Cure Foot Pain in North Austin
Foot pain comes from many sources. Learn about your foot condition and allow North Austin's Arbor Foot Health Center to provide a cure or treatment returning you to health and activity.
Warts
Warts on the foot can be a stubborn problem. We have a systematic treatment for warts that is safe and effective, with minimal pain. Wart treatment is individualized depending on the size and number of the warts, how long the wart(s) has been there, the prior treatments, and your age. Yes, people age 9 to 16 seem to contract warts easily but get rid of them easily as well..
We start treatment of warts by "debriding" them, or removing the dead skin layer, an ancient procedure that may the one of the first in podiatry. Next, we apply a topical acid, followed by a topical anesthetic made for us by a compounding pharmacy that deadens pain. Home treatment is outlined in written handouts and includes home application of the special anesthetic which quickly stops the warts from hurting and often cures small warts!
Some of the substances used on warts can actually be harmful. We are careful to use only the safest medicines available.
If the warts do not respond to the first line treatment, the microscopic laser is often used. The microscopic laser is precise in its treatment and quite effective. Please remember that NOTHING is 100 percent effective against warts - if there was a treatment that always worked everyone would use that one treatment all the time!
Also important: there is never an extra charge for the use of the laser - either for you or your insurance company. The laser is a tool that allows us to do our job better. Dr. Prant been using the laser for over 20 years and has served on the Seton Hospital Laser Committee. He is an expert in the use of lasers in medicine.