Benign skin growths appear when infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV). Choosing a remedy for warts and papillomas in a pharmacy, it is necessary to take into account the effect on the infection and the upper layer of the skin. Over-the-counter medications are milder and need to be used for a long time to fully cleanse the skin.
Self-removal of warts with alkaline solutions
It is recommended to soften a dense neoplasm before applying drugs with a compress or a bath with warm water. You can make a lotion with a warm solution of baking soda. Then the solution or ointment will more easily penetrate the cells infected with a viral infection. More aggressive substances destroy warts faster, but more often cause burning and irritation.
You should first consult a dermatologist so that the doctor can recommend, for example, a mild or aggressive remedy for warts on the hands in a pharmacy. The specialist will explain what the advantages and disadvantages of one drug or another are. It is also important to pay attention to the frequency of application, the need to take a break between treatments with an aggressive solution. Healthy skin around the growth should be lubricated with baby ointment or sealed with a Band-Aid.
The dissolution of growths of viral origin can last from several days to several weeks.
A special remedy for warts in a pharmacy contains alkali. The caustic substance kills the skin cells that contain the virus. When applying liquid to the top and leg of the skin tumor, redness first begins, then the growth turns black and falls off. A small wart can disappear after an application of an alkaline solution, a large wart should be moistened with liquid 2 to 5 times. After each treatment, breaks should be taken for 3 to 5 days.
Acids for the gradual dissolution of warts and papillomas
Liquid and ointment for external use are used more often than tablets at home. Preparations usually contain antiseptics, antivirals and other active substances. They must soften the upper horny masses and penetrate the infected skin cells. Salicylic, lactic, acetic and other acids are well suited to this task. They have a keratolytic, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory effect, dissolve tissues affected by HPV.
The therapeutic patch must be fixed on the pathological area of the skin 3 days after it can be removed. Before using this or any other product with salicylic acid, it is necessary to steam the wart so that the top layer softens. Then it is recommended to rub the stratum corneum with a nail file or cut it with nail scissors.
A solution or ointment with salicylic acid is applied daily, fixed on top with a medical dressing or bandage. Getting rid of the wart can take several weeks or more. But it is a painless and safe treatment, with rare side effects. If there is irritation, redness, pain, burning, you should stop using the drug.
A solution for external use has a more aggressive effect. The liquid contains concentrated acids: nitric, acetic, oxalic, lactic, as well as copper nitrate. The volume of the solution in the ampoule is 0. 2 ml, the price of the package is 670 rubles.
The use of the solution on its own is not recommended, an aggressive liquid causes severe burns and tissue necrosis. For qualified assistance, you need to contact the dermatological office, where the medical staff will accurately and accurately process warts and papillomas using a special applicator or glass pipette.
Natural and related remedies for warts in a pharmacy.
The naturopathic balm contains lactic acid, copper salts and plant extracts. By consistency, it is a cream-gel, which contains gums, Siberian cedar resin, extracts of birch and pine buds, mummy and stone oil. The tool has a disinfecting, anti-inflammatory and healing effect. The frequency of treatment of the affected skin areas is 2 to 5 times a day.
The cream paste contains 40% urea (carbamide). This substance, like alkalis and acids, is a keratolytic agent. The cream softens the wart, due to which its keratinized part is easier to remove. It also contains glycyrrhizic acid, which reduces the activity of HPV.
The cream is applied to the wart in a thick layer, covered with a bandage folded 2-4 times on top. Fix this compress on the skin with a plaster. They are removed in a day, the soft wart is removed, washed with water. After several applications, the skin at the growth site is cleaned and leveled.
Freeze a wart with a spray.
Freezing preparations contain dimethyl ether, which reduces the temperature of the skin to negative values. A tool for home cryotherapy instantly freezes the wart (do not use on mucous membranes). The cold first causes whitening of the skin, there is a burning sensation, and then redness. Tissues exposed to coolant die. The wart after cooling with a spray gradually disappears in 7-14 days.
If inflammation begins, a therapeutic ointment can be applied to speed healing and prevent infection of the wound under the bubble.
You can read a wide variety of reviews on the independent use of cryotherapy on the forums. It is noted that the method is convenient to use at home, helps with warts, they do not leave a trace. Approximately every second review lists such shortcomings as the high price of a spray, relapses.
HPV treatment with interferon alfa
The papillomavirus affects the areas of the body that are most exposed to sun, sweat, and water. The infection penetrates through the smallest cracks and other microdamages. Compliance with personal hygiene only partially solves the problem of strengthening the body's defenses against HPV.
It is necessary to strengthen the body's immune system, capable of resisting any type of infection.
Treatment of multiple warts that occur against the background of weakened protection against infection can be provided by pharmaceuticals with interferons. A modern medicine is produced in the form of suppositories, ointments and gels. They contain alpha interferon, which suppresses the reproduction of viruses in cells, which has an immunomodulatory effect. It also contains the antioxidant vitamin E.
The drug is used for warts, herpetic lesions of the skin and mucous membranes. One review noted that the ointment treatment took 4 weeks. The first half of this period, the ointment was applied to plantar warts at night, sometimes the procedure was repeated in the morning. If you are patient and do not back down, then after a month the warts fall off along with the root, and new skin grows in their place.
immunomodulatory
The active substance of the drug for warts triggers the production of its own alpha interferon in the body, which provides effective protection against HPV. The tool is used to treat genital and other warts, senile keratomas, molluscum contagiosum.
The cream for external use is applied every two days, before going to bed so that the substance acts on the affected skin area for 6-10 hours. The duration of the therapeutic course is 3-4 months. Buyers in the reviews note such a lack of funds as a high price.