Shinchon Flat Warts: Here’s How to Self-Diagnose

Hello, everyone.

This is Director Oh Young-ju of Hongdae Oblige Clinic :)

"Isn’t this acne? Can I just squeeze it?"

From a distance, it may look like acne, but when you look closely, it is often a completely different condition.

One of the easiest to confuse is flat warts.

In fact, after more than 10 years of dermatology practice, I have seen countless patients who mistook flat warts for acne and left them untreated.

This has led to cases where the condition spread across the entire face, causing a great deal of distress.

Flat warts are a viral condition and are highly contagious and fast-spreading.

At the early stage, people may think it is nothing serious and touch or irritate it with their hands.

Before long, it spreads across the entire face, and treatment also takes longer.

Today, I’ll explain how to tell whiteheads from flat warts,

and what is most important in treating flat warts. ^^

Thinking it was acne and leaving it alone... It got worse? Shinchon Flat Warts: Here’s How to Self-Diagnose -1

"I thought it was just acne...

It keeps spreading, strangely enough."

Whiteheads are a skin trouble that occurs when pores become clogged during periods of active sebum production.

When you touch them, they feel bumpy, and they can be covered with makeup, so it is easy to dismiss them lightly.

However, flat warts also look quite similar on the surface.

They appear as small skin-colored or light-brown bumps clustered together,

so at a glance they can easily be mistaken for acne.

But the biggest difference is the way they spread.

Because flat warts are an infectious disease caused by a virus (HPV),

they spread easily through razors, hands, towels, and other contact, and new warts begin to appear at the points of contact.

In particular, men who shave frequently and people who often touch their face are at greater risk of the warts spreading across the entire face if left untreated.

Acne gets better when squeezed, flat warts increase when you touch them.

You must remember this.

Even if skin problems look similar on the outside, the causes are different,

so if you rely on self-diagnosis without an accurate distinction, it is easy to miss the right time for treatment.

Flat warts,

the standard for "cure" must be different Shinchon Flat Warts: Here’s How to Self-Diagnose -2

As mentioned earlier, flat warts are a viral condition, right?

Therefore, the treatment goal for this condition should not simply be to remove the visible lesions.

True treatment means eliminating the virus that may be spreading even if it is not visible.

Usually, each wart is removed one by one with a CO2 laser.

Warts that are easy to miss with the naked eye must also be checked carefully.

At this stage, what matters is carefully removing even the warts that are not easy to see.

You need to examine the area around the lesion broadly and remove it carefully so that even small, hidden warts are not missed.

During this process, the laser intensity and treatment area should also be precisely adjusted to the patient's skin condition,

to minimize skin damage while reducing the chance of recurrence.

And even after treatment, you need to pay attention to immune management and skin protection so that the virus does not become active again in weakened skin.

For this reason, flat warts are not a treatment that ends with just one light procedure.

This is exactly why you should choose a hospital with experienced medical staff who do not miss even small lesions.

In fact, when I see patients who return due to recurrence, most of them say they wish the treatment had been done more thoroughly at the time.

Please remember that a viral condition can start again with one moment of carelessness.

Skin problems seem to be more draining not because of the condition itself, but because of the time lost and the repeated treatment process.

Even if it looks like a simple skin issue, understanding it properly and responding quickly.

Isn’t that the surest way to protect skin health?

I hope today’s post was of some small help to you :)

Thank you for reading this long post.

Wishing you happiness today, this was Director Oh Young-ju ^^

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