Dear Dr. Gott: How do you remove a family of plantar warts off the bottom of a big toe? My 10-year-old daughter has had them for a couple of years (shortly after starting gymnastics). Please help!

Plantar warts are small growths that appear mainly on your heels or other weight-bearing areas of your feet. The pressure on the warts can cause them to grow inward, creating a clump of hard, thick ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A targeted heat treatment appears to alleviate bothersome and sometimes painful plantar warts, researchers from China have found. Plantar warts are skin growths on the ...

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This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Plantar warts' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s ...

Q: I’ve been plagued with plantar warts for most of my adult life. I got rid of the most recent one by treating it persistently with salicylic acid. Now I want to prevent re-infection. This is a virus ...

Q: I have had success using fresh pineapple peel on a plantar wart. I applied the pineapple skin to the wart overnight, with the fleshy fruit side toward the foot. I saved the peel in a plastic bag in ...

Plantar warts are hard, tough, horny growths that appear on the plantar surface (sole) of the foot. Normal standing and walking tends to press these lesions into the skin, flattening them and causing ...

While they can affect anyone, plantar warts are most common among children and teenagers. Some people seem to be more susceptible to catching plantar warts than others although the reasons for this ...