What do verrucas and warts look like?

• Verrucas range in size from 1mm to over 10mm in diameter. They usually grow deep into the skin and appear as areas of flat, thicker skin with a harder edge around a softer centre. They have a rough surface and are surrounded by a collar. They occur most commonly on the ball of the foot, which is exposed to pressure. This can make standing and walking uncomfortable.
• Warts appear as small, skin-coloured, roughish excess growths of skin. They can be as small as 1mm or as big as 1cm, and can occur on their own or in clusters.

If you look closely at a verruca or wart, you may see small black spots. These are not, as some people believe, roots. In many cases, part of the wart tissue is thicker or deeper than the adjacent areas, giving the mistaken impression that it stems from a root. However, the black spots are actually small blood vessels. Tiny blood clots get trapped within blood capillaries that appear as small black dots on the surface of some verrucas and warts.

There are some other types of warts for which Bazuka cannot be used. These other types include genital warts and filiform warts (coral like projections that tend to occur around the eyelids). In these cases medical advice should be sought for treatment options.

When you have got a verruca or wart, it makes sense to treat it before the infection spreads and causes further verrucas or warts either for you or for anyone else. The Bazuka gels are treatments for verrucas, warts, corns and calluses that you can buy from your local pharmacist or from the supermarket. (in the case of Bazuka Treatment Gel). For a completely different type of treatment there’s Bazuka Sub-Zero which is an effective freezing treatment for stubborn verrucas and warts that can work faster but is sometimes uncomfortable (especially for young children).