seeing dermatologist for warts - any ideas what kind of treatments?

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dd1 (5 yrs) has a stack of warts on her fingers and they are now spreading on to her chin.

We finally have an appt with the dermatologist next week and now I'm getting anxious about the types of treatment that may be suggested - want to mentally prepare myself, as dd1 is not the most robust of children when it comes to the unknown (understatment!!)

Does anyone have any experience of this (either for their children or themselves)? Thanks.

My daughter had warts on her fingers - for about a year - we justed waited for them to disappear as advised by GP. Some people have their warts removed by having them frozen off - liquid nitrogen? - but this can hurt afterwards. Rubbing banana skins also helps supposedly. Warts do go but in their own time. Are they definately warts - could they be molluscum instead? Again I think you are meant to leave these alone and let them go by themselves - Eczema Clothing Co - Cotton Comfort - sells pjs etc with silver added to them to help get rid of molluscum.

Sticker books help at doctors for my sensitive little one - keep hands and minds busy!

DS had one wart on a finger which was causing him bother, so he had the liquid nitrogen - the nurse did it, I think once a week for a few weeks. It stung a bit, so it might not be nice if she has a lot of them.

Thanks for your replies

ACL - they are definitely warts. She does have molluscum as well on her arms and wrists and we thought these were molluscum too, but her paediatrician has confirmed they are warts. It was she who referred her on to the dermatologist, mainly becuase the warts are spreading on to her chin. Just dreading her getting any in her mouth. The molluscum on her arm are finally getting smaller (after about 18 months) but the warts are just multiplying. Will have a look at the pyjamas - she does also have eczema.
Do you know how the banana skin trick works?Think we'd be looking at anaesthetic rather than sticker books if liquid nitrogen was involved!!!

AMuminScotland - how big was your son's wart? I had assumed the nitrogen would be once off, not an ongoing treatment - sadly not, then?

Yes - warts can multiply like crazy. Just when you think one is going, up pops another. Do others in your family (and any other carers) have warts? Warts seem to run in families - yes we all have them but they do disappear in time altho there are some treatments from the chemists (Wartner and Bazoka (sp?). We did try Bazoka but gave up as it was not comfortable. We just waited for ages for the warts to go. We get occasional outbursts now so could warts be a thing you have in your system all the time? I can see why you would like the chin warts to go - I was worried about playschool and my daughter's hand warts but they did not seem to mind, and did not want her to wear gloves. We love the pjs I mentioned - we started off with the ones with mittens/socks sewn in and then the ordinary soft pjs ((note you can get some on nhs prescription from dermatologists etc - I did not realise this at the time - ie for the mitten pjs)). Not sure about the banana skin idea - we tried for a few days and then gave up - maybe search google etc.
Sticker books for whilst you are chatting to the dermatologist or during the examination. Could taking along a doll help? Another idea - homeopathy - could that help - again available on nhs - but we are yet to try that. Please do write after your dermatologist appt - I would be interested to know what thoughts are on warts.

Nobody else in the family is prone to warts. Dd1 has eczema (which none of us have) and her paed said that makes her more susceptible, due to generally lowered immunity etc.
School have been fine, altho she has had one little girl saying she didn't want to hold her hand . I guess it is that side of things and teasing that worries me most, as she is now in Yr 1 and kids can be mean sometimes, can't they?
Will put the pjs on her Christmas list - she'll be a sucker for the girly designs!
Did try homeopathy for her eczema/asthma but didn't get very far...
Will update after the appt