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My son has a wart on thumb. applied salicylic acid for 5 days. the layer it made started to come up but the wart is still partially attached. now what?
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Continue: Continue daily salicylic acid for about 3-4 weeks. Make sure you pare down the wart daily, then reapply salicylic acid
Answered 6/21/2015
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May take 6 weeks: As the salicylic acid works the top layers peel off, but it may not be the whole wart at first. Sometimes it takes 6 weeks for the whole wart to go away. Don't pull on it if it hurts and don't put on more meds if it bleeds. Put a bandaid over it so it is not torn off,and keep using it till its gone. Be sure to read the directions. If problems, including pain or pus or increasing redness, to MD
Answered 2/20/2015
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Continue: the application of salicylic acid until the wart completely dissolves.
Answered 2/20/2015
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