Paring for Plantar WartsCurrent as of: October 5, 2017 Author: Healthwise Staff Medical Review: Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine |
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Paring for Plantar WartsTopic OverviewA health professional uses paring to help diagnose and treat plantar warts . When paring, your health professional will trim your skin growth with a small knife and examine it. Paring usually causes little or no pain or bleeding because only the dead outer layers of skin are removed. After paring the outer skin layers of a wart or callus , your health professional can look for signs of plantar wart growth:
Paring can also make some wart treatments work better. Removing thick, dead layers of skin that cover the wart helps medication, cold, or heat to reach deeper into the wart. Related InformationCredits
ByHealthwise Staff Current as ofOctober 5, 2017
Current as of: October 5, 2017 Author: Healthwise Staff Medical Review: Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine |
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