What is a foot wart? There are three main types of foot warts. Verrucaes is a wart which grows on the underside of your foot. A plantar’s wart grown on the ball or heel of your foot. And a mosaic wart is a collection of several small warts clumped together. Warts look similar to corns but are covered with small black dots. If you have a wart you will feel like you are walking on a pebble. Warts are painful when squeezed.

How do you get warts? Warts are a virus that is spread by contact. You can catch the virus from shower floors, swimming pools, bathrooms, or directly touching someone with the virus. Warts can spread through water so contact does not need to be skin to skin.

How do you treat warts? First off, try to prevent catching warts by wearing flip flops in communal wet areas. Warts will often go away on their own as the virus runs its course. There are several over the counter products you can try to lessen the pain, reduce the risk of transmission and make the warts disappear. You can also seek prescription medication from your doctor or have your warts frozen off. Freezing a wart will remove the wart but not necessarily rid your body of the virus and a new wart may appear.

No matter what foot problem you may have, seek a doctor’s care if you can’t manage the pain, if your feet are oozing or if the color of your toes has changed.

If you take good care of your feet they will look fabulous all summer long.