Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Home "remedies" are ...

Warts are skin growths that aren’t necessarily harmful but can be itchy and bothersome. One over-the-counter treatment that can remove warts is salicylic acid. It needs to be applied over time to work ...

Dealing with a wart? Those unsightly tiny flesh-colored or pink bumps are generally harmless, says Dr. Nava Greenfield, a board-certified dermatologist at Schweiger Dermatology Group in New York City.

When a wart is treated, the skin goes through several stages of the wart falling off. First-line wart treatments help the wart fall off by slowly killing the skin damaged by the virus. They may also ...