In this episode of The PODdoctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about everything you need to know about diagnosing, treating, and healing plantar warts, aka warts on the feet.

QUOTES:

“The way that salicylic acid works is it’s an anti-karatolytic agent, fancy words for saying that the cells, the way that they adhere to one another like bricks and mortar, it goes in and breaks up that mortar around the bricks and lets that skin just kind of shed off, which works great for corns, calluses, warts, [and] diffuse, dry, cracky skin. That’s why we use it for warts.” - Dr. Raafae Hussain [09:22]

“Recovery for any of these… you just got to keep it covered, keep the pressure off of it as much as you can… and let that wart resolve.” - Dr. Raafae Hussain [21:34]

“If you decide to use oregano oil on your foot, I will find you.” - Dr. Raafae Hussain [23:17]

Top Takeaways:

• What are plantar warts? Are warts worrisome?
• How to know you have a plantar wart
• The two types of warts
• How to treat warts & Do home remedies actually work?
• Best wart treatments for children
• When is surgery needed to remove a wart?
• At-home wart recovery protocol

What You Will Learn:

• [00:39] Intro
• [02:13] Diagnosing a plantar wart
• [06:42] Treatments for warts at home and in the office
• [18:37] When do warts need to be surgically removed?
• [21:34] Wart recovery at home

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Book Mentioned: Saving Limbs, Saving Lives: Advanced Treatments for Preventing Amputations in Diabetic Populations by Dr. Damien Dauphinee