If you’ve recently spent time at a public pool (indoor or out) or taken showers at the gym, you may be at risk of developing a plantar wart. Plantar warts are caused by an infection that enters the ...

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.

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 ...

Dealing with a wart? Those unsightly tiny flesh-colored or pink bumps are generally harmless, says Dr. Nava Greenfield, a board-certified dermatologist at Schweiger Dermatology Group in New York City.

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 ...

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 ...

Plantar warts are small, noncancerous growths on the soles that occur due to a human papillomavirus (HPV) strain. While anyone can get plantar warts, they are most common in children and teenagers.

Medicare does not pay for benign wart removal for cosmetic reasons. However, it may fund the removal of malignant warts, warts that have spread to other body parts, or warts that are symptoms of ...

They are caused by certain strains of the Human Papilloma Virus which thrives in moist, damp environments. Plantar warts often resolve without interference but treatments include chemical preparations ...