Medical Wart Removal

Warts are benign, non-cancerous skin growths caused by a localized viral infection in the top layer of the skin. Because they are caused by a virus, warts can spread to other areas of your body and to other people, and they are notoriously stubborn to remove with over-the-counter kits. At Preston Dermatology, our physicians utilize highly effective, medical-grade destruction techniques to eliminate warts quickly and thoroughly.

Infection by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) family, entering through tiny breaks or cuts in the skin skin barrier. Risk factors include a weakened immune system, biting or picking at cuticles, and using public showers or pool decks without footwear.

Cryotherapy (freezing with liquid nitrogen), prescription-strength topical salicylic acid applications, electrosurgery or curettage (scraping away the growth), and intralesional immunotherapies for highly resistant warts.

Rough, grainy, or fleshy bumps; small black dots within the growth (clotted capillaries); painful bumps on the soles of the feet that make walking uncomfortable (plantar warts); and spreading clusters of skin growths.

Hands and fingers (common warts), soles of the feet (plantar warts), face and legs (flat warts), and around the nail beds (periungual warts).