A number of people come into the clinic with plantar warts, or fisheyes, as Trinis call them. I have seen from the six-year-old to the mature. Many are shocked to hear it is a viral infection, the ...

Some plantar warts will go away naturally. Others may require at-home or medical treatments, such as applying salicylic acid to “burn” off the wart, or liquid nitrogen to “freeze” off the wart.

Plantar warts are warts that grow on the feet. They are noncancerous skin growths that result from infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV). They feature hard, thickened skin, often with black or ...

When a wart is treated, the skin goes through several stages of the wart falling off. First-line wart treatments help the wart fall off by slowly killing the skin damaged by the virus. They may also ...

When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son to a pediatrician last summer for a checkup, the doctor noticed a little splinter in the child’s palm. “He must have gotten it between the ...

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Warts are raised bumps on your skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). They’re contagious and can be painful, depending on the type. Different treatment options are available. Warts have ...

Stamford Podiatry Group, a podiatry clinic in Stamford, CT, is pleased to announce that they are using a Saorsa Swift microwave therapy machine for plantar warts treatment. This innovative therapy ...