If you have warts on your skin, it can be both embarrassing and uncomfortable. Warts can make you self-conscious about showing off your skin. Your dermatologist can help. The dermatologists at Atlanta Center for Dermatologic Diseases provide a wide range of dermatology services, including the treatment of warts. They have four convenient office locations in Alpharetta, Cumming, Roswell, and Sandy Springs, GA.

What You Need To Know About Warts

Warts are caused by a virus. You can develop warts by skin contact with the virus. Warts look like a cluster of rough, hard bumps, and they can develop on the feet, hands, and other areas.

Children, teenagers, and individuals with compromised immune systems are at greater risk of developing warts. To help prevent warts, it’s important to protect your skin by wearing shoes and other clothing to avoid skin contact.

Warts can easily spread from one area to another, and from person to person. These are a few strategies to help prevent warts from spreading:

• Cover the wart with a waterproof coating or bandage
• Avoid touching the wart, and be sure to wash your hands if you do touch the wart
• Don’t share socks, linens, or other items with others
• Wear gloves if you have a wart on your hand

Over-the-counter treatments for warts aren’t always effective. You may regrow the wart. Your dermatologist offers a more permanent solution and can help you get rid of the wart, with several effective treatments. Your dermatologist may recommend:

• Peeling the wart with topical salicylic acid
• Freezing the wart with liquid nitrogen
• Killing the virus with laser treatment

Want To Know More About Warts?

To find out more about warts and wart treatment, call the dermatologists at Atlanta Center for Dermatologic Diseases. You can reach them at:

• Alpharetta, GA, by calling (770) 664-5225
• Cumming, GA, by calling (770) 844-1902
• Roswell, GA, by calling (770) 751-1133
• Sandy Springs, GA, by calling (404) 252-4333

Call today.