How to Treat Warts And Verrucas?

Medical Treatment:

• Use creams, plasters, and sprays to get rid of warts and verrucas
• These take up to 3 months to complete. Irritate your skin. Do not always work. Should not use on your face
• You should see your GP if you have a very large or painful wart or verruca, or you have a wart on your face or genitals, or a wart bleeds or changes in how it looks
• GP may freeze a wart or verruca so it falls off a few weeks later (or sometimes few sessions)
• Treatment does not work, you may be recommended to a skin specialist
• Some other treatments such as treatment with laser or light and minor surgery

Do the following things to stop warts and verrucas spreading:

• If you have a verruca, change your socks daily
• Do not share towels, flannels, shoes or socks
• Cover warts and verrucas with a plaster when swimming
• Wash your hands after touching a wart or verruca
• Do not bite your nails or suck fingers with warts on
• Do not scratch or pick a wart
• If you have a verruca, avoid walking barefoot in outdoors