How to use salicylic ointment to treat papillomas: instructions and contraindications

Salicylic ointment for papillomas is a medication that works exclusively with affected tissues without entering the blood. The appearance of papillomas indicates HPV (human papillomavirus) in the body. It is important to remove the symptoms of the manifestation and prevent the development of growths in neighboring areas. Therapy includes drugs based on the active component of willow bark.

Plantar wart removal price

The cost of removing plantar warts in Moscow can vary and reach several thousand rubles.

Before removing the spine, you need to clarify the cost of the manipulation. Many clinics indicate a low cost in their price list. Most often, this means that the true price is veiled and at the appointment it turns out that you need to pay extra for anesthesia, bandaging, etc.

In our clinic, the price list indicates the full price of the intervention, i.e. no additional payments will be required.

Consultation with a doctor at the initial appointment - 1,700 rubles

Removal of a plantar wart— RUB 1,500

Features, symptoms of plantar warts

The spine is a compaction on the plantar surface of the foot with a diameter of 2 to 10 mm (sometimes more). The formation resembles a small callus, which can be either flush with the skin or slightly raised above it. The presence of microscopic dark spots on the surface (thrombosed capillaries) is considered characteristic. Color – from white-yellow to brown. The wart is dense to the touch, pressing on it causes pain.

The spine differs from ordinary warts and papillomas in its higher density, as well as pain when pressed. This is due to the fact that, due to their location, they are always subject to pressure and stress, which causes them to become keratinized; in appearance they sometimes resemble small calluses. The same factor causes pain - when pressed, a dense wart presses on deeper tissues, causing pain (a comparison with a pebble in a shoe is appropriate here).

Removal of plantar warts should be carried out by a specialist. Attempts at self-removal, as well as treatment with folk remedies, are usually ineffective, because the spines are highly dense and have deep “roots.” Superficial removal (cutting with forceps after steaming, applying celandine, aloe, etc.) usually leads to relapse.

Instructions for use

Instructions for the medications are necessary to avoid burns.

Weakly concentrated substances (2-5%) contribute to less damage. It is necessary to take into account the doctor’s indications, method, and dosage of daily use.

Salicylic ointment

Ointment is a creamy topical product. The drug softens the skin.

Acid is absorbed more quickly in case of skin diseases or surfaces with weeping lesions, it is important to reduce the dosage. If the medication gets on a birthmark or mucous membranes, you should rinse the skin with warm water.

Salicylic acid

Salicylic acid for papillomas in its primary form is indicated for the complex treatment of viral and skin diseases (warts, psoriasis, eczema) in children from one year of age and adults.

The drug is effective only in the early stages of HPV development.

The product is not intended for simultaneous use on several areas of the skin, birthmarks and mucous membranes.

Salicylic alcohol

Salicylic alcohol is an analogue of acid. The product destroys pathogenic bacteria when used together with oral antiviral drugs. The solution is indicated for the treatment of skin diseases and disinfection of inflamed areas.

At the initial stages of therapy, a 1% solution is recommended to check individual tolerance. If side effects do not appear, you can increase the concentration.

Reasons for appearance

As mentioned above, the main cause of warts is the human papillomavirus (HPV). The presence of HPV in the body is quite common. But the mere fact of the presence of a virus does not necessarily mean the appearance of papillomas.

Predisposing factors are:

• Poor foot hygiene
• Sweaty feet
• Skin trauma - abrasions, microcracks
• High virus activity
• Certain types of virus
• Decreased antiviral immunity
• Some common diseases that reduce the trophism (nutrition) of the skin of the foot are diabetes mellitus, polyneuropathy, arterial atherosclerosis

There are many types of human papillomavirus. Some of its varieties can cause the development of malignant tumors. The virus that causes plantar warts is not one of them. Spines never become malignant, but can cause other inconveniences - pain, cosmetic defects.

Removal of plantar warts

Peculiarities

When removing spines, you need to consider the following features:

1. Location on the sole increases the wound healing time (due to constant mechanical impact, sweating, etc.).

2. They are always removed deeply, forming a “crater”. Superficial removal is fraught with the risk of leaving the “roots” of the wart and recurrence.

3. “Home treatment” with folk remedies is undesirable, because with it, it is not possible to achieve the optimal depth of exposure, or, on the contrary, extensive chemical burns occur with various substances used for these purposes.

Methods

There are several methods for removing spines. They all boil down to the destruction of the wart, but this is achieved through various methods of influence, which can be divided into three groups:

• Destruction (destruction using laser, radio waves, electrocoagulation)
• Chemical destruction using various substances (liquid nitrogen, salicylic acid, alkalis, etc.)
• Surgical excision

Let's take a closer look at these methods:

Destruction methods are the most effective, because they destroy the wart completely and with high precision. The radio wave method should be considered the most optimal. It involves the most gentle and at the same time deep removal of the spine. During laser removal, the depth of penetration may not be sufficient to destroy the “roots” of the wart, which can lead to recurrence. When removed with an electrocoagulator, excessive damage to surrounding tissue occurs, which leads to longer wound healing and the formation of a rougher scar.

Chemical destruction is not very effective in treating plantar warts, but is more suitable for removing small papillomas on other parts of the body (i.e. those small formations that rise above the surface of the skin). Plantar warts are located almost flush with the skin and spread quite deeply inward. Therefore, the effect of a chemical on them is either not enough to completely destroy the wart, or, on the contrary, it is too extensive and causes chemical burns of the surrounding tissues, sometimes with the formation of long-term non-healing ulcers.

Surgical excision is rarely used for two reasons: firstly, extensive excision involving healthy tissue is simply not necessary and unreasonably increases the volume and invasiveness of the intervention. Secondly, the plantar surface of the foot is subject to constant mechanical stress (plus sweat production, limited “ventilation” of the wound due to shoes). All this greatly increases the risk of suppuration under the sutures. Surgical removal is advisable in cases where the wart is suspicious of a malignant formation and a high-quality histological (under a microscope) examination of the removed material is required.

Composition and effect of salicylic agents

Local impact is an effective method of combating formations.

The products come in different forms - ointment, patch, solution, gel. Any of the drugs has only an external effect on papilloma and contains salicylic acid as the main component of the composition.

Auxiliary components provide a comprehensive effect without irritating the skin.

The components disinfect the damaged area, disrupt the structure of the formation and participate in the prevention of infectious infections.

How does the removal itself take place?

At the appointment, the doctor clarifies complaints, the duration of the disease, conducts an examination, and clarifies the presence of concomitant diseases and allergies to medications.

If the diagnosis is confirmed and there are no contraindications, intervention is performed. After treating the skin with an antiseptic, local anesthesia is administered with a thin needle. This may cause some pain (like any injection), but then the removal itself is completely painless. After making sure that the anesthetic has worked, the doctor destroys the wart with a radio wave scalpel. After removal, the wound is treated with fucorcin and a bandage is applied. The entire intervention takes 2–3 minutes.

Efficiency of use against papillomas

The effect of the drugs is enhanced by following the rules of the preparatory, procedural and post-procedural stages.

The tips are universal for any salicylic acid product. To prevent an irritating effect, it is important to select the form of the medication individually, based on the location of the formation.

The higher the concentration of each drug, the faster the work of the sebaceous glands is suppressed - the development of the virus is stopped:

• 2-5% – slow treatment;
• 60% – rapid elimination.

The effectiveness of the drugs will increase when used together with immunostimulants:

• Aflubin;
• Anaferon;
• Viferon.

The use of salicylic acid-based products with vitamin complexes will enhance the effectiveness.

Where can a plantar wart be removed in Moscow?

We can definitely say that spines need to be removed in a clinical setting; the intervention should be carried out by a qualified surgeon who has extensive experience in treating such pathology. In Moscow, this can be done by Dr. Igor Vitalievich Elshansky. He will remove the formation using the optimal radio wave method. The intervention is painless, performed under local anesthesia, and after the manipulation the patient can immediately go home. The clinic has all the conditions for qualified removal.

Don’t expect the wart to “go away” on its own, don’t try to remove it yourself, contact a professional!