Facial warts: Papilloma virus skin infections that can be eliminated by the laser
Warts affecting the facial area are a pathology that requires the intervention of the dermatologist. The face is your business card so it is normal to ensure it is treated and attentive so that it is always at its best and healthy. The right products, treatments winning and above all massages can help you drain and improve the texture of your skin Watch the video and always put your face in the foreground!
Facial warts: when you look closely, filiform and flat warts
Filiform warts and flat warts are those that mostly form on the face. It is a very contagious skin disease. Filiform warts that appear on direct or indirect contact on the cheeks, neck, lips and eyelids are usually asymptomatic and benign in nature. In practice, the skin cells develop excessively, forming more hard growths than the rest of the epidermis. They have an elongated shape and color of the patient's skin, they are exophytic and keratotic. They are often localized around the orifices of the face, eyes, lips and nose. These warts are also referred to as finger or facial warts. They are not dangerous and generally go away without treatment or specialist intervention, although many opt for the removal of the blemish. Flat warts have slightly raised papules, the color of the patient's skin or pink or light yellow-brown; they occur on the face, back of the hands, arms and legs. Flat warts, caused by human papillomavirus types 3 and 10 and occasionally 26 to 29 and 41, are more common among children and young people. They are often small, but numerous, smooth; sometimes they form clusters and appear on the face and hands, but also on the arms and legs. They are usually asymptomatic and are placed on lesions or scars. Infection by indirect contact occurs when the virus contracted on the hands and feet in common showers in swimming pools or gyms spreads through self-contact to the face. Heat and humidity contribute to the multiplication of pathogens.
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Warts on the face and on other areas of the body: filiform, flat, vulgar, plantar, peringueal, genital
Warts are caused by human papilloma virus infections, which have more than a hundred different types, often favored by skin trauma or transmitted by self-injection. Common or vulgar warts (also commonly called leeks) caused by human papillomavirus types 1, 2, 4, and 7 can occur anywhere as rounded exophytic papules, with an irregular surface and red spots, but especially on the back and palm of the hand. and on the fingers. They are the most common type, gray or light brown, single or multiple. In addition to filiform, flat, vulgar, there are other types of warts. Plantar warts, caused by human papillomavirus types 1, 2 and 4, appear on the palms and soles of the feet; they appear as rounded endophytic papules, with hyperkeratosis on the surface and dark spots and disappearance of the skin furrows, under the soles of the feet and on the heels. They are a very widespread form, yellowish in color, with a rough and scaly surface. Due to the pressure exerted on the foot they develop more internally and are flatter. Periungual facial warts appear with thickened, cauliflower-shaped skin around the nail, although over time they can become subungual. Patients often lose their cuticles and have paronychia. "water, for example maids and bartenders. If the papules group into keratotic plaques, we speak of mosaic warts; they appear as whitish crusts, like pieces of a mosaic, on the toes, but also under the sole. Compared to plantar warts, this type does not cause pain when walking, however it often recurs. Condylomas are warts in the genital area: they are a disease commonly transmitted with sexual intercourse. They have long, uncured papules, usually without symptoms. They give pain and bleeding rarely and only in very sensitive areas. When infection is due to particularly risky types of human papillomavirus, mainly 16 and 18, but also types 31, 33, 35 and 39 it can cause cervical cancer. Perirectal warts often itch. Perirectal warts often itch. Warts are small benign tumors, which degenerate very easily. It is called seborrheic wart, but more properly seborrheic keratitis, an altered growth of the skin, not of a viral nature, frequent in the elderly.
Types of face warts: some medications and laser treatments to counter warts
The treatment of the infection depends on the type of wart (common, filiform, flat, plantar, condyloma), the area of the body, the quantity, the size of the lesions, the patient's previous pathologies and his age. Facial warts can be treated with drugs or treated with excision, cauterization, cryotherapy. The techniques of electrocoagulation and minimally invasive surgery, more at risk of scarring, have almost everywhere given way to other methods. Specific drugs can be applied to the lesion: lactic acid, salicylic acid, retinoids and antivirals, podophyllin resins (for anal and genital areas) or, if necessary, cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen is practiced. Warts can be eliminated with salicylic acid, the most common topical method, liquid or with patches and poultices soaked in the substance. Liquid nitrogen, used in cryotherapy (cold therapy) should only be used by the doctor. Cryotherapy is used when drugs prove ineffective in eliminating warts. Cryotherapy can cause pain, swelling and even hypopigmentation in the case of olive skin. Cryosurgery, which is a bit painful, as well as diathermocoagulation with curettage or laser are effective techniques, but with possible scarring consequences.
Face and body warts: predisposition, diagnosis, prevention and all that can be useful to you
Facial warts often appear in areas more prone to trauma or maceration such as elbows, fingers, knees, face; some more unusual shapes also on the neck, scalp and beard area.
Many warts disappear spontaneously (especially the common ones), others persist and recur even after treatment. It seems that immunosuppressed people, especially with HIV or kidney transplantation, are much more at risk of developing this type of infections and that hormonal imbalances, trauma, stress and anxiety also influence their onset.
Facial warts erase the transverse lines of the skin on the surface and in the apical part they present blackheads (thrombosed capillaries). Also, when these lesions are cut, there is blood leakage. Recovery is conditioned by the state of the patient's immune system. To prevent warts, always keep your hands clean and dry, as warts proliferate in wet areas, do not walk barefoot in swimming pools, communal showers, gym locker rooms, do not use scissors, files, underwear and other people's shoes, use quality footwear that allows the feet to transpire, so as not to incur in macerations that facilitate infection. Watch out for any lesions on the skin, which favor the entry of the virus. If the skin is free from wounds it can easily resist the viral attack.
