Warts Don’t Have to Be Permanent Fixtures on Your Feet

If you’ve ever had a wart on your foot, you know this one thing: they’re tough to beat.
Warts are annoying, unattractive, and sometimes painful skin growths. They pop up on your soles, heels, or toes when a virus invades through a break in the skin. Also known as plantar warts, they appear as flesh-colored, raised bumps. Sometimes they have visible black dots in the center. All viruses are contagious – and so, therefore, are warts. You can pass warts on to others, and they can spread throughout your feet, sometimes growing in clusters.
As annoying and persistent as they can be, warts aren’t dangerous or cancerous. They’re benign lesions. They’re stubborn and resistant to treatments because they have roots that grow deep beneath the skin. Many topical creams you can purchase over the counter can’t penetrate deep enough to do much good. Or, the wart goes away temporarily, only to resurface some weeks later.
How to win the fight against persistent warts
Home treatments abound, many of them passed down from older generations and having to do with banana peels, duct tape, or apple cider vinegar. You can buy freezing sprays, salicylic acid, and herbal remedies at your local drugstore. When these types of therapies fail to rid you of your warts, you have another option:
Make an appointment with our experienced podiatric surgeons, Dr. Craig B. Frey, Dr. Megan L. Oltmann, and Dr. Jim Swienconek. We have additional methods for treating warts that are safe and effective, including prescription medications, surgical removal, or laser cautery (removal using a focused laser). Call Foot & Ankle Associates of Cleveland in Solon, Ohio at (440) 903-1041 or contact us online to schedule a consultation. We offer a modern office with the latest technology for podiatric patients in Portage, Geauga, Cuyahoga, and Summit Counties, proudly serving our patients from Solon, Aurora, Bedford, Chagrin Falls, Hudson, Macedonia, and Twinsburg.