10 Plantar Warts Symptoms
Article Sources
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Scars or Discoloration
Plantar warts usually don't cause scars if they heal and fall off without intervention. However, scratching or picking at a wart may damage the skin and lead to scar tissue growth. Many wart removal medications and procedures are categorized as destructive because they destroy wart tissue.
Destructive removal methods, such as CO2 lasers, cryotherapy and surgical interventions, can also cause scars and hypopigmentation, which means the affected area becomes lighter than surrounding skin.5‘Pope, Marisa. ‘Treatment of Warts in Pediatrics: A Review,’ Clinmed Journals, clinmedjournals.org/articles/jfmdp/journal-of-family-medicine-and-disease-prevention-jfmdp-6-132.php?jid=jfmdp
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