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Salipod patch for warts for children and adults
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025

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Benign skin growths, especially in visible places, spoil the appearance. In addition, warts are viral in nature, which means they can be infected through contact, which is alarming for people who communicate closely. There are many methods for getting rid of them, including folk, surgical, and medicinal. The latter includes salicylic acid.
Indications Salipoda for warts
Many have seen from their own experience that the salipod patch is effective in combating certain types of warts. Indications for its use are:
- plantar warts - they do not spoil the aesthetic appearance, but they make life very difficult because they cause painful sensations when walking, are often injured, and are difficult to remove due to the deep root. Before starting treatment, you need to visit a dermatologist who, using a visual examination, and often dermatoscopy, will make the correct diagnosis;
- core calluses - another unpleasant thing that can happen to the foot - a dense round formation with a core with a so-called plug in the center. The sole or areas between the toes are most often subject to such formations. This occurs due to poor quality or tight shoes. As a result of friction, ordinary calluses appear at first, eventually growing into the skin:
- Warts on hands - a common localization of growths, especially in teenagers. They are easily transmitted by shaking hands, handrails in public transport. They can be ordinary (keratinized elevations, uneven surface, painless), flat (rounded irregular shape).
Dosing and administration
The salip patch is produced in different sizes, so there is plenty to choose the right one according to the parameters. First, the wart is steamed, after which the patch is applied for 24 hours. When it is removed, it turns out that the formation on the skin has softened, it should be cut off with manicure scissors and the adhesive plaster should be applied again. Then switch to wart-burning agents. [ 3 ]
- Application for children
The patch can be used on children only from the age of 10. It is believed that the very delicate skin of young children can be injured.
Use Salipoda for warts during pregnancy
The main active ingredient of salipoda is salicylic acid, with the help of its acidic environment the skin is softened, it prevents the spread of fungal infection, sulfur is a bactericidal, drying agent and auxiliary: lanolin, rubber, rosin. Therefore, the use of the patch by pregnant women is prohibited.
Analogues
What other means can be used to get rid of warts? The following analogues of salipod exist:
- Solcoderm - a solution based on acids: oxalic, acetic, nitric, lactic. Its action is directed at flat and common warts. It is used only by a medical worker, since it can lead to burns not only of the wart localization sites, but also of nearby tissues. Up to three neoplasms are treated in one session;
- verrukatsid - a cauterizing solution, warts on the soles and hands are treated up to 10 times with an interval of 4 minutes. In order not to burn the skin around it, it is lubricated with zinc ointment. After a week, the procedure can be repeated, and so on up to 5 times;
- cryopharma - spray, when you apply the applicator to the wart, it freezes. It turns white, you feel a tingling sensation. On average, the skin falls off after two weeks. If the result is not achieved, you can repeat the session;
- superchistotel - a highly effective liquid product. It consists of a mixture of alkalis that causes tissue necrosis when treating warts. A few drops of the product will permanently eliminate the defect and will not cause a relapse. It even copes with a thorn - a type of wart that grows deep into the body;
- collomak - salicylic acid in its composition provides a keratolytic effect, softening, exfoliating keratinized parts, lactic - destroys the structure of the wart. A drop of the product is applied to the pre-steamed surface of the growth twice a day until the result is achieved;
- feresol - oily liquid cauterizes, has a bactericidal effect. Works on the principle of a chemical burn. It is used strictly in a medical institution;
- compid - a plaster, more suitable for wet calluses. Protects them from dirt, reduces pain, ensures their rapid healing. It is also used for dry calluses, as well as corns, facilitating their removal. It stays on the skin for more than a day, it is convenient to use even in hard-to-reach places, for example, between the fingers;
- Urgo is another patch designed to remove calluses and warts. After a warm bath, it is applied to the object so that the medicinal substance (the drug is based on salicylic acid) falls on the wart and does not affect healthy skin. The patch should be changed daily.
Reviews
Judging by the reviews, not everyone manages to get rid of warts with the help of salipod, although the percentage of those who succeeded is still higher. Probably, the success of treatment depends on the individual characteristics of the person and the neoplasm itself. Everyone has different immunity. If you can’t eliminate the problem, the list of analogues is not small, you need to try.
Attention!
To simplify the perception of information, this instruction for use of the drug "Salipod patch for warts for children and adults" translated and presented in a special form on the basis of the official instructions for medical use of the drug. Before use read the annotation that came directly to medicines.
Description provided for informational purposes and is not a guide to self-healing. The need for this drug, the purpose of the treatment regimen, methods and dose of the drug is determined solely by the attending physician. Self-medication is dangerous for your health.