Children have the tendency to have more warts on the face than other individuals. This may be in part because their immune system is less strong than that of adults. The immune system helps to fight viruses and bacteria. Facial warts are in fact a viral infection caused by the human papilloma virus or HPV.
You can get rid of facial warts in children by surgical procedures, counter treatments or home treatments.
Surgical procedures such as cryosurgery, laser therapy and electosurgery need to be done by a professional physician. They are quite painful and the healing process may take some time. You may also have to go for more than one visit to treat the same wart.
Surgical procedure may leave a scar and it's painful, that's why it is debatable if such wart removal methods are practical to treat children.
Other counter treatments involve creams, and gels. There are also various home treatments such as using duct tape, garlic, vinegar.
Keep in mind that some of the over the counter and home wart removal methods may be quite acidic and may leave a scar. Although they may be adequate to treat other type of warts such as foot warts, they may not be adequate to treat the face. A little scar after the removal of foot warts in children is seldom visible.
Facial warts in children are small, rough and raised bumps. They are quite common and harmless. But nobody likes to have these ugly warts on his/her face. So be careful to get rid of facial warts in children. It is a very different story if children have a scar or scars on their faces.