If you’re a parent you’re probably all too familiar with the struggles of managing warts, children are infamous for them.

Warts are small, hardened growths that appear the hands and feet because of viruses. Whilst warts themselves are not contagious, the viruses that cause them are, which is why they can spread so rapidly, particularly throughout families.

Although they are very common and not in themselves a health concern, they can be embarrassing and cause self-consciousness.