My dermatologist tried several times to do cryosurgery but it came back. She then put something she called bettle juice on it. The wart increased in size 10 fold overnight! I am very unhappy! 8 weeks later they did the liquid nitrogen again, I got all black for a few weeks. That scab finally fell off but it had no affect on the wart. I have been using imiquimod for a month and no change. This covers The top of my ring finger so it is very obvious and hard to hide or keep clean and dry! Any suggestion out there ???
Hi,
There is no single treatment for warts that is 100% effective and different types of treatment may be combined.
You should consult a skin specialist for the symptoms. If these are plane warts - she would benefit by using salicylic acid cream, cryotherapy, curettage and light cautery.
If these are filiform warts - cryotherapy or curettage and light cautery would help.
Keratolysis, removal of dead surface skin cells usually using salicylic acid, blistering agents, immune system modifiers ("immunomodulators"), or formaldehyde, often with mechanical paring of the wart with a pumice stone, blade etc.
Cryosurgery, which involves freezing the wart (generally with liquid nitrogen), creating a blister between the wart and epidermal layer, after which the wart and surrounding dead skin falls off by itself.
Surgical curettage of the wart.
Laser treatment.
Imiquimod, a topical cream that helps the body's immune system fight the wart virus by encouraging interferon production.
The wart often regrows after the skin has healed.
Let us know if you need any other information and post us about what the skin specialist advises.
Regards.