Treatment of Plantar Warts in Children

Abstract

As a result of a survey of 646 children with plantar warts, it is shown that formalin foot-soaks used for 15 to 20 minutes each night for six to eight weeks will cure 80% of all plantar warts up to 1 cm. in diameter. Larger warts should be curetted after three weeks treatment with formalin. By these means the recurrence and reinfection rates are reduced to extremely low levels. The other advantages of the method are its simplicity and painlessness. © 1961, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.