<BR>Remove medicated pad from backing paper by pulling from center of pad. <BR>Apply. <BR>Repeat procedure every 48 hours as needed (until wart is removed) for up to 12 weeks.

This medication is used on the skin to treat common skin and foot (plantar) warts. Salicylic acid helps cause the wart to gradually peel off. This medication is also used to help remove corns and calluses.

If Compound W Freeze Off® Advanced is not used exactly as instructed or you mistakenly apply it directly to the skin or use it on conditions that are not warts, it may cause serious burns and permanent scarring of the skin.

Lightly press the foam applicator for several seconds on the wart that is to be frozen. Do not swab. Compound W Freeze Off® should be applied immediately. Hold the foam applicator on common warts for 20 seconds or less.

Wart-Removing Acid: If there are many warts, treat the 3 largest ones. Since it's an acid, avoid getting any near the eyes or mouth. Also try to keep it off the normal skin. The acid will turn the wart into dead skin (it will turn white).

According to the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology (AOCD), people need to keep using wart medication until the wart is no longer visible and looks the same as the surrounding skin. People should not be able to see any black dots or areas of grainy texture.

The salicylic acid is slowly and painlessly absorbed into the skin causing peeling of the skin cells that contain the wart virus. This is a very good way of getting rid of warts, but it should never be used to treat warts on the face, neck and genitals.

Follow-up Treatment ■ After application, the color of the skin may change, varying from white to red. A blister may form under the wart and an aching/stinging feeling normally will occur for up to a few hours. For plantar warts, the aching/stinging feeling may last 24 hours.

While freezing the lesion is the intended mechanism of treatment, freezing the lesion for prolonged periods or too close to the lesion is likely to cause deep burns that extend over a larger surface area than the initial lesion. Care must be exercised when using such devices and correct instructions followed.

Most warts require 1 to 4 treatments, with 1 to 3 weeks between each treatment. There are over-the-counter products to freeze warts. These products are less powerful than liquid nitrogen. They may work for some warts, but it may work better to have your doctor freeze the warts.

Q: What are the signs that a common wart is going away? A: When it is clearing up, or “dying”, a wart may shrink and start to disappear. This may happen on its own or with treatment.

With repeated application, salicylic acid causes the wart tissue to become soft so that it can be rubbed off easily. Remove dead tissue daily or once or twice a week. Carefully use a file or as instructed on the medicine package. Dead tissue contains living wart virus, so dispose of the dead skin carefully.