Treatments include the use of salicylic acid plasters, applying other chemicals to the wart, or one of the surgical treatments including laser surgery, electrosurgery, or cutting. The dermatologist may recommend a change in footwear to reduce pressure on the wart and ways to keep the foot dry since moisture tends to allow warts to spread. Flat warts - are often too numerous to treat with methods mentioned above. For some adults, periodic office treatments for surgical treatments are sometimes necessary. There are several different lasers used for the treatment of warts.
Laser therapy is used to destroy some types of warts.
Lasers are more expensive and require the injection of a local anesthesia to numb the area treated. Another treatment is to inject each wart with an anti-cancer drug called bleomycin. The injections may be painful and can have other side effects. Immunotherapy, which attempts to use the body's own rejection system is another method of treatment. Several methods of immunotherapy are being used.