Trying to find natural ways to rid your self of unsightly warts, but don't want to pay for a doctors visit or use harsh medications. You will find this article to be very helpful.
Most of the time warts are painless, but they can be embarraasing and annoying. If they are on hands or feet they can get bumped often and irritated. Some warts are flat and smooth while others appear in clumps.
5 Types of warts
1. The most common wart that people suffer from is raised from the skin and is rough and dry. They can appear on any part of the body.
2. Flat warts often appear in multiples and can be found on the hands and arms, legs or face. Often appearing in areas that are shaved.
3. Plantar warts are usually found on the soles of the feet.
4. Genital warts are often referred to as sexually transmitted diseaases. They are found around the genital areas in men and women.
5. An uncommon type of wart can appear around the mouth and on the lips, and will appear as small whitish bumps.
Do you have warts?
An easy way to tell if you have a wart or not is to follow the natural lines of the skin. The lines will stop on one side of the wart and continue on the other. Also warts are mostly grainy and rough, not smooth and clear.
Reasons for warts
Viruses cause warts. They are called human papilloma viruses or HPV for short. HPV viruses are like other germs. The wart virus loves warm, moist places usually around small cuts or scratches on your hands or feet. When the HPV virus finds ideal conditions on your skin the wart begins to grow.
Warts are highly contagious
An important thing to remember is to keep the area around the wart clean, and dont scratch it or pick at it. Warts spread easily so you want to not share towels or washcloths with others.
How Long Do Warts Last?
1/4 of warts will go away on their own in 6 months or so, without treatment, others will take 2-3 years. By treating the warts they will dissapear more quickly but often times will return if the virus is not removed.
Eradicating warts
Duct tape - You have always heard that duct tape is good for everything, and warts are not an exception. Put a piece of duct tape on the wart which acts as an irritant to the skin. The bodies natural antibodies will rush to the site for battle.
This is one of the many natural ways of removing annoying warts the holistic way. There are many other similar remedies for ridding yourself of moles and skin tags.
About the Author
Prescription medications have too many side effects. For a natural holistic way for removal of warts and moles visit Natural wart removal remedies
Monday, February 26, 2007
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