What is a wart?

A wart is a hard, callous thickening of the epidermis in the form of a crude cauliflower-like bulge. In itself harmless, but can be ugly and very contagious. Half of all warts disappear spontaneously within one or two years.

What causes warts?
Warts and children

There are many types of warts. Still there is only a small amount of warts that frequents. The most common are an ordinary wart and the verruca.

An ordinary wart
A Verruca
Filiform wart
A water wart

If you want to stop warts from spreading, choose for treatment.

1 Home treatment
2 Do I need to consult my General Practioner?

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A water wart (Molluscum contagiosum)

Water warts

On the entire body but almost never on the palm or the sole of the foot
Skin coloured, smooth and often a pit in the middle
When pressed a white substance can appear
Caused by a small pox virus. This infection usually occurs in children and youth
By scratching or picking a type of eczema with inflammation can arise

Note:
A water wart doesn’t have to be treated. To protect an inflamed wart, a plaster will suffice. You can squeeze the wart, but this may cause a scar. Don’t treat this wart with WartFreezer.