Ottawa Warts are skin growths caused by a virus. Warts in Ottawa can grow on any part of the body. Their appearance depends on their location. On the soles of the feet, the tissue becomes thickened from the pressure of standing and warts (called plantar warts) may be flatter. Walking on plantar warts is often painful. Warts have a rough surface on which tiny, dark dots can often be seen. These are not “roots,” but blood vessels, which are giving nutrients to warts.

A Common Problem

Warts are common and can be a nuisance. They may bleed if injured. Since warts are caused by a virus, they are contagious, but only to people who are susceptible. Warts may spread on the body or to other children. We don’t know why some people get warts while others never get them. There is no way to fully prevent warts.

People have been trying to cure and treat warts for thousands of years. The “success” of folk remedies for warts is probably due to the fact that warts will often disappear on their own, especially in young children. However, the average time to clearance may be as long as two years, sometimes even longer.

Swift™ TREATMENT IN OTTAWA

Since we have no medicines, which kill the wart virus, there is no single perfect treatment of warts. Most treatments are physical means used to destroy the outer layer of skin that the wart grows on, and thus ridding the body of the wart.

New Technology

Newer techniques include trying to stimulate the immune system and clear the warts by mimicking the way our body naturally clears warts, but doing it sooner than it would happen on its own. At Ottawa Wart Removal we use Swift™. Swift™ is the pioneering new microwave therapy for skin. With treatment times in seconds, Swift™ provides our Ottawa patients with a new, precise and easy way of treating soft tissue lesions. Swift™ is a treatment for people who want an affordable, time sensitive and non-evasive way to treat those unwanted wart once and for all.