Techniques To Stop Plantar Warts

By Jason Smooth

Plantar wart treatment techniques can definitely be time consuming and you have to look for advice from your podiatrist or physician to learn which treatment technique works the best for yourself.

Plantar warts is problem that produces benign growths that display on the sole, ball of your foot or heel. Excessive pressure from walking or standing for long periods of time causes them to grow deeper into the skin. These warts should not be ignored and you should work with your physician to determine the best plantar wart treatment for you.

Plantar warts are spongy and rough, and are normally brown or gray in color. The wart found under the skin is typically three times as big as the area of the wart that has showed up on the skin. The depth of the wart is the reason for the extensive pain associated with plantar warts. If the wart is large enough you can actually experience a lump on the bottom of your foot when you are standing.

Treatments for the plantar warts disorder includes over the counter medicines, laser treatments, cryotherapy and surgical removal.

Over the counter medications possess an acid chemical that can easily damage the skin cells and can ruin healthy tissue that is surrounding the wart. These must be used with extreme caution. Once confirmed that you indeed have a plantar wart seeking the advice of your podiatrist and what treatment options he or she recommends is the best start.

In the start your podiatrist could take care of the plantar wart utilizing a mild acid also recognized as salicylic acid, cantharidin acid or dichloracetic acid. These treatments normally take multiple applications over the course of weeks to a months and the acid treatment will allow the viral cells to disintegrate and allow healthy cells to replace them.

To take care of plantar warts you can also use laser treatment. Your podiatrist will use laser treatment in their office or at an outpatient surgery center using local anesthesia. If you decided to use the laser treatment you will want to discuss the scarring with your podiatrist. Lasert treatment methods have been extremely helpful.

Cryotherapy is when the podiatrist can freeze the plantar wart with sodium nitride which destroys the virus and causes the wart to turn black and fall off normally within a few days to a week.

Cryotherapy has not been extremely helpful as the solution doesn't get far enough inside the wart to eliminate the virus.

Surgical removal methods typically is not advised to take care of plantar warts due to the fact that it may produce painful scarring. Debridement is performed using anesthesia and can be used with acid to destroy the virus and prevent the warts from re-growing. This treatment would be as a last resort.

There are a lot of options for plantar wart treatment.

Seek the advice of your podiatrist and see which treatment is best for you!

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