Wart removal

Before and afters
Frequently asked questions

Warts are small harmless growths that appear on the surface of the skin. They most usually appear on the hands and feet but are also very common on the face. They look and feel unpleasant as the skin corrupts into rough skin coloured lumps.

They do clear up themselves without any treatment but this may take a couple of years. They are caused by a particularly contagious virus known as the human papilloma virus (HPV) which causes keratin, a hard protein, to grow too much in the top layer of the skin and this produces the characteristic rough hard texture of the wart. Close skin to skin contact can pass on the virus and it is possible to catch the infection indirectly from an object capable of harboring the virus such as a towel. The infection can be dormant for sometime once contracted and might only appear months after initial contact.

There are very resilient and no treatment is guaranteed to make them disappear, however some degree of success can be achieved by a treatment called Cryotherapy which involves freezing the skin with liquid nitrogen.

If you would like to discuss this treatment with our specialist teams then please telephone our Customer Care Advisors on 0845 555 50 50 for more information.

Prices from £180

Frequently asked questions

What are the symptoms of a wart?

A wart is easily identified by its raised rough appearance however depending on where the wart is sited, the symptoms often vary. If ignored, plantar warts can grow to more than an inch and they can spread out forming clusters of warts and then they can become painful as well as unsightly.

What is cryotherapy?

Cryotherapy is used to destroy the abnormal skin cells associated with sun damage, solar keratoses, pre cancers, minor skin cancers and warts by a method of freezing the skin with liquid nitrogen. Swelling and sometimes blisters occur as a result of the treatment but these symptoms will not remain.

Will I be left with a scar after treatment?

The skin normally heals well but occasionally a permanent scar in left at the treatment site. Sometimes there are temporary pigmentation changes but this is rarely permanent and there is a slight risk of infection.

Can warts return after treatment?

Even when warts have been removed, the virus that causes them stays in the body and the warts may reappear. However, the aim of cryotherapy treatment is to destroy the wart and the virus.