How do you know if you have a wart

How do you know it’s a wart?

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Often mistaken for benign lesions such as corns or calluses, plantar warts are often discovered while visiting a Boston podiatry office for foot care. Plantar warts are gray or brown in color, while common warts are white, tan, flesh colore…

What causes warts?

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Contrary to popular belief, the following is true: All warts are caused by a virus . Common warts, flat warts, plantar warts, filiform warts, periungual warts, and lastly, genital warts are all caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) and, …

Are warts contagious?

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Yes, your mom is right. They are contagious! Take care of them as soon as possible. Take care,

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Q: I got the freeze off and I used it 15 TIMES. I also went to the doctor and it didn’t go away AT ALL. THe wart is multiplying. I now have 4 or five warts . one is big, one is medeum, and the rest are small. they are all on the ball of my foot. I have had this wart for YEARS. what do I do?ALSO do you have to be a certain age to go to a profesional wart doctor??

A: You will need to go to a skin doctor, I had the same thing. There called planters warts, and they are hard to get rid of. Your doctor can do several diffrent things to get rid of them, I had acid place on it and within a month it was gone, and didn’t hurt like freezing did. They can cut it out as well. Depends on the doctor.

How can you tell between a wart and a skin tag?

Q: I have a little bump on my leg, i’m guessing it’s a wart. And it’s not really that big, I’ve had it for a couple years and I just want to get rid of it. My doctor told me to see a skin doctor to get it removed but I really don’t have the time to wait, or the money. Also, I’m skeptical about using over-the-counter wart removers because I don’t want to damage my skin or spread more warts. What do you suppose I should do?

A: A skin tag usually doesn’t hurt…warts can sometimes cause discomfort. Warts are usually harder than the surrounding skin and flat, whereas skin tags are soft and usually protrude from or hang off of the skin a little (like a tag). This is probably not a smart idea, but I had a skin tag on my arm when I was a lot younger…about 10 (now 20)… and I took some really sharp scissors that were cleaned with rubbing alcohol and numbed the area with ice befrore snipping it off. There was no blood or anything. If you don’t have the time to go to the doctor for treatment, maybe seeing him/ her just to find out what it is would be a good idea. This sounds like a skin tag to me, though. My treatment worked…it never came back, but skin tags can grow back…warts can also take more than one treatment of acid to get rid of completely. My doctor has told me (for plantars warts) that the over the counter treatments don’t work.

What is the best way to remove a common wart without going to the Doctor?

Q: I am trying Doctor Scholl’s Wart Remover “Band-aids” and it is making my wart turn white. I have had the wart on my finger forever! I have been to the Doctor and he has attempted to freeze the wart off numerous times. Any suggestions? It is embarassing to have such a thing on my finger.

A: We used Sr. Scholl’s Clear Away on our daughter. The wart turned white and it took about 2 weeks to come off.