Have warts? No problem

You do not need to bear the embarrassment of warts any more. We present easy fixes to remove your warts.

You love everything about your appearance – after all, you take great pains to make sure that your hair is styled right, your skin is glowing and your clothes sport the latest trends. You receive compliments galore for the way you dress and present yourself. 

And then something happens and you get really depressed over it – you develop a wart on your cheek, and it’s the first thing anybody now sees!

While they are terrible to look at and seriously embarrassing, warts are actually harmless most of the time. They are generally painless and may appear in ones or twos. Most people who develop warts might have just one of them anywhere on the body. However, watch out for entire clusters of warts developing on the skin, because this means that you need to see a doctor pronto!

Though they may be painless to the touch, warts should ideally not appear on the skin at all. Their presence indicates that the skin has developed – and is currently harbouring – the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) that causes warts to appear on the skin. If the HPV spreads on the skin unabated, it may cause clusters of warts to appear. You need to worry when this happens, or when the wart is sore and painful. Some warts also ooze out a clear fluid – this is indicative of a deeper disorder within.

But while all of this is absorbing information, you just want to know how to remove warts. This query is easily answered if you take one basic principle into account: since warts are caused by the HPV, it is important to kill off the HPV so that warts may also disappear. Any wart removal technique must be focussed on this fact. However, the HPV is a resilient virus and it often reappears within a few days in some cases. Also, warts removed might reappear at the same site in a few days. Hence, the wart removal process must ensure that the HPV at the site is eliminated completely.

* It is possible to eliminate the HPV – and hence the warts – by drying it out. Try fermenting the wart with a hot compress at least twice a day. The HPV will fizzle out and the wart will flatten and shed.

* You can kill the HPV and the wart(s) by applying acidic substances to the site. Try the juice of lemons, tomatoes or simply vinegar on the wart and on the surrounding skin. You will notice that the wart begins to reduce in size and darkens. Continuing this remedy will ensure that the wart dries out completely and falls off.

* It is easy to remove a wart with a narrow base – simply twine a fine thread or a hair around the base. You will notice that the thread or hair becomes slack in a couple of days – this means that the wart has reduced in size. Tighten it further and repeat till the wart sheds on its own. This technique starves the wart of blood circulation, killing it gradually.

* If you are too squeamish to deal with your wart yourself, ask your doctor for wart removal medication, or to surgically remove the wart. Post the removal, the site must be kept clean and infection-free. Once the site dries, apply lemon juice to it every day to prevent a recurrence of HPV.

Banish Your Warts With Simple Methods

The warts on your skin may be harmless, but some of them can create problems. We suggest a few ways to get rid of them.

Of all the growths on human skin, warts are probably the most embarrassing ones. They completely break your appearance, and they are the first thing anybody will notice about you. The warts that appear on the skin are the worst, because they are an instant attention-getter. 

More often than not, the wart on your skin may be harmless. Most warts appear on the skin and are completely painless. However, some warts are red, tender and painful to the touch – these are the ones that need immediate medical investigation. Some warts appear like pus-filled boils and may even bleed on breaking. These are symptomatic of a serious illness and must be shown to the doctor at once.

However, if you suffer from painless warts, there are a few ways to get rid of them permanently. You just need to know what these are how to remove warts using them. Try these remedies:

Aspirin tablet: Crush an Aspirin tablet and mix it with a teaspoon of water. Apply this paste to the wart every day. Within a few days, the wart will begin to dry up. Soon, it will dry out completely and fall off the skin. Use an anti-bacterial cream at the site for a couple of days after the wart has withered away.

Hydrogen peroxide and soda bicarbonate: A slightly stronger remedy than the one listed above goes thus: mix half teaspoon of soda bicarbonate with two or three drops of hydrogen peroxide. Add a pinch of salt to the mixture and apply to the wart twice a day. The wart begins to wither away in a couple of days and will soon disappear.

Duct tape: Tape the wart using a square piece of duct tape. Cover the wart completely and tightly. Leave the tape on for a week. After this, remove the tape and you will see that the wart has diminished in size and is also rough to the touch. File the top of the wart with an emery board and apply an alcohol-based antiseptic on it to kill it off completely.

Garlic: Garlic is a potent remedy for wart removal. Slice a clove of garlic and crush it till the juice runs out. Apply the juice on the wart directly twice a day. You can even mash a clove of garlic and apply the mash on the wart, holding it in place with surgical tape. The wart will wither and die in a week.

Squaric acid: When all else fails, use this remedy: squaric acid is an ingredient found in topical skin creams that are used as anti-bacterial unguents for warts. It dries out warts completely in a matter of weeks and keeps the site free of further growths.