What is a verruca?
How do you get a verruca?

The virus can remain dormant in the skin for some time before a verruca can appear. To help prevent a verruca appearing, wear verruca socks or flip-flops in communal areas to avoid catching the virus.
Treatment of verrucas
Whilst early treatment is always to be recommended, not least to avoid spreading the infection to family members, more intensive treatment is only normally needed for verrucae which have been present for more than two or three months, or are particularly painful, increasing in size or multiplying.
At Tiptoe Foot Care we offer a variety of verruca treatments to help stimulate the body’s immune response in killing the virus. After discussing your lifestyle needs, we will formulate a bespoke treatment plan that we believe is most likely to be effective given the strain of virus you have and minimise pain or discomfort. We understand that work, travel or sporting commitments might require a different style or speed of treatment and are keen to avoid unnecessary scarring.
As an example, we can offer freezing, dry needle or caustic acid treatments and have an excellent record in helping patients from across North London and Hertfordshire.
What is athlete’s foot?
If left untreated the fungal infection can spread to the nails which can then be very difficult to treat. The infected nails can appear thickened or crumbly, and will usually become unsightly and discoloured.
How do you catch athlete’s foot?
Treatment of athlete’s foot

We can help to identify the fungus and establish the best course of treatment for your particular type of athletes’ foot. Early action and advice can help to stop the infection from spreading and avoid more intensive treatments being needed.
However, if the infection has already spread to the nails we can help by cutting back affected nails, reducing thickened nails and advise on a suitable course of action. We can also provide cosmetic solutions that are great for holidays or special occasions whilst we continue to clinically treat the infection underneath.