Duct tape to remove warts!

[kbletzer Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kbletzer]

Ok so my 9 year old daughter has a planters wart on the heal of her foot since around January). Now first let me explain she is the drama queen of all drama queens so having a needle/excision is out of the question here. So we tried the bandaid type of medicine (no luck- didn't do anything), used home freezing method (same result), used liquid wart remover (same reult).
So I am researching on the internet other methods of wart removing and I came across using Duct tape. I thought it was the weirdest thing I've ever heard so I read lots of testamonies and then I called a nurse friend and she had heard that it works.

Basically you just place the duct tape over the wart for about six days and it comes off.

Guess what? It worked. Yesterday afternoon was about day 7 (we have a pool and the tape came off from swimming alot and of course bathing) and she took off her shoes and socks off came the tape and the wart came with it, root and all!

Just wanted to share this amazing experience!
K

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

This is good to know, My BIL gets them I will tell him about it.

[cmb Member Find all posts View Profile Close cmb]

I haven't tried this but I have heard of it and have heard folks have had good results - who knew?

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

Didn't you know that duct tape is the universal cure-all?

[JudyS Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JudyS]

...Basically you just place the duct tape over the wart for about six days and it comes off....

Is this just for Planter's warts, or any type of warts?

I wouldn't have thought that would work, but maybe it somehow interferes with the blood flow to the wart???

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

Makes sense. Men know that duct tape is one of life's cure alls. The other one is WD-40. If it moves, duct tape it. If it doesn't, spray it with WD-40.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

Makes sense. Men know that duct tape is one of life's cure alls. The other one is WD-40. If it moves, duct tape it. If it doesn't, spray it with WD-40.

You forgot the hammer, Fern. If it moves, hammer it into place so it doesn't move. Then apply the duct tape. If it doesn't move, spray it with WD-40, then hammer it to break it loose.

The one exception is corroded battery terminals. That's why Coke was invented.

[kbletzer Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kbletzer]

Is this just for Planter's warts, or any type of warts?

I wouldn't have thought that would work, but maybe it somehow interferes with the blood flow to the wart???

Any type of wart...and I guess it suffocates it.

We used clear duct tape that I found at Target so she wouldn't be embarassed if she removed her shoes and socks.

[Bill4728 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Bill4728]

It funny, my DD and her boy friend where talking about this just yesterday.

He also said it was the only thing that worked for him.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

I thought it DIDN'T work on plantar warts, only on the other kind. If the plantar warts come back (which, unfortunately, most warts do)...take the kid to a chiropractor. I had them and the treatment was completely, amazingly unpainful. The kid might need a sedative if she's just generally afraid of doctors, but the treatment didn't hurt at all--the bottoms of your feet aren't all that sensitive, apparently.

[susieq Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close susieq]

Basically you just place the duct tape over the wart for about six days and it comes off.

Guess what? It worked. Yesterday afternoon was about day 7 (we have a pool and the tape came off from swimming alot and of course bathing) and she took off her shoes and socks off came the tape and the wart came with it, root and all!

Just wanted to share this amazing experience!
K

Thanks so much for sharing!! I have a small wart on my toe ~~ nothing else worked. I'll have to try this!!

Sue

[BobP Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BobP]

What also works very well is to apply castor oil morning and night for a week or so, wart just falls off
Bob

[kbletzer Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kbletzer]

What also works very well is to apply castor oil morning and night for a week or so, wart just falls off
Bob

If the wart comes back we might give this a try!

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

Thank you and great for her.

[arlene22 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close arlene22]

We used the duct tape for DD's plantar wart and it worked for us, too. That was about two or three years ago and it hasn't come back. Doctor told us it had to be black duct tape, but that was only because black duct tape was used in the study he read. You used clear, so guess it works with any kind!