Tips to Cope with Warts on Top of Feet

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Another choice of treatment is with the use duct tape. Apply it to the wart (with a small strip, depending on how large the affected skin needs to be treated) and leave it about 6 days.

Then remove away the tape, and soak the affected skin in the water. Gently file the wart with nail file /emery board. Typically, you need multiple times of the same procedure and this can take a couple of months until your wart is gone

These self-care treatments have advantages & disadvantages. The drawbacks include:

1. Mild skin irritation may occur.
2. To see the improvement, it can take a long time within several weeks or longer.

The benefits include:

1. Not-pricey & affordable.
2. You can do the treatment at home.
3. The treatment is not painful – minimal to discomfort.

Though the problem is usually harmless, it’s much better to see a doctor for a correct diagnosis. Sometime malignant lesions are misidentified as a wart.

Other treatments

Except warts on the soles of feet, warts on top of feet are often treated with self-care treatments mentioned before. Since they are not as visible as warts on the face or hands – and also less likely to cause trouble in walking, people tend to not seek treatment and let the problem resolve spontaneously.

But if the problem gets worse or if you want to see the improvement quickly, you may want to consider some of the following treatment options:

1. Cryotherapy, a technique that can freeze the wart and make it go away with liquid nitrogen. See this section for in-depth information about this option!
2. The injection with bleomycin, injected to the affected skin to kill the virus.
3. Aldara cream. Actually, it is used for genital warts – but it is also modestly potent for other warts that affect other parts of the body. To keep safe, use it with prescription!
4. The use of substance called cantharidin. It can be applied on the affected skin to form a blister and lift wart off the skin.
5. Minor surgery and laser surgery – these options can provide a quick improvement! But they are usually recommended for the last option when the problem doesn’t respond to other treatments.