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2. Warts can be stubborn to treat. Here's how to get rid of them.

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   Warts are usually harmless, but they can be an eyesore. A dermatologist lays out some solutions. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Fitness. Food. Games. Health. Home & Garden ...

3. Treatment of warts by keratolysis - Wikipedia

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   A white precipitation forms on the area where the product was applied. Keratolysis is the removal of dead surface skin cells and is a treatment for several types of wart. The most common keratolytic treatment of warts available over-the-counter involves salicylic acid. These products are readily available at most drugstores and supermarkets.

4. Wart - Wikipedia

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   Another product available over-the-counter that can aid in wart removal is silver nitrate in the form of a caustic pencil, which is also available at drug stores. In a placebo-controlled study of 70 patients, silver nitrate given over nine days resulted in clearance of all warts in 43% and improvement in warts in 26% one month after treatment ...

5. Keratolytic - Wikipedia

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   Keratolytic (/ ˌ k ɛr ə t oʊ ˈ l ɪ t ɪ k / [1] [2]) therapy is a type of medical treatment to remove warts, calluses and other lesions in which the epidermis produces excess skin. In this therapy, acidic topical medicines, such as Whitfield's ointment or Jessner's solution, are applied to the lesion in order to thin the skin on and around it.

6. Does Medicare cover wart removal? - AOL

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   Medicare does not pay for benign wart removal for cosmetic reasons. However, it may fund the removal of malignant warts, warts that have spread to other body parts, or warts that are symptoms of ...

7. Caustic pencil - Wikipedia

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   Typical caustic pencil with detail of dried, oxidized, and inactive chemical. A caustic pencil (or silver nitrate stick) is a device for applying topical medication containing silver nitrate and potassium nitrate, used to chemically cauterize skin, providing hemostasis or permanently destroying unwanted tissue such as a wart, skin tag, aphthous ulcers, or over-production of granulation tissue. [1]