Warts

Warts symptoms

Warts, also known as skin growths, are common skin conditions that can appear anywhere on the body. There are many different types of warts that can vary in appearance. At Hautwerk, we specialize in the treatment of warts and are happy to help you remove these unwanted skin growths.

The most common forms are vulgar warts, also known as common or Prickly warts. These protruding nodules have a hard skin layer and are mainly found on the hands and feet. Plantar warts on the other hand, are warts that have grown inward as a result of pressure, usually on the soles of the feet, and can be painful to walk or touch. Flat warts often appear on the face and hands and are much less raised than ordinary warts.

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Warts causes

Warts, medically known as verrucae vulgares, can occur at any age. Warts are usually transmitted from person to person. However, children and adolescents are most commonly affected, with the disease peak between the ages of 15 and 18, when almost one in three people have warts on their bodies. Most warts are caused by an infection with human papillomaviruses, which can penetrate the skin through injuries and multiply there.

A separate category is formed by the so-called false warts. These warts are not caused by human papillomaviruses, which are responsible for the common forms of warts, such as vulgar warts or genital warts. At Age warts, medical seborrheic keratoses called, the cause is still unclear. Dell warts are a special type of wart and occur especially in younger children. They are caused by the molluscum contagiosum virus.

For prophylaxis, it is important to ensure good blood circulation and freedom from injury to the skin. For age warts, the therapy of choice is gentle removal, for which an erbium laser is best suited.

Warts treatment

We have a wide range of treatments at our disposal: We combine ablation using ring knives or lasers, local wart medication and icing therapy (cryotherapy).

Laser treatment

Laser treatment is an effective method of wart removal. By using the laser, the cornea of the warts can be removed, which is especially important because the viruses hide under this thick layer of skin. Here we prefer the use of the Erbium Laserswhich is a very gentle option and is especially preferred for children and adolescents.

Cryotherapy

Cryotherapy, also known as icing, is another treatment method. Although it is somewhat painful, it also has a destructive and immunostimulating effect. We therefore use this treatment with liquid nitrogen in almost every treatment to ensure effective wart treatment.

Completely new on the market and also available at Hautwerk is therapy with a microwave probe (Swift).

In principle, warts can heal spontaneously and without scarring after weeks to years, this happens in about 25% of cases. Nevertheless, you should not wait for this, because on the one hand you infect other people and on the other hand also just warts around the fingernails can deform them.

The best way to prevent it is to protect your skin well. Avoid your children wearing shoes in which they have sweaty feet. Check your own, but especially your children's feet regularly, because individual warts are relatively easy to remove, while entire beds of warts are difficult to combat.

Warts must not and should not be cut out. This is painful and can cause considerable scarring and is also not a safe removal method because the wart viruses are so small that they can only be seen under an electron microscope. A relapse is therefore easily possible due to a remaining remnant.

Do not be afraid, the modern removal methods are very painless and are reasonable even for small children.

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