Scholl Verruca and Wart Remover Freeze Treatment, 80 ml (Pack of 1)

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For a strong treatment it’s surprisingly non-painful, and even when you get a bit on your healthy skin it doesn’t hurt much and is easy to wipe away.Another reason to treat warts and verrucas quickly is that they’re highly contagious, spreading easily from person to person. A dermatologist may recommend a different approach, however, depending on the person’s age and the overall state of their health. Warts tend to affect children and young people, so I recommend starting with salicylic acid, which is less painful than freezing treatments,” says Hussain Abdeh, superintendent pharmacist at Medicine Direct. They can also spread indirectly, if you touch something, like a floor or surface that’s been contaminated with HPV. This is because the body’s immune system recognises the presence of the virus and fights the infection naturally but it can take many months for this to happen.

How to choose the best verruca treatment for you What are verrucas, and how are they different from warts? Always see your GP if you have a new growth on your skin and you’re not sure what it is, especially if it’s growing rapidly.You won’t need to use a plaster, because it dries fast to create a water-resistant protective barrier that also helps to stop the infection spreading. It works as well as or better than any other treatment for warts, but may take some weeks or months. When 'charging' the foam applicator it is important to stand the can on a suitable surface, so that the hands only come into contact with the dome-shaped safety cap as it is depressed.

So, in our recommendations, we only include freeze treatments that administer the product directly into the wart, with as little spillage as possible.The Food and Drug Administration cautions that some wart removers are flammable and shouldn't be used around fire, flame, heat sources (such as curling irons) and lit cigarettes.

At home, the active ingredients are more gentle (for example dimethyl ether) so the process is less quick and certain to succeed, but also less painful than your GP’s quick freeze. The treated area is likely to blister within a few hours, depending on the depth and duration of the freeze. Possible side effects of cryotherapy are pain, blisters and permanent changes in skin color (hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation), particularly in people with brown or Black skin.Some experts advise that you should not use duct tape on the face, as in some people it can irritate the skin.