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Can the HPV vaccine treat verrucae and warts (2025 Update)?
Can the HPV vaccine really treat warts and verrucae? This blog investigates.

Ivan Bristow
Oct 64 min read
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Beyond the foot: considering extragenital lichen sclerosus in podiatry
A genital skin problem which can manifest on the foot and leg, Lichen Sclerosus is something podiatrists may not be aware of.

Michelle Reynolds
Jul 3110 min read
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Could corns be viral in origin?
Can we easily tell if an hyperkeratotic plantar lesion is a corn or a wart?

Ivan Bristow
Apr 38 min read
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Doughnut wart - an unwanted complication
Doughnut wart is a complication of wart treatment and this article discusses the phenomenon seldom seen or reported.
Ivan Bristow & Dean Cronkwright
Apr 34 min read
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Koebner Phenomenon
What is the Koebner phenomenon?

Ivan Bristow
Jul 6, 20233 min read
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New Data on Swift Microwave
New data has just been published on the effectiveness of treating verrucae with SWIFT microwave.

Ivan Bristow
Jun 21, 20232 min read
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How useful is zinc in wart treatment?
This blog documents a recent systematic review of zinc in the treatment of warts.

Ivan Bristow
Oct 10, 20224 min read
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Swift Microwave : six years on
It has been six years since the Swift microwave unit was launched in the United Kingdom, marketed to podiatrists in the treatment of...

Ivan Bristow
Mar 25, 20224 min read
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UK Product Discontinuation
Glutarol is being discontinued for sale in the United Kingdom this year.

Ivan Bristow
Feb 7, 20221 min read
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Dermoscopy of Warts & Corns
This article discusses the dermatoscopic features of warts and corns.

Ivan Bristow
Feb 7, 20223 min read
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Treating Plantar Warts with Local Anaesthetic Infiltration - A Cautionary Tale.
Microwave therapy, using the Swift® unit, has become a mainstream treatment in the management of verrucae showing immunomodulatory...

Ivan Bristow
Aug 20, 20212 min read
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Can the HPV vaccine treat verrucae?
This blog look at a recent study investigating if HPV vaccination can treat cutaneous warts.

Ivan Bristow
Aug 17, 20214 min read
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The return of Nitric Acid for Verrucae
Recently, we have seen an interest here in the UK of a new product for the treatment of plantar warts called Verrutop®. Any innovation...

Ivan Bristow
Jan 13, 20217 min read
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