Laser Foot Surgery Plantar Warts

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Laser foot surgery plantar warts.

Plantar warts are common on the soles of the feet. Laser surgery uses an intense beam of light or laser to burn and destroy the wart tissue. Because surgery has a risk of scarring this method usually isn t used to treat plantar warts unless other treatments have failed. Plantar warts occur from a viral infection in your skin called the human papillomavirus hpv this virus can enter your skin through cuts.

To ensure that your warts are not left untreated your podiatrist will implement one of today s common treatment options. These include topical or oral treatments prescription ointments or pills cryotherapy freezing debriding the debriding the wart removing the affected skin laser therapy as well as surgery. Plantar warts are noncancerous skin growths on the soles of your feet caused by the human papillomavirus hpv which enters your body through tiny cuts in the skin. Plantar warts typically occur on the foot 2 you will be able to walk on your foot immediately after surgery 1.

Plantar warts develop beneath the foot pressure points in the heels or balls of your feet. The specialists in the podiatric profession conduct continuous studies and collect data to enable treatment with the latest techniques and most up to date equipment. People have been known to have a longer recovery time with wart laser surgery than with other methods of wart removal. But lasers may do a better job of keeping the warts from.

At beaver valley foot clinic we offer laser wart removal which is a kid friendly wart treatment alternative to painful scarier options. This procedure can be painful so your doctor will numb your skin first. You will probably be administered a local anesthetic before surgery so you will not feel pain in your foot until several hours after surgery but you will still probably want to put as little weight as possible on your foot to minimize soreness later 1. The ultimate objective is to relieve discomfort and to correct the disabling effects of foot problems by the most.

Local or general anesthetic may be used depending on the number of warts to be removed or the size of the area to be treated. Combined with special acid to treat warts we have been able to cut the treatment time considerable. There is also a slight risk of infection. Your doctor cuts away the wart or destroys it by using an electric needle electrodesiccation and curettage.

The procedure is expensive and the wound can be painful for several days after treatment. It is usually done in a doctor s office or clinic.