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Verrucas can be extremely painful and amazingly difficult to get rid of, although many can clear up on their own. It’s probably not surprising to hear that there are 8 million of us suffering from them at any one time! So it’s up to Dr Pixie McKenna to sort out these two patient’s verrucas when they visit her for a consultation.
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I suffered from verrucas when I was young, I went to the doctor and he froze them off, with-in a couple of days after treatment they had completely gone and I was chuffed. Then a couple of weeks ago I noticed something strange like a kind of hole appearing on my foot, I left it and now im sure its a verruca again. Now I have one on one foot and two on the other. I must have rubbed my feet together and caught it again. Now im using the home freezing kit which seems to make it smaller but they aren't going. I'm keen to try the duck tape thing, im also going to cut a circular shape out of banana skin put that on my verrucas and then duck tape it to see if that works. (I think it must be the acid on the banana skin and the duck tape will hold it on and wont allow air to get to it) I really hope it works I'm so unbelievable sick of them.
I have had a verruca for over a year and tried all sorts inc. freezing etc. My foot has swollen lots of times and sooooo painful. I have decided to stop all creams etc. and try the duck tape. Sounds as if it has worked for lots of others and less painful too.
i have 30 on one foot!
its making me seriously depressed.
I got told to wait until they go last year but they're still here.
i hate myself for having them
help meee
i have a cluster of verucers on just 1 of my feet they werent painfull until i stated treatment so i stoped the treatment was i right to do that?
we were once told by doctor to live with it . no cure he said.my wife has suffered since.
i have 10 on my left foot and 1 on my right foot. i went to my doctor and they gave me ' CUPLEX GEL ' ..
it is acid that burns awy the skin. i have been using it for about a week or two now.. and where the clump of 10 were they have kind of all moulded together and now im unsure of where to put the gel. my skin keeps peeling off and now its really painful as i have to apply the acid to fresh new skin. . i dont really know whether to have them frozen off as i am now really self concious of my feet. especially as i am a dancer.
does anyone reccomend freezing them off?
my son has a collection of verrucas on his toe thanks for the duck tape suggestion, i will try this
I have 6 large warts on my left hand and have tried homeopathy, topical treatments and freezing and they are persistant for 3 years and keep returning. They are seriously getting me down as very visible and are knocking my confidence. They have a dry and rough surface. Any advice?
i used to have 1 on the sole of my feet but now i have about 9 or 10! all beacsue they have spread! i watched the video and it was helpful but i have tried all of the creams and they are not working at all! Helpp please!
thanks!
I had 2 on my feet, one on each foot. They were there for years and I was very conscious of them and tried the cream etc but nothing worked. One day they just disappeared…. very strange! I thought they might be stress-related
