However, repeat treatments at 2-3 week intervals are often necessary for complete resolution. Plantar warts are difficult to treat because the bulk of the wart lies below the skin surface. Treatments may include the use of salicylic acid plasters, bichloracetic acid, liquid nitrogen or a combination of these products. There is usually little discomfort but it can take many weeks of treatment and consistency to obtain favorable results. A change in footwear may be recommended to reduce pressure on the warts or reduce foot sweating.
Flat warts are often too numerous to treat with methods mentioned above.
There are some wart remedies available without a prescription. However, you might mistake another kind of skin growth for a wart, and end up treating something serious as though it were a wart. If you have any questions about either the diagnosis or the correct way to treat a wart, you should seek medical advice. Many people, patients and doctors alike, believe folk remedies and hypnosis are effective. Since warts may disappear without treatment, it's hard to know whether it was the folk remedy or just the passage of time that led to the cure.