NoDon’t call them warts: they’re actually small warts growths skin characterized by a thickening of the stratum corneum and from color variations of the skin. In addition to being unsightlyin some cases, when subjected to pressure, they can be even painful. So what to do to fix the problem? We asked the Professor Pucci Romanodermatologist and President of Skineko.
Types and areas in which they occur
“There are different types of warts: those common or vulgar, which we often hear called leeks; the flat wartsshe said juvenilewhich they are smaller and more numerous and appear mainly on the back of the hands and on the face; the plantar wartswhich appear on the sole of the foot and finally those anogenital or warts. There are also variants of unusual shape, such as pedunculated or similar to cauliflowermostly up head and neck, often also around the eyelids. They are more common in those with a dark phototype or in the Negroid population. Just think of the actor Morgan Freeman», explains Professor Romano.
Age group and phototype
“There the most common type is that of common warts, with an incidence of about 70% of the total. Followed by plantar and flat warts. Anogenital warts are relatively rare. They mostly affect i school-age childrenpeaking in the band between 10 and 15 years old. The phototype also conditions its onset. And often there is familiarity. Who suffers from Atopic dermatitis is more prone to this viral infection. Of a different nature are seborrheic warts or seborrheic keratoses, expression of an irregular and altered thickening of the skin. These last they are not viral in nature», underlines the expert.
The causes
“The common warts are characterized by uneven surface, variable size and round shape and they mostly show up on the back of the hands and fingers It is in the nail contour. More rarely they occur on the palms of the hands, elbows and knees. The cause are some stumps of HPV, the human papillomavirus. The risk factors are those that facilitate the engraftment of these virus strains: first of all, the contagion through direct contact with other people’s warts or with their own warts, the so-called self-inoculation, through which warts are transmitted from one part of the body to another. This condition, however, is much less frequent than you think. The engraftment of the virus depends almost exclusively on one immune weakness of the skin and the body in general», continues Professor Romano.
If and when to intervene
“Many common warts they do not require any treatment. You choose to remove them only for a aesthetic reason. Also, in many cases they regress spontaneously over a varying period of time from one to five years. Removing them, however, in many cases can be counterproductive. Remove those present on the soles of feetfor example, may involve a very long recovery and even consequential orthopedic problems. There are several treatments for warts, such as solutions based on salicylic acid to be applied directly to the wart for several weeks. In some problematic cases, the photodynamic therapyin others, if the warts are isolated they are removed with the sharp spoon, called curette. Treatment that I absolutely do not recommend. Better to resort to instead homeopathic remedies, as the mother tincture of thuya which often turned out very effective in promoting spontaneous resolution», concludes the expert.
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