Verruca

Check if you have a verruca

• A flat, rough patch on the sole or toes, often with tiny black dots
• Pain when the verruca is squeezed from the sides
• Several small verrucas grouped together

Things you can do yourself

Do

• Cover the verruca with a waterproof plaster or verruca sock when swimming
• Change your socks every day
• Try a pharmacy treatment if it’s bothering you

Don’t

• Share towels, socks or shoes
• Pick or scratch the verruca
• Use pharmacy treatments if you have diabetes or poor circulation without advice

Non-urgent advice: See a podiatrist if:

• it is painful or spreading
• pharmacy treatment hasn’t worked
• you’re not sure if it’s a verruca or a corn
• you have diabetes or poor circulation

See your GP if a growth on your foot bleeds, changes in appearance or grows quickly.

How we can help

We confirm it’s a verruca, reduce the hard skin over it to ease the pain, and treat it, including with Verrutop, which is painless and needs no dressings.

Foot conditions

Related conditions

• Athlete’s foot An itchy, flaky fungal rash, usually between the toes.
• Corns and calluses Hard, thickened skin where shoes or walking put pressure on the foot.
• Cracked heels Dry, thick skin around the heels that splits and can bleed.