The Easiest and Most Effective Wart Removal Options   by Jane Hardwick

in Health / Skin Care    (submitted 2011-10-08)

Many skin conditions can be treated at home, e.g. acne, skin tags, and of course, skin warts. Specifically, if you have warts, you can medicate them yourself using a variety of simple procedures. There are numerous OTC (over the counter) products that you can buy, most of which contain salicylic acid. The reason why salicylic acid is found in so many products is because it works.

The instructions for the aforementioned products are as follows: Place a small amount on your wart. Then, you should cover the area with something. They even sell pads that contain salicylic acid, which are a lot simpler to apply.

Regardless, you should use the solution daily until the wart disappears. Treatment time varies with this approach, so it's important to be patient in addition to persistent.

A second kind of over the counter product is the "freeze away" kits, most of which contain liquid nitrogen. Warts that have been frozen eventually slough off because the freezing process kills the skin.

It's worth mentioning, not all warts are great candidates for this method of treatment. The commercial freezing kits can't freeze larger sized warts as well as smaller sized ones. But most of the time, warts fall off within a week of trying these products.

Again, commercial products are very effective, but they're other equally effective methods for eliminating warts at home. I know it may seem odd, but items like duct tape and Elmer's glue are actually very effective home remedies for wart removal.

With all this talk of wart removal products and home treatments, you may be wondering if you need to involve your doctor at some point. Professional attention only becomes necessary when you haven't been able to eliminate a wart on your own. To make it easier on the patient, some physicians choose to start off with prescription medication.

Prescription wart medication works on the same principles as the OTC drugs, and some of them are even made with the same elements. However, prescription strength contains much higher dosages, which dramatically improves the effectiveness of the medication.

The next procedure doctors frequently use for warts is cryotherapy. This is basically the medical equivalent of the over the counter freezing kits, but the freezing agent gets much cooler.

Finally, surgery is also used to remove warts if other procedures aren't working. When I say surgery, however, I'm not referring to physically cutting the wart from the skin. Alternatively, these procedures employ laser beams or electric currents to burn the wart.

Again, you're dermatologist is not likely to suggest eliminating a wart in this way unless every other option has failed. The reason is because doing so is usually more intrusive and they tend to leave a permanent scar.

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