Most warts are painless, except in areas where pressure is frequently put on them, such as the soles of the feet.

Although people of any age can be infected, most of the times children and young adults are affected. They are spread by contact; you can infect yourself by touching a wart and then touching another part of your body, and the virus is easily transfered from one person to another by the sharing of razors, towels, or other personal items.

50% of all people who get in contact with the HPV virus develop warts, the other 50% never develop warts. The most common types of warts are as follows:

1. Common warts appear as brownish or grayish bumps on the skin.
2. Plantar warts grow on your feet soles. They appear as thickened skin with small, dark spots.
3. Flat warts in most cases grow on the arms, legs, and face. These warts may be yellowish or pink in color and are small and flat.

How to get rid of warts

In most cases, warts will clear up on their own over several months or longer. However, if you are unhappy with the way they look, or if you have warts that are spreading or painful, there are several options for wart removal.

Most popular over the counter remedies

The most popular remedy for wart removal is salicylic acid, which is applied directly onto the wart making it easy to scrub away the wart. You can find it in drugstores or pharmacies under the brand name Compound W, Salacid, and Occlusal.

Most common prescription medications

Retinoid cream, sold as Retin-A and Avita, disrupts the growth of wart skin cells.Cantharidin (Cantharone) is injected under the affected area of skin, causing the skin underneath the wart toblister and lifting the wart away.

Surgery

One treatment options that is very often used in tandem is electrosurgery and curettage. The wart is first burned byan electrical current (electrosurgery), then cut away with a knife or other instrument (curettage).When undergoing laser surgery, the wart is bunred off with a laser beam.Cryotherapy involves freezing the wart with a very cold liquid.

Tape occlusion

This fairly effective home remedy for wart removal involves placing duct tape over the wart for one week, then soaking the area in water and scrubbing with a pumice stone until the wart falls away.

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Why Does My Wart Keep Coming Back? is from Good Health Weekly