Three habits that might have caused you to develop your wart

You might well look at your wart and wonder: what have I done to deserve this? Well, no one deserves a wart – but it’s true that you might be in the habit of doing things that can bring one on. Thankfully when one does arise you can always remove it with cryotherapy. This is a quick and simple procedure that can easily be carried out by a medical professional. In the meantime, let’s look at three things you might be doing that are causing you to develop warts.

Nail biting

Between 30% and 40% of people bite their nails, according to research carried out by Weill Cornell Medicine. It’s often the result of a person being stressed, anxious or nervous – and in most cases people can’t help it. However, if you’re a nail-biter then it’s in your interest to quit. The habit – in which the skin can be broken – drastically improves a person’s chances of developing periungual warts and other infections.

Swimming

The virus that causes warts is typically spread in wet conditions. This can be in your own bathroom, but more often than not the biggest breeding ground is in public swimming baths. With an abundance of people all using wet floors, you become much more likely to become infected if you’re in the habit of going to public swimming baths.

Shaving

If you’re big on hair removal then you could potentially be increasing your chances of developing a wart. This is certainly true if you use a razor rather than other safer procedures, such as IPL treatment. This is because a razor is an object that could inadvertently break the skin and make it more susceptible to developing a wart if you come into contact with the virus.

Let us help

Before you take steps to avoid warts in future, it’s important that you get rid of the one that you’ve already got. After all, this can help improve your self-confidence and stop you from passing the infection to someone else. If you’re interested in cryotherapy, then be sure to get in touch with the team at MedSkin Clinic.