The plantar wart is a real challenge to medicine. The wide selection of therapeutic approaches is symbolic of the difficulty of eradicating this simple viral disease. A plantar wart is often painful in walking. It is best to start any therapy with paring of the hyperkeratotic layers. Keratolytics combined with regular filing may help, cryosurgery or laser are painful. The best help to the patient and doctor alike is the spontaneous healing tendency of viral warts.