Been using salicylic acid on it for about 12 days. went to my doctor today and he gave an antibiotic for possible infection. anyone have any insight to how it looks? does it look normal after 12 days of salicylic acid twice a day?

I need help figuring out if I’m going insane.

Months ago I had a small wart in the area marked in green in the picture. 1 or 1,5mm in diameter.

I removed it with multiple applications of salicylic acid. And I mean a lot. Digging all the way into the flesh.

When the skin healed, the dermatologist told me TWICE (during separate visits at one month distance) that it is gone.

He told me to leave the skin alone…

Still: I have obsessive-compulsive disorder, and it’s currently manifesting itself in recurring bouts of fear that maybe, just maybe, the wart is back…

…Which leads me to repeat the whole process of removing layers of skin, applying more acid, and still finding some “mysterious dots” that may be signs of a wart.

I just can’t stop, no matter what my dermatologist keeps telling me.

So this is what I did again. For three more weeks, I applied salicylic acid plasters and removed another 2mm-deep layer of skin.

Now, I can see little red dots where suspect wart used to be: my OCD is telling me that this may be the wart again and that I should resume digging.

Mind you: some of the dots are outside the area where the wart used to be.

Rationally, I know it literally can’t be the wart. But what else can it be? What can cause little red dots? Could it be from the skin removal?

I need more people with a sane brain to tell me if I can finally relax or if I should still be concerned.

Please help!

Hi Reddit,

I've had a wart on my finger for about 2 months. Went to the pharmacy 3 weeks ago and asked for treatment and was sold a Bazuka gel.

I've been using it for about 2.5 weeks with a few one off days in that period.

The wart flattened within a week. It peeled off and exposed the blood vessels underneath. I kept applying the gel and filing every two days. A few days ago, after filing, the skin was totally flat and had no blood vessels visible. The blood vessels reappeared the next day, so I applied again. Yesterday I filed and it bled quite a lot, so I applied pressure, put a plaster on and went to sleep.

Woke up today and I see there's a little wound but skin lines appear all the way around just not where the wound is. Does this look finished to you?

I've attached pictures. One from the internet that shows what it looked like initially Vs 2 pics of what it looks like right now.

Should I just let it heal at this point and would you say it's gone?

Should I treat again? First 2 pics are current (were taken at the same time, one with flash and one without). 3rd pic is how it started, 4th & 5th pics are the last time I treated it.

Hi everyone,

New to plantar warts. I have been treating it with Dr. Scholl's Salicilyc Clear away pads 40%. I also debride it everyday after a foot soak. Can someone telk me if it's getting better?

I've been at this for 11 days.

Day 4 vs day 11

started off as a pimple on my face. i popped it twice thinking ther was a whitehead underneath. After a week it raised up so I thought it was a wart so I used a compound W bandaid. This is an hour after i removed the bandaid. The bump got smaller cause the dead skin came off but not entirely sure what it is anymore. Thinking it might just be trauma now

been dealing with sublingual warts on all fingers and toes, probably had em for a while but 6/7 months ago my fingers began to swell and i had restricted mobility. i’ve never seen anything like this , not even sure what im dealing with except that it’s so horrific that it’s nearly funny.

i believe these will resolve quickly since they seem shallow but obviously im not going to be shocked if otherwise. enjoy, pic of fingers from couple years ago for reference

Tried to take a picture every time i debrided and treated what i'm told is likely a wart on my hand. Fascinated as it looks different every time. Pics marked with SA already have treatment applied, others are exposed.

Im not looking for recommendations on treatments, im following instructions on pharmacist recommended medication.

These photos show the progress of my wart treatment from before to where it is now. I’d really appreciate some feedback from anyone with experience treating warts.

Does it look like the wart has been completely removed or is there still wart tissue remaining?
If you think there’s still some left what makes you say that?

Photo 1: Before treatment
Photos 2–3: Current appearance

I’ve documented my entire treatment journey with additional photos on my profile if anyone wants to see how it’s progressed.

My finger is so raised after the SA bandages. I can’t tell if it’s good skin or if it’s part of the wart. any thoughts?

Does anyone know if my cuticles will grow back too??! I’m scared my finger nails won’t have anything to attach to

Been treating with salt water baths for almost 2 months please tell me I’m almost done!

I’ve had this wart for nearly 5 months now and haven’t really touched it much, I’ve debrided it a couple of times and finally today I tried again, it seems like there is still something there, any tips would be much appreciated.

Palm of my hand, callus

Palm of my hand, callus

I got plantar wart from vacation at May 2025 then i tried to cure it at home with salicylic acid for 3 months and it didn't go away. So i started to go to doctor every month. They froze it 12 times. At November there were blister and crust fell off. But it still didnt go away however as doctors say it got smaller. I started to use black cream ACV some plant milk and zinc supplements i tried everything and finally at June some white liquid came. After that doctor froze it 2 more times. As i remember last time they froze it at 8 June. Since then 1 month 14 days past and yesterday i went to doctor for check. She told me there is no wart!!! YEYYY but i still feel suspicion because two times crust fell off pink skin come but after wart came back and that's what I'm afraid of. But i hope if won't came back

What i used in my journey:

- Salicylic acid

-cold nitrogen(doctor froze it)

- fig milk

- Apple cider vinegar

- Black Cream

- Zinc supplements

I hope it helps

Back in February I had what I believe to be ‘geographic tongue.’ Very painful when I tried to eat anything. I googled around and maybe even searched Reddit for a remedy.

Somewhere, someone suggested taking B12. I bought a bottle and within 4-5 days of taking it, my tongue was almost 100% better! I went on vacation in March for a few days and forgot to take the B12. My tongue started hurting again. Started up the B12 when I got back home, and within a few days, my tongue was better again. I have continued taking B12 almost every day since February.

I had one plantar wart on the bottom of my foot I first noticed about 10 years ago. I had a dermatologist try to freeze it off and it didn’t do anything. I just lived with it for about 5 more years. I found Wart stick on Amazon and started applying it every night with duct tape on top for a while. It was doing good at getting the skin around the wart, but was taking a long time. I eventually stopped that because I got tired of doing it every night.

I then went to another dermatologist and he told me it was large and deep, and if he cut it out, it would be very painful for a while. He gave me some cream…I’ll be honest, I didn’t apply it like I was supposed to. Then I noticed I was getting more warts around the first one and some on/under my toes.

I started up the wart stick again this April…it seemed to be helping the smaller ones and the ones under/on my toes. Then I gave up again. I decided about a month and a half ago to check and see how many more I had gotten. To my complete surprise, ALL of them are almost completely gone! 2 were large and on the ball of my foot. They were painful when I walked sometimes.

I somehow stumbled upon something that said people that get plantar warts usually lack B12…Bingo! It seriously has almost completely gotten rid of them in 5 months of regularly taking B12. 🤯

Just wanted to post my accidental discovery of a way to get rid of them. If someone else tried it and it works, please report back! I just hope it helps someone. Warts are seriously so annoying!

Hey everyone,

So I have been dealing with plantars warts for YEARS. Freezings in office, WartPeel, WartStick + Hydrocolloid, saline soaks, ACV, Zinc Sulfate, Cimetidine, and have even done candida and bleomycin injections and burnings. Still there, but making progress.

Recently, due to treating them and being an anxious picker, they have made their way on my hands. This is from today, my cuticle has been throbbing with pain as I noticed this. Tried to debried and bit and cover with neosporin for two days but it still appears like this. Need some advice on if you guys believe this to be a wart, and what I should do about this one, as I never had one this close to my nail and it is making me very nervous. I have another similar one and am debating if I should put liquid SA on it overnight.

Any input will be greatly valued as I have been struggling so hard to rid my body of these.

Thank you.