| Before we begin, you should know that wart is a | | | | applied onto the wart. After the fluid is applied, |
| small, hard and rough lump on your skin. Though | | | | you will feel a mild sting and the area around the |
| you may get a wart in any part of your body, | | | | it usually turns white. |
| warts are most commonly found on fingers and | | | | Once the tissue has been killed, your doctor will |
| in the hands. Warts may be serious or not, so | | | | start removing the dead skin and send the skin |
| typically you may or may not need medical | | | | samples to the lab for several tests. Most of the |
| treatment. However, you should know that warts | | | | time, the doctor will cover the area with a |
| can become a long term problem. Warts are | | | | bandage and will instruct you on how to take care |
| caused by a virus known as Human Papillomavirus | | | | of the once-with-wart area. If in any case, the |
| or HPV. Warts sometimes go away without any | | | | wart reappears, you may need to get another |
| serious treatment; you'll just have to get some | | | | treatment. The treatment usually lasts for 15 to |
| over-the-counter medicine. But there are also | | | | 30 minutes. |
| some types of wart that need to be removed | | | | After you have left your doctor's clinic and there |
| by your doctor. | | | | is bleeding, you should know that this usually |
| There are two common procedures to remove | | | | occurs during the first 24 hours, there is |
| them: electrocautery, which is done by burning it | | | | absolutely no need to fret. All you have to do is |
| away, and cryotherapy, which is done by killing | | | | get a clean tissue or cloth and gently rub it in the |
| the wart with frost. Surgical removal has less | | | | area for about 10 minutes. |
| chances of infection. How is a removal done | | | | Always makes sure to keep the treated area |
| through surgery? | | | | clean using soap and water. It is best to cover it |
| During the actual removal phase, the wart and | | | | with a small adhesive bandage to ensure that it is |
| the area around it will be cleaned, as how most | | | | protected for several days. Whenever the |
| skin problems and wounds are treated. Usually, | | | | bandage gets wet, change it immediately. |
| the doctor provides numbing medicine so that you | | | | In elestrocautery, a scab will form in the treated |
| won't feel any pain throughout the removal | | | | area but it will drop off by itself and will just leave |
| process. | | | | a small and light scar. The treated area will usually |
| If you are undergoing electrocautery, the doctor | | | | heal in 2 to 3 weeks time. |
| will be using a tool with a thin and needle-like hot | | | | In cryotherapy, a blister will form where the wart |
| tip. This tool will be used to touch the wart and as | | | | was removed. Do not attempt to pick at the |
| a result the area around it will start bubbling. | | | | blister or try to break it open; it will naturally |
| In cyrotherapy, on the other hand, will use an | | | | break in 10 to 14 days and will leave a scab |
| extremely cold fluid (like liquid nitrogen) to be | | | | afterwards. |