Patients with recalcitrant common warts who received both topical 50% urea cream and carboxytherapy healed faster and had larger reductions in lesion size than those who received urea cream alone, ...

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 ...

The common plantar wart is familiar to most, and perhaps the mosaic wart as well. But have you ever heard of the filiform ...

Over 100 types of HPV can cause common, plantar, flat, filiform, and genital warts. Warts are contagious and spread through both direct and indirect contact. Some warts can be treated at home with ...

A high-dose treatment of sodium nitrite, 6 percent, with citric acid, 9 percent, creams applied twice daily was more effective than placebo for treating the common sexually transmitted disease of ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Home "remedies" are ...

Medicare generally doesn’t cover wart removal for cosmetic reasons, but it will provide coverage if the removal is deemed medically necessary by a Medicare-approved doctor. Wart removal is considered ...

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 ...

Banana peel is a common home remedy to remove warts. While there is anecdotal evidence that this treatment may work, there is currently no scientific proof of its effectiveness. People may tape banana ...

Plantar warts, also known as verruca plantaris, are small, rough bumps that form on the soles of your feet from a skin infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV). While they can cause significant ...