Wart Treatments
Leave your suggestions for cures for warts in the comments box below
Warts are one of the most common conditions that people suffer from, and are more often seen in children and teenagers than they are in adults.
Although warts can clear up on their own, many treatments are available if the problem persists. There are over-the-counter treatments, such as creams and gels, of which the most common is salicylic acid, which is administered onto the affected area, causing the skin to die and then be able to be rubbed off with a emery board.
Another common treatment is cryotherapy, where liquid nitrogen is sprayed onto the wart, freezing it and destroying the cells. An over the counter version of the spray can also be bought, which can be administered at home.
Elsewhere in the world there are numerous other home treatments that are claimed to be effective against warts. In Embarrassing Bodies: Live we’ll be trying out some of these treatments.
We want to find out what treatments people have tried, and whether they worked, so please suggest your home treatments for warts in the comments box below
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I had a wart on my finger for 15 years and went to the gp and they froze it off several times and also gave me gels to use and none worked, so they advised me to have it lazored. I booked a consultation with a plastic surgeon and within a week I had the surgery, although it wasn't cheap I would highly recommend it!!!
how long do you leave the banana skin on your wart for ?
I had 4 warts on my right hand and i had them for about 4-5 years, i cant remember exactly and they was really making me feel uncomfortable, i wouldnt hold my boyfriends hand with the hand with them on, i would keep my hand all covered up and feel reeeally selfconcious about them but i went to the doctors and i got ccryogenics i think it was called. its where they freeze the wart over a couple of weeks, and for me, theyturned to blood blisters then became scabs, how ever the cryp hiurts alittle at first but after about 2 sessions it wont bother you. it leaves slight scaring but id rather have a scar than a wart anyday!
I got nerofibromatosis and got some lumps in parts where I don't like it and hope you could help me if could get them removed. I itch all over and I get scars where I pick and then it makes it bleed. I also got a learning difficult where I would like a dyspraxia test, thank you
I had one between my toenail and the skin when i was like 11, and i was so embarassed i sat and picked it off. i did this continuously until one day it never returned, but it was soo painful during this process. I recently had one on my thumb, and the ball of my foot and just under my toe. They were so painful, i tried everything even picking it off!! But i went to the doctors and they gave me this fluid like stuff (i cant remember the name) but its really strong and absolutely stinks!! Put that on everyday once a day and it came off within 3 days!! Also, the white vinegar works!!! :)
I am a 50 year old woman and have developed warts on my neck spoke to the doctor but said it is something you get when older, have just discovered that they can be pulled off.
My daughter had a plantars wart on the underside of her toe that was getting bigger and painful as it was on the pressure oint of the toe. I took her to the gp who gave creams that did not work.I heard about using ripe banana skin.... Get the skin of a ripe banana, cut to the size of the wart and place the soft side on the wart,tape it on with surgical tape.You can change this once a day until the wart falls out. I did this for a week some may take longer;but at the end of it NO WART AND NOT A SCAR IN SIGHT.
As a child, I had warts on the side of my knee. A cousin who lived in the country persuaded me that if, by the light of a full moon, I rubbed a snail on the warts and then buried the snail, my warts would go away. A horrible slimey experience, and a dangerous one as I had to sneak out of bed!! but the warts did go away. i have a wart on my finger now, but cannot bring myself to try using a snail again!
I had five warts on my hand and thumb for over three years. After trying absolutely everything and failing, I read this on the internet and it worked on every one of them. And quickly too. Put some white vinegar on a cotton wall ball and plaster it over the wart over night. Remove in the morning and the wart will be white. Just leave it. Within a week or so it will blister and scab over. Once the scab falls off, goodbye wart. I cant believe I spent so much money on tons of different wart treatments and all it took was white vinegar!
do you need to put the inside of the bananna skin around the wart or the out side part?
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