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
- 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