Painful plantar warts can grow anywhere on your feet, ankles, and toes. There are several types of foot warts. We have collected images and descriptions here to help you identify your warts and learn how to treat them.
What Causes Plantar Warts and How Can I Get Rid of Them?
I Want to Know What to Do About Warts on My Feet
Ugly lesions on your feet have made walking painful. They look like plantar warts, but you’re not really sure that’s what they are. Whatever they are, you want to get rid of them, and you prefer to do it in the privacy of your home. This article includes the information you need to identify the type of growths on your feet. We have also included the information that you need for choosing a safe remedy that will help
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That’s because of the pressure you put on your feet by walking and daily activities. Warts are normally hard growths and every time you put weight on your feet, you’re pressing the bottom of the wart against the nerves in your skin. Those nerves send screams of pain to your brain. The warts grow only in the top layer of skin, but it can feel like they’re invading your whole foot.
Your feet respond to the pressure by growing a protective layer of skin over the offending wart. That tough layer of skin forms a callus over the wart. It’s about as unattractive as the wart was, and it doesn’t necessarily relieve your pain.
Although the wart is hidden from sight, it’s still there. This article will tell you what a dead plantar wart looks like. Almost every treatment or remedy requires removing the callus. If you don’t, the callus will stop anything you apply to get rid of the wart from reaching it. Removing a callus normally requires soaking your foot in warm water to soften the skin, then gently filing it off. Usually your pain won’t be relieved until the wart is removed. This article describes the various techniques for plantar wart removal.
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