What are Warts?

Warts are appear like brownish skin colored, smooth, silky and plain epidermal growths on the skin.  Warts growths can be on face, or surfaces of hands in different sizes and shapes.   Viruses cause warts growths.

How to cure warts growth?

- Removing by use of chemical or physical means
- Using a peeling agents everyday using Retino cream or calamine lotion containing 4% sulphur
- Use of electro cautery that excises the wart with current
- Freezing with carbon dioxide snow or liquid nitrogen
- Applying salicylic acid

Type of Warts

There are three common types of like Plane warts, Common warts and Planter warts. Plane warts are the simplest of all warts. Plane wars are usually smooth, small and brownish lesions or skin colored that are bit elevated from skin surface.

Plane Warts

Plane warts are commonly affected in children and Teens.  These warts growth usually happens on face and surface of the hands.

Common Warts

Common warts are bigger with firm elevations having rough surface.

These common warts happen mostly in knees, arms, hands and upper area of feet.   Thickening of skin usually take place on the sole due the body weight.

Planter Warts

Planter warts are bit different and contain blood vessels can bleeds at times.  Planter warts are simple afflictions, not a dangerous to life, but can be unconfortable and trouble usual life style.

Genital Warts

Warts also can happen on the genitalia and called genital warts.  Genital warts spread due to sexual contact. Genital warts are common in men and women and mostly appears in the moist surface of the genitalia.  These warts begin with reddish swellings then get grouped in to pedunculated lesions.  These genital warts can be cured with ointment with 20% podophyllin in tincture benzoinco however treatment should be strictly according the consultation given by the doctor.  Need to be careful with genital warts as it may turn into cervical cancer.

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