The Dermatologic Center for Excellence can help people in New York manage a broad range of skin problems, some of which can be pretty upsetting. For instance, Dr. Anthony Dee can handle your warts in Clarence, NY, to keep your symptoms from worsening. Just make sure you take these steps to prevent warts from spreading across your body and avoid long-term symptoms.

Treat The Wart First 

 Letting your wart go away without specialized medical treatment is tempting. Well, that’s more likely to give it plenty of time to take literal root in your skin and spread rampantly and unappealingly. Immediate treatment is critical, especially if you have a virus causing it. Treating the topical problem and then the virus can help keep it from spreading. 

Cover the Wart Quickly 

 While waiting for your wart treatment to go into effect, it’s crucial to cover it to keep it from spreading. A bandage or a wrap around the affected area can stop the virus from spreading further. Often, a wart can spread by touch, so you must ensure it’s adequately covered and treated to prevent it from spreading to other parts of your body unexpectedly.

Watch Your Hands Regularly 

 It’s essential to wash your hands regularly when you have a wart, particularly if you just touched it. Avoid washing the wart itself, as this may spread it further and cause more damage to your body. Use hot water, soap, and hand sanitizer to keep your wart from spreading. It might be annoying to do this constantly, but it can help prevent a worsened problem.

Avoid Shaving Over a Wart 

 At various dermatological practices, we’ve seen people spread warts in Clarence, NY, by shaving over them without realizing what they were doing. Cutting over the wart can create microtears in the skin that make it easier for the virus to spread. Think of your wart as an island you can’t touch or cross, and you can get rid of it and prevent more from spreading.

Other Tips to Avoid Wart Spread 

• Don’t touch another person’s wart
• Create separate wash towels, razors, and clippers
• Keep your hands moisturized 
• Clean and cover all your cuts and scrapes

Talk To Us To Get Help 

At the Dermatologic Center for Excellence, our team can help you manage warts in Clarence, NY, and minimize their spread. We understand these problematic fungal and viral infections and will do what we can to minimize your reactions. Call Dr. Dee at (716) 759-7759 to set up your appointment, and we’ll teach you the prevention methods to keep your wart problem under control.