Disgust on: Warts, Ewww, (FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NO PICS UNLESS ABSOLUTLY NECESSARY)

Stonecutter

So I have a wart on my left middle finger at the first knuckle (or last knuckle.... the knuckle closest to my fingertip) I've been using the over the counter Dr. Scholls strips for about 5 weeks now and I can't tell if the damn thing is dead or not, but I don't wnat to stop medicating and theoretically lose all my progress... When I change the strips I see a tiny little hole in my finger, about the size of a pin prick, which I assumed meant it was dead.

The few times I've left the pad off for a few hours the skin around it starts to form what looks like the beginning of another wart (the skin kinda angles up then flattens kinda like a trapezoid if I look at it profile.) Is that a new wart forming or just my body adding extra skin to compensate for what I lost?

I really, really don't want to wear these pads anymore, I have a hell of a time not getting them wet when I wash my hands, the skin around the wart that's in contact with the acid is raw, and I'm starting to develop a rash on the side opposite the pad from the adhesive.

Malkor

If you go to a doctor he should be able to give you something to burn the wart off. By burn I mean some type of acid I think. I had a wart on my thumb back in middle-school, so I guess they'll probably do something more humane now.

Susan Delgado

The docs I used to work for used liquid nitrogen to freeze off warts, depends on your pain tolerance as to how much it'll sting or hurt.

Forbe!

I went to the doctor a while back for this and they used a cold liquid, not nitrogen, but essentially a can of compressed air (Know when you turn those computer dusting cans upside down and that cold liquid comes out?). They put a plastic cone around the wart, sprayed it on, and let it sit for a minute until the liquid evaporated. I believe it was argon. The warts fell off in about 3 days. A similar form of cryotreatment is offered OTC by Dr. Scholl's called " Dr. Scholl's Freeze Away".

I would say go with that, it is nearly painless, and requires no trip to the doctor.

There is also duct tape, which I've heard works.

Improvolone

Mine used liquid nitrogen for a real nasty one on my toe. I'm in college and it was $15.

Fellhand

I also have heard that duct tape works. There's also other over the counter stuff you can purchase that appears to be an acid like compound. I don't know, my ex had a wart and she'd take that stuff, it looked like it came in a nail polish bottle, and apply that to the wart. I think eventually duct tape worked for her.

Go see a doctor about it, sometimes, not often but sometimes, they have to scrape the bone to remove it fully.

Forbe!

Duct tape can take upwards of 2weeks to 2months, according to the wiki. Fast solution would be cryosurgery, fo sho.

corcorigan

You can get salicylic acid which gradually kills it. Sort of. Also you can freeze them off (over the counter things use compressed CO2 and it just cools down as it depressurizes to atmospheric pressure). Doctors can do more aggressive things.

Anecdotally I've had mixed results with the amateur home cryosurgery, no luck with the salicylic acid, and luck with liquid nitrogen (but it hurt like hell).

Blake T

Over the counter stuff generally works on small new warts not old and hardy warts.

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When I was about 10 or 11 I had a wart on my thumb. I went to a doctor once a week and got it burned/frozen off, I can't remember exactly what was used. It hurt like hell for about a minute, then it was fine. Had to repeat that process for a couple of months and it went away. I also used to cut it off whenever it grew back, and stick pins through it, but I was a little kid trying to gross people out.

A few years later I got another wart on a different finger. That time I just left it alone and it went away by itself. Probably not the best method for dealing with them, though. I can say it's no reason to panic, at least.

Super Kipper

I've think that the only proven method for removing them is salicylic acid. I expect you can get it in most pharmacists, gel, liquid, whatever. It worked for me (quite quickly... say 2 weeks, obviously depends on the size of the.. things.)

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saltiness

I've had a couple on my hand. I burned them off by blowing out a match and immediately stabbing it into the wart while it was still hot. It hurt for a few minutes but the wart never came back.

Forbe!

Blaket wrote: »

Over the counter stuff generally works on small new warts not old and hardy warts.

My doctor used the argon/CO2 crap that is virtually the same as the OTC stuff. It worked just fine on warts that were about 6 months old. Repeating usage after the dead part has fallen off is necessary, though. Especially since the older warts are buried deep. Using it once isn't going to magically cure it.

You are killing the cells by forming ice crystals, and bursting their cell walls. The OTC wart remover that uses compressed gas may take longer than the doctor, but repeated use should work.

Nextreme

YOu could also use banana peels. Here's what you do: cut out a small square( big enough to cover the wart), place it ontop, and wrap a bandage around it ( Make sure it;s tight. My aunt used the stretchy elastic type that you can get a the vet/pet store). CHange it when you're about to go to bed and when you wake up. The wart should be gone in a few days if oyu keep this up.

My aunt used this on me to get rid of a planters wart on ym foot and a wart on the back on my hand when I was eight.

Reiten

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/plantar-warts/DS00509/DSECTION=1

The free duct tape method is listed there as well as many others..