Benign skin growths appear when infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV). When choosing a remedy for warts and papillomas in a pharmacy, it is necessary to take into account the effect on the infection and the top layer of the skin. OTC drugs are milder and should be used for a long time to completely cleanse the skin.
Self-removal of warts with alkaline solutions
It is recommended to soften a dense neoplasm before applying medications with a compress or a bath with warm water. You can make a lotion with a hot 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 burns and irritation.
You should first consult with a dermatologist so that the doctor recommends, for example, a mild or aggressive remedy for warts on the hands in a pharmacy. The specialist will explain what are the advantages and disadvantages of one or another drug. 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 plaster.
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 containing 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 may disappear after one application of an alkaline solution, a large one needs to be moistened with liquid from 2 to 5 times. After each treatment, breaks should be taken for 3-5 days.
Acids for the gradual dissolution of warts and papillomas
Liquid and ointment for external use more often than tablets are used at home. Preparations usually contain antiseptic, antiviral and other active substances. They should soften the upper horny masses and penetrate to the infected skin cells. Salicylic, lactic, acetic and other acids cope well with 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 after 3 days can be removed. Before using this or another 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 off with nail scissors.
A solution or ointment with salicylic acid is applied daily, fixed on top with a medical plaster or bandage. Getting rid of the wart can take several weeks or longer. But it is a painless and safe treatment, with rare side effects. If there is irritation, redness, pain, burning, then 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 from 670 rubles.
The solution is not recommended to be used on its own, an aggressive liquid causes severe burns and tissue necrosis. To receive qualified assistance, you should 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
Naturopathic balm contains lactic acid, copper salts and plant extracts. By consistency, it is a cream-gel, which contains gums, resin of Siberian cedar, extracts of birch and pine buds, mummy and stone oil. The tool has a disinfectant, anti-inflammatory and healing effect. The frequency of treatment of affected skin areas is from 2 to 5 times a day.
Cream paste contains 40% urea (carbamide). This substance, as well as alkalis and acids, is a keratolytic agent. The cream softens the wart, so 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 softened wart is removed, washed with water. After several applications, the skin at the site of the growth is cleansed and leveled.
Freezing a wart with an aerosol
Freezing preparations contain dimethyl ether, which lowers the skin temperature to minus values. A tool for home cryotherapy instantly freezes the wart (do not use on mucous membranes). Cold first causes blanching of the skin, there is a burning sensation, then redness. Tissues exposed to the refrigerant die. The wart after cooling with an aerosol disappears gradually in 7-14 days.
If inflammation begins, then a therapeutic ointment can be applied to accelerate healing, prevent infection of the wound under the bubble.
You can read on the forums a wide variety of reviews about the independent use of cryotherapy. It is noted that the method is convenient for use at home, helps with warts, they do not leave a trace. Approximately every second review lists such shortcomings as the high price of an aerosol, relapses.
HPV treatment with interferon alfa
The papilloma virus affects areas of the body that are more exposed to the 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 defense against HPV.
It is necessary to strengthen the body's immune system, able to resist any kind of infection.
Treatment of multiple warts that occur against the background of weakened protection against infection can be provided by pharmaceutical products with interferons. A modern drug is produced in the form of suppositories, ointments and gels. They contain interferon alpha, which suppresses the reproduction of viruses in cells, which has an immunomodulatory effect. It also contains the antioxidant vitamin E.
A 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 the plantar warts in the evening, sometimes the procedure was repeated in the morning. If you have patience and do not back down, then after a month the warts fall off along with the root, new skin grows in their place.
Immunomodulator
The active substance of the wart medicine triggers the production of its own interferon alpha in the body, which provides effective protection against HPV. The tool is used to treat genital and other types of warts, senile keratomas, molluscum contagiosum.
Cream for external use is applied every other day, 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 point to such a lack of funds as a high price.