts and palmar warts are noncancerous skin growths caused by a viral infection in the top layer of the skin. The culprit is a strain of virus called ...

Your doctor may try applying topical solutions such as salicylic acid to eliminate the plantar warts. Such treatment may take several weeks to be effective. Burning, freezing with liquid nitrogen, ...

Warts are basically skin lumps and lesions that develop due to HPV. They are caused by Human Papillomavirus infections (HPV). They are quite contagious and sometimes it can take months, weeks and ...

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Plantar warts are hard, roundish growths that are tender to the touch and usually occur on the bottom of the feet. With your foot under a bright light, look for brownish black specs, which are ...