This image displays the thick scale associated with plantar warts (warts on the feet). This image displays a close-up of plantar warts (warts on the feet) with black and red "dots" from small capillaries, which are often seen in warts. This image displays a severe case of plantar warts. This image displays multiple plantar warts. This image displays a close-up of a plantar wart showing the thick, callous-like surface due to thickening of the outer-most skin layers. This image displays a plantar wart with black color within it, due to the clotting of blood vessels in the skin. This image displays a recurrent wart on the heel and a scar due to surgery for removal of original wart. This image displays a typical plantar wart with clotted capillaries appearing as small, black dots on the skin. Plantar warts can look like giant calloses, as displayed in this image.
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Plantar Wart  Information for adults

Picture of Plantar Wart: This image displays the thick scale associated with plantar warts (warts on the feet). Divider line
This image displays the thick scale associated with plantar warts (warts on the feet).
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Treatments Your Provider May Prescribe
Once you have been diagnosed with a plantar wart, your physician may try one or more of the following treatments:
  • Freezing with liquid nitrogen (cryosurgery)
  • Burning with an electric needle (electrocautery)
  • Using a laser to disrupt the blood supply of the warts
  • Application of cantharidin, podophyllin, tretinoin, or salicylic acid
  • Injection with Candida antigen, an allergy-causing protein, or with bleomycin, a chemotherapy drug, directly into the warts
Plantar warts can be very stubborn, and effective treatment may take many months.

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Last Modified: 22 Dec 2008
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