Hand Wart Removal
Warts on the hand is not only unsightly, sometimes it can be painful too. Warts are a hindrance to performing your work or even your simple household chores, because they can be quite distracting as well thanks to the itchiness. And if you give way to temptation and scratch them, they become aggravated and split and causing the virus in the wart to spread to other areas of your body and may even spread to people around you. Warts are easily spread and it is best to use caution when treating them. Generally all warts are the result of your skin coming in to contact with the human papilloma virus (HPV). Currently there are about 130 types of identified human papilloma viruses which can cause warts. Although at present there are vaccinations to prevent warts, it is not effective against all known types of warts.
If you are someone who is not afraid to try home remedies, a simple method for hand wart removal is to cover your wart with duct tape for approximately six days and pulling it off. Then using a pumice stone and soaking the wart with water you can scrape it off. This is a good idea to try if you have just one or two warts in your hand. Just like the duct tape method, there are other home remedies for minor hand wart removal. You can also cut a slice of potato or crush a small garlic pod and leave it over your warts. It is said that the potato or garlic gets rid of the hand wart by drying it off. You can also make a thick paste of vitamin C by crushing a vitamin C tablet and mixing it with some water and applying it all over your wart for hand wart removal at home. You can also try applying vitamin A oil over your warts for natural hand wart removal.
If you don’t want to try home remedies for hand wart removal, there are many over the counter medications as well. Salicylic acid which is applied directly to the wart causing a “burning feeling” seems to be the most popular choice for over the counter medications. Salicylic acid can be found in most super markets and drug stores as concentrated salicylic acid solutions or as salicylic acid treated adhesive pads. Another popular hand wart removal solution is the caustic pencil, made of silver nitrate. With both salicylic acid and silver nitrate solutions, one should be aware that it could cause staining or coloring on skin. In addition you also get other hand wart removal solutions as well as tropical creams to treat the infection. If you are not confident to try these methods at home it is best you meet your general practitioner and get him to prescribe a hand wart removal method best suited for you.
