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Treating warts properly: How to get rid of unsightly skin growths

2020-12-05T20:24:34.095Z


Warts usually develop on the hands or feet, but the face can also be affected. Find out what helps against benign skin growths here.


Warts usually develop on the hands or feet, but the face can also be affected.

Find out what helps against benign skin growths here.

  • There are different types of warts, such as plantar or genital warts.

    Most warts are spread through contact with human papillomavirus (HPV) and are usually harmless.

  • The most common are common warts, also known as vulgar warts.

    They are often the size of a pea, raised, rough, and scaly.

  • Many warts go away on their own over time. However, all types of warts, with the exception of old age and pedunculate warts, are contagious and, depending on their location, bothersome.

    The following therapy options are available to get rid of the skin growths quickly.

Depending on where a wart starts, it can be quite painful.

On the sole of the foot, for example.

It usually begins with a small hardening of the skin, which over time becomes larger and lumpier

and in the final stage is reminiscent of a mini cauliflower.

Then it is a common wart that is caused by skin contact with human papillomavirus (HPV) *.

“There are over 150 subspecies of them.

About 10 of these cause warts, ”Welt.de quoted Professor Ulrike Wieland from the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology.

The problem: there is no specific therapy for these wart viruses.

Although warts are not dangerous, most people are bothered by the sight and depending on the location, a wart can also be painful.

Therefore, most of those affected only want one thing: namely that the wart disappears as quickly as possible.

Most warts do this on their own, but this can take up to months.

If you still want to do something against the unsightly skin growths, you can choose between the following treatment options

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Treat common warts - with salicylic acid or laser

Plaster, solution, laser or freezing: There are different methods that can be used against common warts.

An overview:

  • Salicylic acid or lactic acid against warts

    : As the Apotheken Umschau reports, the application of solutions and plasters with salicylic acid and / or lactic acid is suitable for the treatment of common warts (also called prickly warts).

    These active ingredients soften the keratinized skin, which is then removed by a warm foot or hand bath.

    This procedure is repeated until the parts of the wart that are deeper into the skin have softened and the wart has completely disappeared.

  • Icing of the wart

    : The so-called cryotherapy can only be carried out by a doctor or medical staff.

    The wart is dabbed with liquid nitrogen.

    The wart tissue dies as a result.

    Often, however, a single icing is not enough for vulgar warts, usually several sessions are necessary, which are accompanied by self-treatment with plasters and solutions.

  • Remove warts with the laser or surgically

    : Above all in the case of strongly overgrown warts that are already forming "beds", laser removal or so-called scraping by a doctor is suitable.

  • Home remedies for warts

    : Tea tree oil to "beg" warts - There are a number of home remedies and measures that many sufferers swear by.

    However, it has not been scientifically conclusively clarified whether these actually accelerate the healing process or develop the same effect as the therapies mentioned above.

Normal wart?

These different types of warts exist

In addition to vulgar warts, there are a number of other types of warts, the treatment of which should be coordinated with a doctor.

These include:

  • Flat

    warts

    : Flat and very small flat warts often develop on the face or hands.

    Children and young people are particularly affected.

    It is triggered by human papillomaviruses.

  • Dell wart

    : The dent in the middle of a pinhead-sized skin growth gives the wart its name.

    The neck, arms, legs and also the face are the most frequently affected areas of the skin.

    According to the pharmacy survey, infection with a smallpox virus is the cause of warts.

  • Genital warts

    : Human papillomaviruses can lead to the development of genital warts, which mainly occur in the genital and anal area.

    Unprotected sexual intercourse is a possible transmission route.

  • Age warts:

    Solar radiation favors the development of age warts, which occur more frequently from middle age.

    They can grow to the size of a bean and take on a brown to black color.

    They are not contagious and cannot be traced back to viruses.

  • Mosaic and plantar warts on the soles of the feet

    : These are triggered by human papillomaviruses and occur on the soles of the feet.

    Mosaic warts are flat and usually do not cause discomfort, plantar warts, on the other hand, protrude deep into the skin and therefore cause pain when walking.

Sources: https://www.welt.de/gesundheit/article13755154/Wie-Warzen-enthaben-und-was-degen-hilft.html;

https://www.gesundheitsinformation.de/wie-koennen-warzen-behandt-haben.2697.de.html?part=verarbeitung-xv

(jg)

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Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network

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