Normal skin must be protected by covering with duct tape or placing a corn plaster around the wart and filling the central hole with ointment. Medicated Corn Plasters already containing 40% salicylate are very useful, particularly for verrucas and can be applied daily, or left on for a few days at a time.

How do you get rid of a verruca overnight?

Cover your wart or verruca with duct tape for six days. On the seventh day remove the tape, soak the wart in water and rub with an emery board or pumice stone to scrape off the dead skin. Keep the wart uncovered overnight and re-apply fresh duct tape the next day.

Should you put a plaster on a verruca?

Cover your infected foot with a verruca sock or waterproof plaster when you go swimming. Wearing a waterproof plaster is also helpful when you're in the changing rooms at your gym or similar communal areas. After swimming, showering or bathing, dry feet thoroughly. Also, try to dry your infected foot last.