Benign skin tumors that appear when infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV). When choosing a pharmacy treatment for warts and papillomas, it is necessary to take into account the effect on the infection and the top layer of the skin. Milder OTC medications should be used long-term to completely clear the skin.
Remove warts yourself with lye solution
A dense tumor should be softened before applying compresses or bathing with warm water. You can make lotion with a hot solution of baking soda. Then the solution or ointment will more easily penetrate the infected cells. Stronger substances destroy warts more quickly, but often cause more burning and irritation.
You should first consult with your dermatologist to have her recommend, for example, a mild or aggressive treatment for hand warts at the pharmacy. The specialist will explain the advantages and disadvantages of one drug or another. It is also important to pay attention to the frequency of application, the time to rest between treatments with active solutions. The healthy skin around the growth should be lubricated with a baby ointment or sealed with a plaster.
The disappearance of microorganisms of viral origin can last from a few days to several weeks.
Drugstore wart medications contain alkaline substances. The caustic kills the skin cells that contain the virus. When the liquid is applied to the head and feet of a skin tumor, it first starts to turn red, then the tumor turns black and falls off. Small warts can disappear after one application of lye, large warts need to be moistened with liquid 2 to 5 times. After each course of treatment, it is recommended to take a break of 3-5 days.
Acid to gradually dissolve warts and papillomas
Liquids and ointments for external use are more often than tablets used at home. Preparations often contain antiseptic, antiviral and other active substances. They will soften the upper horny masses and penetrate the diseased skin cells. Salicylic, lactic, acetic and other acids cope well with this task. They have anti-keratinizing, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, and dissolving effects on tissues affected by HPV virus.
The therapeutic patch must be fixed on the pathological skin after 3 days before it can be removed. Before using this or another product with salicylic acid, the wart should be steamed to soften the top layer. Then, you should use a nail file to rub the horny layer or cut off the horny layer with nail scissors.
A solution or ointment containing salicylic acid is applied daily, topped with a bandage or medical plaster. Wart removal can take several weeks or longer. But this is a painless and safe treatment with rare side effects. If irritation, redness, pain, burning occurs, the drug should be discontinued.
A solution for external use has a more positive effect. The liquid contains concentrated acids: nitric, acetic, oxalic, lactic, as well as copper nitrate. The volume of the solution in ampoules is 0. 2 ml, the price of the package is from 670 rubles.
The solution is not recommended for self-use, strong liquids cause severe burns and tissue necrosis. To receive qualified assistance, you should contact a dermatology clinic, where the medical staff will accurately and accurately treat warts and papillomas with a specialized applicator or a glass pipette.
Natural and related remedies for warts in the pharmacy
Naturopathic balm contains lactic acid, copper salts and plant extracts. By consistency, it is a gel cream, containing gum, sap of Siberian cedar, extracts of birch and pine buds, mummy and stone oil. This tool has a disinfecting, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effect. The frequency of treatment of diseased skin areas is from 2 to 5 times a day.
The cream contains 40% urea (carbamide). This substance, like alkalis and acids, is a keratolytic agent. The cream softens the wart, so its keratinized part is easier to remove. It also contains glycyrrhizic acid, which reduces HPV activity.
The cream is applied to the acne in a thick layer, covered with a bandage 2-4 times over. Fix this gauze on the skin with plaster. They are removed in a day, soft warts are removed, washed with water. After several applications, the skin at the site of the growth will be clean and flat.
Freeze warts with a spray bottle
Frozen preparations contain dimethyl ethers, which lower the skin temperature to a negative value. A home cryotherapy tool that instantly freezes warts (do not use on mucous membranes). First, the cold causes the skin to turn red, there is a burning sensation, then it turns red. Tissues exposed to the refrigerant die. Warts after cooling with the spray will disappear gradually in 7-14 days.
If inflammation begins, then a therapeutic ointment can be applied to speed up the healing process, preventing infection of the wound under the bubble.
You can read on the forums many reviews about the independent use of cryotherapy. Note that this method is convenient to use at home, helping the warts to leave no trace. About every second the review lists shortcomings such as the price of the aerosol being too high, the disease recurring.
Treatment of HPV with interferon alfa
The papillomavirus affects areas of the body that are more exposed to the sun, sweat, and water. The infection enters through the tiniest cracks and other minor damage. Adhering to personal hygiene only partially solves the problem of strengthening the body's defenses against HPV.
It is necessary to strengthen the body's immune system, which is able to fight any type of infection.
Treatment of multiple warts that appear on the basis of impaired protection against infection can be provided by pharmaceutical products with interferon. A modern drug is produced in the form of suppositories, ointments and gels. They contain interferon alpha, which blocks the reproduction of viruses in cells, has an immunomodulatory effect. It also contains the antioxidant vitamin E.
A medicine used for warts, herpes on the skin and mucous membranes. One review noted that the ointment treatment lasted 4 weeks. The first half of this period, ointment is applied to the warts in the evening, sometimes the procedure is repeated in the morning. If you are patient and do not back down, after a month the warts will fall off on their own with the root, new skin grows in their place.
Immune Modulator
The active ingredient of the wart medicine activates its own production of interferon alpha in the body, which effectively protects against the HPV virus. This tool is used to treat genital and other warts, senile keratosis, molluscum contagiosum.
The cream is applied externally every other day, before going to bed for the drug to act on the diseased skin for 6-10 hours. The duration of the course of treatment is 3-4 months. Buyers in reviews point out that such a lack of money is a high price.