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Can using salycilic acid cream once make warts on scrotum to grow smaller for the doctor to identify? only once?........

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Dr. Luis Taylor answered

Specializes in Pulmonology

The cream is not: likely to work. Best treatment would be cryotherapy or Liquid nitrogen. Hope this helps.

Answered 5/30/2016

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