Plantar warts—warts on your feet—can be unpleasant and even painful. Learn what causes them and what you can do to treat and prevent them.

Wart removal treatments are as varied as the types of warts they treat. Salicylic acid is considered an effective remover for the most common types of warts. Learn how to use salicylic acid at ...

Plantar warts and palmar warts are common, especially in children. These warts are named for where they appear on the body. Palmar warts occur on the hands and plantar warts on the bottom of the foot.

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 ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD When a wart is treated, the skin goes through several stages of the wart falling off. First-line wart treatments help the wart fall off by slowly killing ...

Plantar warts usually go away on their own within 2 years, but a variety of treatments may make them disappear faster. You can prevent plantar warts by protecting your feet in public places.

Plantar warts often go away without treatment within 2 years. However, if a person wants to remove the plantar wart, they can see their doctor for prescription medicine or have a medical procedure ...

Plantar warts are hard, grainy growths on the soles of the feet caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), often painful and contagious.

Plantar calluses are extremely common, and not a cause for concern unless certain problematic symptoms arise alongside them.