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histronic
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Hey guys, I'm having a really bad problem with warts on my hands lately (I've got about 5 total now). I've tried using Compound W and the do-it-yourself freezing kits and they don't seem to be working at all. Anybody know how I can get rid of warts fast without having to go to a doctor (I'm a poor college student =[...)?
Thanks in advance.
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You could try duct tape, but I really suggest the first option.
Consider what you've already spent on the at home kits, you could have had the actually frozen by now.
Dont bother going to a doctor and getting charge a copay. Just go to a local convience/grocery store and spend 2~10 dollars
http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Wart-Freezing-Gun/
seriously, doing that is much more precise than the liquid nitrogen things they use at the docs office. They usually burn the shit out of a bunch of skin that isnt infected.
Saltiness method is even cheaper. hah.
I've never heard of this, but from a tissue damage perspective it can't be much worse than the concentrated salicylic acid you can buy.
When I was a kid my Mom used to use Elmer's Glue on them, I imagine it's the same theory as duct tape. Seemed to work ok.
I think what the filing did was obliterate all the wart tissue that had already been softened and semi killed, instead of just leaving the fragments of living wart behind.
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From what I can tell in those pictures, it has just as much accuracy as the freezing spray that I received at the office. But I think it would just depend on the OP's access to freezing at the student health center.
The freeze gun looks like it might be worth a try too. I'd go to the doctors and get it frozen off, but the last time I went I ended up with a blood blister about 3cm in diameter. I'd try not to knock it on anything, but every time I did it would just bleed like a mofo.
Yeah, I knew that it was necessary for it to blister up, but it just seemed so large for the size of the wart that needed removing. There just didn't seem to be any care in trying not to freeze healthy tissue.
You need to freeze some of the healthy tissue to make sure you have got it all.
It should heal fine anyway. Unlike burning with a match...
I had a massive plantar wart on my foot and tried the liquid nitrogen and wart remover, and while it would shrink it, it would never completely remove it. So i tried the duct tape method and in 3 weeks it was gone, never to return.
Basically, you put duct tape (in my case electrical tape) over the wart so that it can't breathe and it starved of oxygen. You leave it on 6 out of 7 days a week, replacing the tape as often as needed (daily for me).
This essentially kills all the cells starved of oxygen, however as wart cells are growing fast they need the most oxygen, and hence die quickest/most effectively.
Yeah, it can take time but it'll eventually work. Just make sure you're soaking the wart in water first.
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I had plantar warts once before. Like most people, I didn't do anything about them until they started to hurt, but I got rid of them over a year ago, and they haven't come back since. Here's what I did.
Use the commercial plantar wart medication - it's standard wart medication, but I think it's more concentrated, and it comes with adhesive pads that help with the pain.
Anyway, use them as directed. After a couple days, you'll notice that the wart tissue is getting very soft. Remove the pads before you shower, and, once your skin is soft from the water, get a disposible razor (not the one you use on any other part of your body, please), and shave off the dead tissue. If you're careful, and don't apply too much pressue, it's totally painless, since you're only cutting dead skin.
Dry your feet, re-apply the medication, and repeat until the warts are gone.
Something to ask about if the freezing doesn't go well.
On my left hand I tend to get small warts. I find duct taping a cotton ball soaked with white vinegar helps to deter them.
Yeah, there's a couple of medications you can get to treat plantar warts if the other approaches don't work. I used to get them when I was young and eventually got the cream and that got rid of them.