The boy is running as fast as he can. No wonder: his life is on the stake. If a giant dragon catches the poor little child he will have no mercy for him. A dreadful death from the claws of a wicked dragon awaits for the boy. Luckily, a second later the kid remembers about the secret hiding place, where he keeps all the magic stuff he got. The boy runs there and before the giant dragon manages to approach him and grasp him, the boy covers himself with a magic coat, which makes a person disappear and become invisible….
Any patient dreams of such coat, which would be able to make his disease disappear once and forever. Fortunately for millions of warts sufferers, salicylic acid, an OTC medication, can be such a means to remove the signs of their condition from the skin surface.
One should only take care to regularly cover the warts with the topical salicylic acid once daily for several weeks. The procedure is preferable to be done in the evening around the shower or bath time. The warts may be soaked in warm water for about 5 minutes, then dried. It is also advisable to remove the loose skin with the soft brush, wash cloth, or pumice stone prior to applying the medication.
A small amount of topical salicylic acid should be used to cover only the affected area of the skin and rubbed in gently. Occlusive dressings may be recommended to wear on the treated spots for the drug to work more effectively, since in that case more acid will be absorbed into the skin. The treated spot should be washed in the morning.
The most common forms of salicylic acid are cream, gel, lotion, ointment and topical solution. They all should be used similarly in small amounts. Solution should not exceed one drop at a time. Wet packs should be applied to the affected area for about 5 minutes before using the gel form.
Pads and plasters must cover only the warts, not the surrounding areas; thus, plasters must be cut out fitting the size of a wart. They should be left on place for not less than 8 hours, repeating the application every 24 hours.
Salicylic acid should not be used on the inflamed, irritated, infected, or damaged skin. Genital warts or those with hair growing from them, as well as birthmarks and moles, should not be treated with salicylic acid. Moreover, this drug is not for the use in the mouth, nose or near the eyes.
This medication should not be applied along with other medicines, cosmetics and soaps or cleaners that dry and peel the skin. It may cause reddening, irritation, burning, stinging, peeling of the skin, which all may also accompany the treatment with salicylic acid alone as its side effects.
It should be noted that people with kidney and liver diseases, poor blood circulation, and diabetes, or allergic to the active ingredient may be not recommended to use salicylic acid, as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women, since no adequate studies were conducted on them.
Finally, salicylic acid is a magic coat, which makes warts disappear by forcing the outer layer of the skin to peel, since it is a keratolytic – peeling agent. It softens and even dissolves protein (keratin), which is the material for the warts. It also prevents the pores from clogging, stimulating the shedding of the dead skin cells and growing of the new healthy cells.
Scholars also suggest that by repetitive irritation of a wart, the drug triggers an immune system response, which, in the long run, starts to fight human Papilloma virus – the real cause of the warts formation.
Thus, salicylic acid works effectively, safely, and practically painlessly to make warts disappear – it is a real magic means, one may say, isn’t it?
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