Effective Treatments For Warts

Warts are a viral infection in the top layer of the skin. The virus responsible for causing warts is the human papilloma virus. Warts are transmitted by direct skin-to-skin contact or through the contact of objects that have been touched by warts and now carry the virus on their surface(known as fomites). A good example of a 'fomite' is a shower room floor, commonly associated with the transmission of warts on the bottom of the feet. Warts located on the bottom of the feet are known as 'plantar' warts, but warts can occur anywhere.

The successful treatment of warts can be very difficult.

Here is a little known fact about wart treatments: The key to successfully treating warts is to irritate the warts to the point where the proteins associated with the infecting virus are exposed to the patients own immune system. The patient's immune system recognizes the wart as an infection, and attacks the wart. Everyone's immune system responds differently, and, as a result, the number of treatments required to get rid of warts can vary widely. Some warts can go away in 1 treatment and others may take 15 or more treatments. The average number of treatments in our office is about 4-6, spaced out about every 2 weeks. About 5% of warts don't respond to our therapies. The treatment of warts is really a partnership between the doctor and patient's immune system!

At Crutchfield Dermatology we use many ways to "irritate" and partially destroy the warts including freezing, topical medicines applied at the office, medicines to be used at home between office visits, and laser treatments. Every case is unique, and we will design a treatment program that we believe is most appropriate for you.

For additional helpful information on this topic Dr. Crutchfield recommends these helpful links:
American Academy of Dermatology: Warts

Treatment Performance
Dr. Crutchfield performs all Botox Cosmetic and Restylane/Perlane and Juvederm treatments personally. For other cosmetic treatments, such as Pixel laser treatments, Lipodissolve Ultra, AFT light treatments, he may provide a combined treatment with his highly trained staff or have a skilled staff member perform the treatment(s)completely.

If you have any questions feel free to discuss this with Dr. Crutchfield at the time of consultation.

Dr. Crutchfield offers a money back guarantee for the treatment of the frown lines in the glabella (only) with a combination of Botox Cosmetic and Restylane if a patient uses the treatment amounts that he recommends.