Professional & effective verruca & wart removal treatment 

 They can be recognised as small, rough lumps or growths in the skin, ranging from the size of a pinprick to 1cm or more in diameter. Verrucae are warts on the soles of the feet, and are often characterised by tiny dots in the centre. Verrucae can be quite flat in appearance as they get trodden in and can form in clusters. A verruca can make walking, standing, and playing sports difficult and painful.

 A common way of getting a verruca is from damp surfaces like swimming pool changing rooms. They can appear anywhere on the foot, from the soles, known as plantar warts to between the toes & sometimes around the nails. 

 While these can disappear on their own, this can and does take a very long time and often they multiply first, leaving people with many more than they started out with. Once infected the virus can be spread to other areas of the body. 

 During the process the freezing agent may be sprayed onto the verruca or it may be applied using a cotton swab. After treatment, a blister - which might become sore - will usually form. The blister will turn into a scab which will fall off usually 7 to 10 days after treatment. 

Cryotherapy can take 5 - 15 minutes and is sometimes painful & stingy. This is a very straightforward procedure causing minimum disruption to our patients, however large & persistent verrucae may need several treatments before the verruca is finally eradicated. 

Upon assessment of your verruca, your practitioner may suggest Caustic acid treatment. Much stronger than the over the counter remedies & available in different strengths, the acid works by destroying the outer dead layers of skin and triggering the immune system into clearing the virus. 

All precautions and care is taken to ensure that the chemicals don't harm the healthy skin around your verruca. Again, this treatment usually requires several treatments before the verruca is fully destroyed. 

Whilst most patients find the procedure is largely painless, depending on the strength of the acid used in the treated verruca, once the acid starts to work, some can feel it is quite painful. 

 Swift uses microwave energy delivered through a special probe applied to the skin to treat the affected tissue. As microwave energy travels into the tissue, water molecules begin colliding and creating localised heat energy – quickly destroying all infected tissue within a predetermined depth, leaving surrounding tissue undamaged. 

 At Sally Pembery Associates, we use Swift treatment for verrucae & warts, not only on the feet, but also hands, legs, knees & elbows.