To give up on getting rid of my verrucas?

Yes the pen worked on my son and he had a massive cluster verruca (made worse by the filing we did using regular bazuka 😬). A chiropodist wanted to charge my £600 to surgically treat him - used the pen as a last resort.

I can supply photos of the gross process to confirm severity!!

One visit at a podiatrist got rid of mine (there's quite a bit you have to do yourself afterwards but then they disappear).

This isn't true. The HPV virus that causes cervical cancer is a different strain of HPV.

There are different strains of HPV. They are linked with different types of growth.

I read ages ago that the HPV virus is also the same one that produces warts and verrucas! I’m not sure how true this is but I was too old for the HPV jab when it came out and my most recent smear (and many ones previously) have been HPV positive!

I’ve had two verrucas for about 5/6 years now and unfortunately pregnancy and childbirth did not get rid of them 😩

If you do find a magic cure please update the thread but I’m tempted to try some of the suggestions on here!

Formaldehyde cleared mine.

Same

I had 30-40 that had resisted all the over-the-counter remedies, hospital dermatology, homeopathy, banana skin. Must have been over 5 years.

Went to a chiropodist when I was 8 months pregnant who filed them down but said they would go after I gave birth.

About a week after the baby, I was in the shower when my foot started to itch like mad. Scratched and scratched and all the dead skin came off leaving healthy skin below.

The chiropodist said that his treatment for children is to have the child come to clinic every week. He soaks their foot in warm water and gives them 50p.

Verrucas are low level viruses that the body ignores and sometimes reminding the immune system regularly does the trick.

I did and they just disappeared.

You need the salacatol liquid - put it on every night, each night before apply file with an emery board, put it on and wait till it goes white - it’s brilliant stuff.

I can see someone has recommended needling. I would second that. Had a stubborn one that lasted over 20 years! Ended up with lots more, over 30 I would say in total. Nothing worked, tried salycilic acid, cryo, taping, banana skin, apple cider vinegar. Chiropodists tried stronger acid based treatments. In the end I gave needling a go and they went. Have to say it wasn’t pain free, nerve block for each foot and a bit of discomfort when that wore off but probably due to the numerous verrucas, I think it would be less painful for 1 or 2.
Interesting that people have mentioned getting bloods to check for an autoimmune disorder, saw a GP about mine to get cryo and they never mentioned that but it makes sense.

From memory she was 13/14
It's a homeopathic remedy

I finally got rid of my DS extremely stubborn one by bandaging a a bit of cotton with tea tree on it after using the wart treatment every few days. I was determined! It still hasn't come back, months later.

Have your immune system checked. This was advised after a girl on embarrassing bodies had a really bad verruca that wouldn't go

Can I ask what age was your daughter? I have a dd aged 11. Would it be safe to use?

I recommend the Miaderma Wart Away from Holland and Barratt as well. My daughter had 12 verruca's on 1 foot (it had spread I think from using a sandal on holiday that must have had the virus on) we tried everything for a year. I applied this once a week three weeks in a row and job done. It's very strong so follow instructions to the letter. Need to protect surrounding skin.

THICK layer of sudocrem…duct tape, sock on, leave uninterrupted for 1 week. No, don’t check it. Don’t wash it. Don’t reapply anything.

My teenage son had loads on the bottom and side of his first two toes. GP offered no help at all. We tried every type of home remedy but nothing worked and eventually we gave up and I was planning to book him in with a podiatrist. Then over New Year he was ill with a high fever and about a month later he told me they'd all gone. They had been there for several years and one was about 1cm in size. So maybe the fever kicked his immune system into dealing with them - or maybe it was just time for them to go.

Thanks so much, Arctic ! I'm going to give that a go. Here's hoping in 2 months mine will be gone. Bless you for that link :)

We just used what we had in the garage, but it was probably some kind of tape that's used for outside guttering?

I think it starves the verruca and makes it damp and sweaty and one night, when removing the tape, the 'core' came away too.

This was after months of different types of ointments etc. My DC would not allow any filing etc but could cope with a new square each night. Actually, his feet were quite sweaty so the strip hand to go right round his foot.

@Liz1tummypain Sticky tape (gaffer, duct, or whatever) is a recognised removal method. Any strong sticky tape will do.

https://www.nottinghameczema.org.uk/documents/using-duct-tape-to-clear-viral-warts.pdf

I was going to try it but I kept forgetting, then the verruca went on its own.

I had a little forest of the beggars on the side of my right foot when I was 16-17, sort of in an island of tiny black holes.

I ignored them. My family situation was...erm...unsupportive.

One day a lump fell off and it looked like a desert island that had been hit by a nuclear blast which left the trees like burnt but bleached out matchsticks.

Nasty memory. Yack yacky yack yack. You have my condolences for having to look at the ugly little bastards upon your own body. Luck be with you.

That's interesting. I never really understood what gaffer tape is. Is it gorilla tape please ? Can you give any remote idea how you think this method worked please?

I had one for 11yrs, tried absolutely everything. Randomly disappeared while I was pregnant! I was over the moon.

My son had 3 large ones on the bottom of one foot, I put tea tree oil on them, 2 weeks later I noticed they had gone, but it may of been pure luck, I did the same with a wart on my daughters finger, very swollen and painful as it was next to the nail bed, used tea tree and it cleared up

This worked for me too, I have no idea why!