Benign skin growths appear when infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). When choosing a remedy for warts and papillomas in a pharmacy, it is necessary to consider the effect on the infection and on the upper layer of the skin. OTC medicines are softer and should be used for a long time to completely cleanse the skin.
Self-removal of warts with alkaline solutions
It is recommended to soothe a dense neoplasm before applying medication with a compress or a warm water bath. You can make a lotion with a hot soda solution. The solution or ointment will then penetrate more easily into the cells infected with a viral infection. The most aggressive substances destroy warts faster, but more often cause burns and irritation.
You should first consult a dermatologist in order for your doctor to recommend, for example, a mild or aggressive remedy for warts on your hands at 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 plaster.
Disintegration of growths of viral origin can take from a few days to a few weeks.
A special medicine for warts in a pharmacy contains alkali. The caustic substance kills the skin cells that contain the virus. When you apply the juice to the top and leg of the skin tumor, first the redness starts, then the growth turns black and falls off. A small wart may disappear after an application of an alkaline solution, a large one should be wetted 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
Liquids and ointments for external use are used more often than tablets at home. Preparations usually contain antiseptic, antiviral and other active substances. They should soften the upper horny masses and penetrate into the infected skin cells. Salicylic, lactic, acetic and other acids cope well with this task. They have a keratolytic, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory effect, disperse tissues affected by HPV.
The therapeutic patch should be fixed on the pathological area of the skin after 3 days can be removed. Before using this or any other salicylic acid product, it is necessary to evaporate the wart so that the top layer softens. It is then recommended to rub the cornea layer with a nail file or cut with nail clippers.
A solution or ointment with salicylic acid is applied daily, fixed on top with a plaster or medical bandage. Wart removal 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, 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 alone, an aggressive fluid causes severe burns and tissue necrosis. To get qualified help, you should contact the dermatology office, where medical staff will accurately and precisely process warts and papillomas using a special applicator or glass pipette.
Natural and similar remedies for warts in a pharmacy
Naturopathic balm contains lactic acid, copper salts and plant extracts. In terms of consistency, it is a cream-gel, which contains gums, Siberian cedar resin, extracts of birch and pine buds, zombie and stone oil. The tool has a disinfectant, anti-inflammatory and healing effect. The frequency of treatment of the affected areas of the skin is from 2 to 5 times a day.
Cream paste contains 40% urea (urea). This substance, as well as alkalis and acids, is a keratolytic agent. The cream softens the wart, so its keratinized part is removed more easily. It also contains glycyrrhizic acid, which reduces HPV activity.
The cream is applied to the wart in a thick layer, covered with a bandage folded 2-4 times on top. Fix this compress to the skin with plaster. Removed within a day, the softened wart is removed, washed with water. After several applications, the skin at the site of 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 cryotherapy at home immediately freezes the wart (do not use it on the mucosa). The cold first causes the skin to whiten, there is a burning sensation, then redness. Tissues exposed to the coolant die. Warts after aerosol cooling gradually disappear in 7-14 days.
If inflammation starts, then a therapeutic ointment can be applied to speed healing, to prevent infection of the wound under the blister.
You can read in the forums a wide variety of comments about the independent use of cryotherapy. It is noted that the method is suitable for home use, helps with warts, they leave no trace. Approximately every second review lists shortcomings such as the high price of an aerosol, returns.
Treatment of HPV with alpha interferon
The papilloma virus affects areas of the body that are most exposed to the sun, sweat and water. The infection penetrates through smaller cracks and other micro-damages. 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, capable of resisting any kind of infection.
Treatment of multiple warts occurring against the background of weakened protection against infection can be provided by pharmaceutical products with interferons. A modern medicine 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. Also contains antioxidant vitamin E.
A medicine is used for warts, herpetic lesions of the skin and mucous membranes. A review noted that the ointment treatment lasted 4 weeks. In the first half of this period, the ointment was applied to the warts in the evening, sometimes the procedure was repeated in the morning. If you have patience and do not pull, then after a month the warts fall along with the root, in their place grows new skin.
Imunomodulator
The active substance of the wart medicine causes the production of its own alpha interferon in the body, which provides effective protection against HPV. The tool is used to treat genital warts and other types, senile keratoma, molluscum contagiosum.
The cream for external use is applied every other day, before going to bed, so that the substance acts on the affected area of skin 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.