This image displays common warts on the face, most likely from transferring the wart virus from the child's fingers. Warts often have a rough, multi-pointed surface, like this wart near the eye. This image displays the thick and rough surface typical of a wart. This image displays the "black dots" typical of warts, which are clotted, fine blood vessels in the skin. Warts can have a thick scale, which sometime become loose, as in this infant. This image displays multiple warts on the lips.
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Common Wart  A parent's guide for infants and babies

Picture of Common Wart: This image displays common warts on the face, most likely from transferring the wart virus from the child's fingers. Divider line
This image displays common warts on the face, most likely from transferring the wart virus from the child's fingers.
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Treatments Your Provider May Prescribe
If an infant has warts, the doctor will check the baby to make sure there are no warts in the breathing passages.

If treatment is needed, it might include:
  • Destruction with freezing (cryosurgery); burning (electrocautery); laser; or cantharidin, podophyllin, tretinoin, or acid application
  • Injection of chemotherapy drugs
  • Application of imiquimod, an immunotherapy agent, or other chemicals that induce an allergic reaction to destroy the wart
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Last Modified: 22 Dec 2008
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