Center of Dermatology with Dr. Herschel Stoller are a team that can help you manage your warts in Omaha, Columbus, and Papillion, NE and give you a better understanding of how to prevent them. Before you come to us for wart treatment, it is important to know more about this problem and how it develops. Our team can help you better understand your wart growths and the treatments available to manage them.
What Causes These Growths?
Wart growths are caused by HPV, a virus that can spread through skin-to-skin contact. Once you get infected with this virus, you might get a wart anywhere on the body, though they typically occur where you made contact with a person who had HPV. Typically, they occur when the virus infects the basal layer of your skin and spreads throughout, causing bumps throughout your skin.
You typically cannot spread or catch them simply by touching another person's wart growths. Instead, the skin must be broken, such as from a cut or dryness, for it to spread. The virus also needs to be active, which may not be on the skin surface. However, there is a risk of spreading that makes it important to talk with our team when you get warts in Omaha, NE. Doing so can help you avoid problems.
How Do You Treat Them?
You may use over-the-counter wart removal products to burn them away from your skin. Things like salicylic acid may help, though some people may even use duct tape. Putting tape on the wart lets you remove extra layers of skin from around the area. However, it is also important to get specialized wart treatment if they are in delicate areas or if they refuse to go away, and you want them gone.
A dermatologist can provide many care options that help eliminate your wart growths. Cryotherapy freezes them away using liquid nitrogen. You may also try cantharidin, a blistering treatment that wears away the wart over time. Electrosurgery burns away the wart using heat, while some surgeons may just cut the wart with a knife. For more sensitive growths, various gels can stop it from growing again. Your dermatologist may even prescribe antiviral medications to help your body fight HPV infection.
Help is Available to Kill Your Growths
At Center of Dermatology in Omaha, Columbus, and Papillion, NE, Dr. Stoller can help you manage your warts. Our team of specialists will address where they originate and find a high-quality treatment method that makes the most sense for you. Call for more information today at (402) 398-9200, (402) 564-4422 or (402) 592-5140. We look forward to working with you and helping you manage your wart issue.