Verruca Needling

As the virus is confined to the epidermis (outer layer of the skin) it is thought that the immune system cannot see it. The way needling works is to push verruca cells from the epidermis through into the dermis and hypodermis or adipose layer (deeper layers of skin) thereby inoculating the underlying tissue. This triggers an immune response; the appropriate antibodies are produced and over the subsequent weeks the verruca undergoes a natural deterioration before ultimately disappearing.