Warts are the hard rough projections that appear on the skin because of the invasion of a virus called Human Papiloma Virus. These viruses are of many types and each strain can produce different types of warts. Various modern techniques and strong topical agents carry out warts removal. An ideal wart appears all in a sudden, last for almost two years and finally disappears. The warts have different growth phases and the treatment in different phases varies. The growth phases of a common wart are:
· lag phase
· log phase
· stationary phase
· decline phase
Lag phase
Lag phase is the initial phase in which the viruses invade our body through the direct contact with an infected person. The viruses infect the weak area of the skin like broken area or injured area. As soon as the virus invades our body, it begins to grow and multiply. Usually these viruses will not infect the deeper layers or cells. The invaded viruses mutate the normal cells and enhance uncontrollable cell division. Thus, new cells begin to grow over the invaded cells. New blood vessels and nerves starts growing into those newly formed cells. However, there will not be any visible signs and symptoms for this invasion and cell growth as it is not visible for our naked eyes. This is a painless process and that is the reason why it is very difficult to detect lag phase. The usage of any topical medicines can destroy these viruses on contact, but we cannot spot the site of invasion. The first sign becomes visible only after the lag phase. A wart may take 2 weeks to several months to complete lag phase.
Log phase
Log phase is the important phase where the growth and multiplication of the viruses reaches in its peak. The rapid rate of multiplication makes the wart increase in its size and more blood vessels and nerves grows into it. The viruses spread to the lower layers of the skin. During this phase, some visible signs are visible, like hardening of the tissues and small rough projections at the site of invasion. We can control this growth with the help of topical medicines like Imiquimod, Veregen, liquid nitrogen, Salicylic acid etc. These medicines are able to go deep into the cells and kill the viruses present in the lower layers of skin.
Stationery phase
This is the phase in which, growth of the wart reaches its maximum. Size of the wart becomes stable, and sometimes it may spread to the neighboring areas. The full-grown wart is little darker and it appears as a small projection (different types of warts have different colors and appearance) on the skin. The treatment will be much difficult and may take several months to recover. Treatment methods like laser Treatment, Immunotherapy, Cryotherapy, electrocautery etc will be effective to prevent further growth and spreading of wart. The chemicals like Salicylic acid, Trichloro asetic acid, Veregen etc are applied which kills the viruses in the deeper layers and reduces the size of wart by shrinking. Without taking treatment, this phase may last for more than two years.
Decline phase
After stationary phase, the wart may begin to shrink and the darkness start to disappear. The wart disappearce because of the immunological response of our body against the wart. The antibodies produced by our body kills the viruses within a short period and the wart gradually disappears. No treatment is required for this phase; sometimes following treatment at this time may inversely affect the natural curing.
The recognition of the ongoing phase of wart is vital for the success of warts removal treatment procedures.
Jasmeet Singh has been a skin product consultant with a skin care company for last 5 years. He has been actively involved in helping customers find the right skin products. He is also a part of a Best Wart remover Product Company. Providing useful skin care products reviews and skincare treatment articles, writings and reviews online.
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