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AIBU to wonder if freezing with liquid nitrogen is the only way to get rid of a wart?

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Sopranos24 · 30/08/2024 17:15

I have had a wart on the knuckle of my middle finger for maybe 2 years now. Apart from looking unsightly, it hurts when I catch it on things. I can't knock a door without it hurting for example! I am female aged 59, if that is relevant.

The Doctor has treated it with liquid nitrogen 7 times but it is showing no signs of disappearing. The Doctor is just suggesting zapping it with liquid nitrogen every month to try and get it to go. However, I am beginning to think that this treatment will never work. Does anyone know of any other treatments I can try?

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redalex261 · 31/08/2024 11:58

Daughter’s verucca - emery board to open “pores” on it, then top with slice of garlic clove, cover with tape (black carpet fitter tape/duct tape). Change garlic slice daily. Don’t leave tape off at any point - the tape suffocating it seems to be the thing. Took about four days.

Disturbia81 · 31/08/2024 11:49

Forgot to add.. after that experience I realised it was all about getting to the soft bit underneath to treat that. Which the instructions never say. So when my daughter had verrucas I filed them down with a nail file to get past the hard bit, and then put the treatment on. They were all gone in a few weeks!

MattDamon · 31/08/2024 11:49

deleteitforpro56 · 30/08/2024 22:33

And throw in some banana skin.

Was the only think that worked for me and I had tried EVERY other option first

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Banana skin worked for me too. Haven't had any since.

Disturbia81 · 31/08/2024 11:47

WARTNER!
I had a wart for years so was desperate. I blasted it with wartner freezing stuff for 20 seconds longer than it said to do, let the top fall off after a few days. Then blasted the roots underneath again for longer than I should, and that fell off after a week or two. Totally smooth skin underneath, I was so happy I cried 😂

So basically I went rogue with the instructions. Firstly doing it longer than it says to, and secondly giving the roots a go once the top crust had come off.

Algebraicyourleg · 31/08/2024 09:12

I swear by Verrugon it’s a green and yellow packet. It’s got rid of any I have had. I pop a corn plaster over the wart/verruca and the cream inside it then completely cover it with a plaster and leave it a few days, then repeat and it flicks off after a week or so. It might need a third one but it’s always worked for me.

Cookerhood · 31/08/2024 09:09

Most of these things are a coincidence, or they will somehow have triggered an immune response, which is the only way they are going to go. Hence them suddenly disappearing after years. I had a massive one on my foot for years. I tried all sorts & often had a crater where I had treated it, filed it etc. one day it vanished, never to return.

NigellaAwesome · 31/08/2024 09:09

I've successfully sliced warts off with a scalpel and cauterised it with hydrogen peroxide. I've done it a few times on different warts which were completely resistant to freezing and it has always worked, but I'm not a medic, home surgery isn't for everyone etc.

wadeinthewater · 31/08/2024 08:59

CrazyChefDoDoDoDoDoDo · 30/08/2024 21:50

Which ones did you choose please?

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Scholl

I read on the box they're not actually supposed to be used for under 16s after I'd already used about 3, but they worked for my 7 year old.

Strokethefurrywall · 31/08/2024 01:48

I had one on my middle finger right at the middle knuckle. I ended up putting an apple cider vinegar tablet on it and then taping over it with a plaster.

Took a few (painful) weeks but it finally dropped off. Freezing it didn't work but the ACV did.

Onthescrapheap81 · 31/08/2024 01:27

I’ve never had a wart but a friend who had a few cured them by picking dandelions and squeezing the sap from the stalks and applying it. She had tried everything else but this worked like magic apparently. Free and worth a try!

CosyUser · 31/08/2024 00:18

I had laser treatment a few years ago on a wart cluster and it was amazing
they have never returned

HotPotato123 · 31/08/2024 00:02

I had a wart on my finger years ago and smothered it in verruca gel, it was gone in a couple days and no reoccurrence

HotPotato123 · 31/08/2024 00:01

ItIsSoVeryComplicated · 30/08/2024 22:23

Thank you for this thread. My DS is struggling with this right now and it's so frustrating. The Wartabater sound hilarious. I will ask if he is willing to try one.

I have something similar for cold sores and it is absolutely magic.

Sorry to hi Jack but what is the device for cold sores if you don’t mind sharing??

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Sopranos24 · 30/08/2024 23:59

Sunnysal · 30/08/2024 20:15

Liquid nitrogen will work in the end. But after 2 years it's likely you will be growing antibodies and the wart will go on its own.

I hope so. The wart is so big that it's hard to imagine it ever disappearing at the moment!

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Sopranos24 · 30/08/2024 23:56

EmeraldDreams73 · 30/08/2024 22:17

Google the Wartabater. I bought one in desperation 10 years or so ago as dd2 had terrible verrucas from swimming that wouldn't go and were causing her to limp. It works brilliantly. I'm not scientific enough to know why but it's an electronic device and you wet the wart/verruca and hold the pen thing on it for 3 mins. If it's bigger than 5mm diameter you treat it in sections for 3 mins at a time. It came from America and cost about £80 at the time. Worked so well I ended up treating friends' kids loads of times! It still works and is bloody brilliant.

Thanks for this advice. I will go off and Google!

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Sopranos24 · 30/08/2024 23:55

Raininginparadise2 · 30/08/2024 22:38

File it with a nail file to take the top off it. Dab with salicylic acid. You can buy a small bottle from the pharmacy. Repeat every other day. It will go away. Works for verrucas too.

This sounds like a good idea. Will try.

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Sopranos24 · 30/08/2024 23:52

dizzydizzydizzy · 30/08/2024 23:00

I recently had a cluster of about 20'veruccas removed by the podiatrist. They had a new Microwave gadget called 'Swift'. It cost £340, took 3 sessions and a lot of pain while it was being done (but not in between sessions) but it was a total success.

This sounds interesting. I am a bit of a wimp with pain though.

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Sopranos24 · 30/08/2024 23:50

hesaka · 30/08/2024 23:19

I had really big ones on my knuckles for about 5 years. I had the liquid nitrogen freezing treatment with the GP many times during that period, but they always grew back. I also tried banana skins, garlic, tea tree oil. Eventually someone recommended castor oil (used in Morocco to treat warts) and they disappeared within a week and never grew back.

Omg! This sounds promising!

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CastlesinSpain · 30/08/2024 23:49

Many, many years ago my mother saw a "wart charmer" to got rid of the warts on her hands. Within days they were gone. She thought the idea was a load of rubbish as do I, but weirdly it worked (or it was a huge co-incidence 😁).

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Sopranos24 · 30/08/2024 23:49

LolaCrapola · 30/08/2024 17:18

I successfully used Manuka honey and gaffer tape - the gaffer tape starves the wart of oxygen - you do have to keep it sealed all the time and I would cover it with a plaster. Used an emery board to file it down periodically- it took 2/3/4 weeks approximately to get rid of. Also good for verrucas x

Thanks! Will try this.

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hesaka · 30/08/2024 23:19

I had really big ones on my knuckles for about 5 years. I had the liquid nitrogen freezing treatment with the GP many times during that period, but they always grew back. I also tried banana skins, garlic, tea tree oil. Eventually someone recommended castor oil (used in Morocco to treat warts) and they disappeared within a week and never grew back.

nj32 · 30/08/2024 23:12

I second the swift, multiple verrucas for 25+ years gone. Expensive but so worth it

Bingbong2000 · 30/08/2024 23:05

Sleepytimebear · 30/08/2024 21:52

I was told by the consultant that the freezing is trying to trigger an immune response, which then means the wart goes away because your immune system has beaten the infection/whatever. He was adamant mine (several on my knuckles) would go after treatment and they didn't. They only went after I left my abusive husband and I stopped being so stressed. I think I had them for about 4 years all in, then one day they went on their own.

I heard about triggering an immune response so I scratched at a few of mine for a while then they got irritated and the whole lot vanished

dizzydizzydizzy · 30/08/2024 23:00

I recently had a cluster of about 20'veruccas removed by the podiatrist. They had a new Microwave gadget called 'Swift'. It cost £340, took 3 sessions and a lot of pain while it was being done (but not in between sessions) but it was a total success.