Do You Know How To Get Rid Of The Different Types Of Warts?
No one really wants warts, but do you really know how they are caused? Unlike what you may have heard as a child, warts are not caused by toads!
Warts are actually caused by a virus called the human papillomavirus that attacks your skin cells. What happens is your cells multiply faster than they should causing too many cells for the space and resulting in a wart. A wart is actually several cylinders of skin fused together which gives it the mosaic appearance. You’ll often notice warts have dark dots and these are actually your blood vessels. Warts only happen in the upper layers of skin so they do not have roots as you may have been told.
What happens is the virus invades the skin cells and causes the cells to reproduce at a faster rate than normal. This is what causes the “bump” of the wart – which is simply too many skin cells trying to fit into a compressed space. Warts can appear at any time, and they can also disappear on their own without any treatment.
There are different types of warts, all caused by the same virus. The common wart is what is usually seen on hands, elbows and knees. Plantar warts are the ones you get on the bottom of your feet. Plantar warts often grow on the balls in heels where the most pressure is put. Warts on the face are often flatter in appearance and are called flat warts.
Here are some details of each type of wart:
Flat Warts
These warts are flat topped and smoother than other types of warts. You often see them on the face because the wart grows a little differently on facial skin giving a different appearance.
Common Wart
The common wart or Verruca Vulgaris are those thick bumps with the rough surface that we often think of when we hear the word “wart”. These are usually found on the hands, space needs an elbow.
Plantar Warts
These are the wart you get on the bottom of your feet and they can be really painful because they can grow into the skin rather than out. Depending on where they are located on your foot, just walking can put enough pressure on them to make them really hurt.
There are different ways to get rid of warts but not everyone will respond to each method. You can use corrosive chemicals, freezing and even the duct tape! Try one method if that doesn’t work choose something else – eventually you’ll find something that does get rid of your warts.
