How to Treat Warts on Your Feet
Warts begin when the plantar wart virus enters the foot through microscopic cuts and scratches, gaining enough of a stronghold to form a wart. It can be very difficult to get rid of a foot wart.Things You'll Need
- Mild Detergents
- 40% Salicylic Acid Solutions Plaster
- Adhesive Bandages
- Antibiotic Creams
- Cotton Swabs
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Wart Streatments
- Scissors
Instructions
Wash all equipment in soap and water. Rinse with alcohol or antiseptic.
Put two tbsp. mild household detergent in half-gallon of warm water. Soak foot for ten minutes.
Cut out a square of 40% salicylic acid plaster, about the size of the wart, and remove backing to expose self-stick surface.
Apply sticky side directly on wart. Push down and cover with adhesive bandage.
Keep plaster on wart and keep dry for two days.
After two days, carefully remove adhesive bandage and plaster. The wart should be whitish.
Brush wart vigorously with old toothbrush, soap and water for one minute twice a day for two days.
Expose wart to air as much as possible.
Talk to a podiatrist about removing the wart with a carbon dioxide laser unit. After the doctor administers a local anesthetic, a focused laser light beam will vaporize your wart. Most insurance companies cover the cost of laser wart removal.
Ask your foot doctor about debriding your warts with a 30- to 70 percent trichloroacetic acid solution. Debriding often requires five or six treatments. If after the tenth debriding treatment, the wart still comes back, your doctor may consider surgically removing it.