RESEARCH STUDY

Freezing vs salicylic acid for foot warts (EVerT RCT, 2011)

2011
RCT
240
Moderate

One-line finding

Freezing and salicylic acid cleared plantar (foot) warts at similar rates.

Plain-language summary

This trial gave 240 people with foot warts either up to four freezing (cryotherapy) treatments from a clinician or daily home use of 50% salicylic acid for up to eight weeks. After 12 weeks, both groups had the same clearance rate, and results were still similar at six months. The takeaway is that a simple at-home acid worked about as well as in-office freezing for foot warts.

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