How to Treat Flat Warts
Instructions
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Prevent the spread of flat warts by not picking them. Picking can spread warts to other areas of the body.
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Use an over-the-counter medicine to treat flat warts. These compounds usually contain a chemical that dries up the outer portion of skin so that it peels off.
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Visit your doctor. He can freeze or burn the warts off or prescribe medication to treat them.
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Try some alternative treatments. Tape a small piece of the inside of a banana peel to the wart and sleep with it nightly for two weeks. Make a paste from Vitamin C powder and apply it to the wart for two weeks. Place some crushed or sliced garlic on the wart for a week while sleeping.
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Wait for flat warts to go away if all else fails. Most flat warts, if you leave them alone, will disappear within two years.
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