Stopping Warts and Verrucas Coming Back

The development of warts on the skin is a common medical condition that numerous people suffer from at one point in their life or another. Usually the condition manifests itself with the appearance of one or two solitary warts that respond well to treatment and never come back. However, on some occasions these warts appear in a large number or keep reappearing after treatment. The ability to keep warts at bay revolves around the treatment that you choose and the cause of your initial outbreak.

Common Treatment

There are two main treatments for removing warts. The most common is the use of an over-the-counter wart remover. These remedies involve the application of a chemical substance, usually salicyclic acid, to the areas of the wart itself. The acid destroys the wart and after numerous treatments, when the wart compound is removed, natural healing begins. Sometimes, however, the wart is not totally destroyed and the wart will grow again in the same place.

Another common treatment, doctor-directed wart removal, can involve the use of stronger salicyclic acid or cryotherapy. Stronger, or prescription strength, salicyclic acid can be applied at the doctor's office and also works to destroy the wart. This option, however, takes repeated visits and may not totally destroy the wart, which results in its reappearance months down the road. Cryotherapy involves the freezing of the wart in order to destroy it. This method can be very effective for one or two warts but is not recommended for the treatment of numerous warts. Plus, unless all of the wart material is removed you run the risk of experiencing a return of the wart.

When it's HPV

Although many people are unaware of the fact, warts are actually caused by a virus. This virus, human papillomavirus or HPV, can cause the development of numerous warts at once and the warts can appear on many areas of the body. Although you could treat these warts with one of the common wart treatments you will probably not have much success at keeping them at bay. This is because the virus is prevalent throughout the body and when you destroy one wart you leave the virus unharmed. The only way to totally rid your body of these warts and keep them from coming back is to treat the virus that causes the warts in the first place.

Treating HPV

Since HPV is a virus the only way to treat it is with a prescription medication. This medication, of which Imiquimod is one of the most common, actually works to kill the virus that is running rampant throughout the body. Although these types of medications are more commonly known for their treatment of genital herpes, they are actually working to kill the HPV virus, which is the cause of all common warts.

Prescription HPV medications are taken orally and usually consist of a few weeks of continuous treatments. After the course of treatment is finished the warts usually disappear and refrain from coming back. If your warts do return you may need another course of medication. And, although you need to finish the entire round of medication once it is prescribed, you can speed the results by combining oral medication with the topical application of salicyclic acid or the procedure of cyrotherapy.

Rest assured, once you treat your warts at their source by killing the HPV virus, you can stop worrying about their return and start enjoying, healthy, blemish free skin.

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