Plantar warts are usually rough and spongy, and can have a grey, brown or yellowish colour with small dark pinpoints. These pinpoints are the capillaries which supply the blood to the wart. The structure of a plantar wart is like an iceberg, the part you see on the surface is only a very small part of the whole growth with the rest lying beneath your skin at possibly double the size!

Plantar warts can cause pain and people often comment they feel a lump on the bottom of their foot when standing, as if they have a small pebble in their shoe. The pressure from standing often means that plantar warts are prevented from rising much above the skins surface. If left untreated the warts can grow and spread, with some severe cases resulting in an alteration to your gait or posture.

Below are some images to assist with identifying Plantar warts: