Warts are common, contagious skin growths caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). At our Mumbai clinic, our expert dermatologists offer safe, effective, and swift wart removal using advanced medical procedures like Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryotherapy. We provide a definitive solution to eliminate these unsightly and sometimes painful growths, preventing their spread and restoring your clear, healthy skin.
Why Choose a Dermatologist for Wart Removal?
While over-the-counter remedies exist, professional removal by a qualified dermatologist is the safest and most effective path to clear skin. Here’s why you should always choose a clinical approach:
1. Accurate Diagnosis to Rule Out Other Conditions
What may look like a common wart could sometimes be another type of skin lesion, such as a mole, a corn, or in rare cases, a more serious growth. A dermatologist can provide an immediate and accurate diagnosis, ensuring you receive the correct and safest treatment from the very beginning.
2. Access to Powerful and Effective Treatments
Over-the-counter remedies are often weak and deliver frustratingly slow or incomplete results against stubborn warts. We utilize advanced, clinical-grade methods like Radiofrequency Ablation (using heat) and Cryotherapy (freezing) that have a much higher success rate in completely and permanently eliminating the wart, often in a single session.
3. Minimizing Scarring and Protecting Healthy Skin
Home treatments, especially acids, are imprecise and can easily damage the healthy skin surrounding the wart, leading to unnecessary pain, inflammation, and scarring. Our dermatologists use precision techniques to target only the wart tissue, preserving the integrity of your skin and leading to a much better cosmetic outcome.
4. Preventing Spread (Auto-inoculation) and Recurrence
Warts are contagious. A dermatologist not only removes the visible wart but also provides essential guidance on how to prevent spreading the virus to other parts of your body or to your family members. Our goal is complete eradication to significantly reduce the chance of the wart recurring.
The Benefits of Professional Wart Removal
Complete and Effective Eradication of the Growth
The primary benefit is the definitive removal of the wart. Clinical methods like Radiofrequency Ablation or Electrosurgery work by destroying the wart tissue down to its root, including the blood vessels that feed it. This offers a much higher chance of permanent removal in a single, controlled session compared to the weeks or months of ineffective application often experienced with over-the-counter products.
Immediately Stops the Spread of the Virus
This is a crucial health benefit. Warts are contagious and can easily spread to other parts of your own body through scratching or touching (a process called auto-inoculation). By having a wart professionally and completely removed, you are immediately stopping it from becoming a bigger problem and protecting your family members and close contacts from contracting the HPV virus.
Alleviation of Pain and Physical Discomfort
Certain warts, especially plantar warts on the soles of the feet, can be extremely painful. They can feel like having a stone in your shoe, making walking, running, or even standing uncomfortable. Similarly, warts on the hands can interfere with daily tasks. Professional removal provides immediate and lasting relief from this pain, restoring your physical comfort.
A Quick, Efficient, and Controlled In-Clinic Procedure
Forget the messy and repetitive daily application of home remedies. Most professional wart removals are very fast procedures, often completed in just 15-20 minutes. After a local anaesthetic is administered, the procedure is quick and painless, allowing you to resolve the entire issue in a single, efficient visit to our clinic.
Superior Cosmetic Outcome with Minimal Scarring
A dermatologist’s precision is key to a beautiful result. By targeting only the wart tissue, we minimize collateral damage to the healthy surrounding skin. This leads to cleaner healing and a much better cosmetic outcome—often a small, flat mark that is far less noticeable than the original wart and the potential discoloured scar from an acid burn.
Restored Confidence and Self-Esteem
Having visible warts, especially on prominent areas like the hands, face, or neck, can be a source of significant embarrassment and self-consciousness. It can affect how you interact with people both socially and professionally. Swiftly and effectively removing them can provide an immense boost to your self-esteem, allowing you to present yourself to the world with confidence.
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FAQ
What exactly causes warts?
Warts are caused by various strains of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The virus is very common and typically enters the body through tiny cuts or breaks in the skin. It then causes the top layer of skin to grow rapidly, which forms the visible growth we call a wart.
Is the wart removal procedure painful?
For most of our removal methods, such as Radiofrequency Ablation, we use a local anaesthetic injection to completely numb the area before we begin. You will not feel any pain during the procedure itself. For Cryotherapy (freezing), there may be a brief, sharp stinging sensation that lasts for a few seconds.
Will having my wart removed leave a scar?
Our primary goal is to minimize any scarring. Most modern removal techniques, when performed by an expert, leave a very minimal, flat scar that is often much less conspicuous than the wart it replaced. The final appearance will depend on the size and location of the wart as well as your skin’s individual healing ability.
Can my wart come back after it's been removed?
There is always a small possibility of recurrence. Because warts are caused by a virus present in the skin, a new wart can sometimes appear in the same or a nearby area if any microscopic viral particles remain. However, professional removal of the primary wart greatly reduces this risk by eliminating the main source of the virus.
Are warts contagious? How do they spread?
Yes, warts are contagious. You can spread them to other parts of your own body by touching or scratching them. You can also pass the virus to other people through direct skin-to-skin contact or, less commonly, by sharing personal items like towels, razors, or walking barefoot in damp communal areas like poolsides.
Why didn't the wart treatment from the chemist work for me?
Over-the-counter (OTC) treatments typically contain low concentrations of salicylic acid. While they can sometimes work on very small, superficial warts, they are often not strong enough to penetrate larger or more deep-seated warts. They also require very consistent application over a long period, and can damage the healthy surrounding skin before they successfully eliminate the wart tissue. Professional treatments are significantly more powerful and targeted.