Acar EM, Uyar B, Elmas OF, et al. - A salicylic acid–lactic acid combination applied in multiple layers under occlusion is a safe, painless, and effective treatment method for pediatric plantar warts.

• Children with verruca plantaris were evaluated retrospectively after being treated with a salicylic acid–lactic acid combination once daily (SA/LA 1), a salicylic acid–lactic acid combination applied in three to seven layers under occlusion every 3 days (SA/LA 2), or a combination of 5-fluorouracil (0.5%) and salicylic acid (10%) (SA/5-FU).

• Nineteen of the 98 children with verruca plantaris were treated with SA/LA 1, 53 were treated with SA/LA 2, and 18 were treated with SA/5-FU; the eight patients who got cryotherapy were omitted from the study.

• The SA/LA 2 group had a considerably shorter treatment duration than the SA/LA 1 group and the SA/5-FU group.