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Shaving it down doesn't hurt, as it's dead skin, unless the Dr. accidentally goes a little too deep. All Dr's should be shaving the wart down somewhat before applying treatment (liquid nitro, for example), otherwise you're just treating dead skin and not the wart itself. The same way you are told to exfoliate the area before putting on Compound W or similar.