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To give up on getting rid of my verrucas?

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DeepWriter · 10/05/2025 08:43

So I’ve had Veruccas for like 5 years and they won’t go away for anything. They don’t really bother me so I’m thinking about just giving up and just living with them. But it would be nice if they would go away because I would like to be able to get wear sandals and get pedicures again. :)

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JDM625 · 10/05/2025 10:03

I saw a dermatologist who used a laser on mine. This was many years ago and abroad. I had 2/3 sessions and they never came back.

If you've tried freezing/home remedies etc I'd be seeing a podiatrist or ideally a dermatologist.

SoMentallyDrained · 10/05/2025 10:01

Banana trick worked for me

stonebrambleboy · 10/05/2025 09:59

Old wives tale, rub verucca with a piece of raw meat, bury the meat in the garden and as it rots the verucca will shrivel up and drop off. Worth a try 😆

DollyTots · 10/05/2025 09:37

I’m with you. Childbirth got rid of several I had across both feet for 5 years. A whole new set then quickly appeared and I’m 10 years in with these ones.

I’ve managed to cut the majority out countless times and treat with high strength bazuka but they persist. I’ve tried so many different things and I don’t have the money or the will to keep throwing at them.

I’ve had them since I was a child and honestly don’t remember a time anymore where I didn’t have verrucas!

Missedthis · 10/05/2025 09:29

Pregnancy got rid of mine.

Granted, not a solution without side effects.

Itsjustnotthevibe · 10/05/2025 09:26

I had a few, one on my little toe that rubbed when I wore shoes so I had to get rid. I filed them, used salactol and gaffer tape over the top, repeated once a week and they did go after a couple of months. Covering them is the most important thing according to the chiropodist I saw.

Octonaut4Life · 10/05/2025 09:18

Dry heat is amazing for verrucas. I had one very persistent one killed off by walking on very hot sand on the beach. Had another persistent one years later - remembered what had happened, but didn't have a beach budget... Killed it by regularly sitting with my foot right in front of a space heater.

WorriedRelative · 10/05/2025 09:13

I had loads and several were painful. They persisted for YEARS and I tried EVERYTHING.

I spent a fortune on over the counter remedies, tried the stronger stuff the pharmacist can dispense multiple times, had something prescribed, filed them, hacked at them, took thuja, used the home freezing kits, had the doctor try freezing them. None of it worked.

Eventually I gave up. After a while I noticed them changing and they disappeared on their own!

Bonster37 · 10/05/2025 09:10

One day, as a child, a big one on my big toe stuck to my sock due to the cream I was using and I pulled and it pulled it totally off! Never came back again.

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DeepWriter · 10/05/2025 09:08

I’m thinking about just ignoring them! They don’t bother me at all! It’s just means not pedicures or sandals for me. :(

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Goldenmimx · 10/05/2025 09:08

Bee propolis liquid applied straight on the verruca worked on one I had for about ten years but you have to be persistent

scrumble767 · 10/05/2025 09:06

DD had them for ages on one foot, we eventually got rid of them by covering with clear nail polish every night. Horrible things.

Vegemite123 · 10/05/2025 09:05

See a podiatrist - there are treatments such as needling and swift that have a higher (albeit not 100%) success rate. Or just ignore them! If they don’t cause you a problem, just wait and they’ll probably go eventually.

jellyfish3 · 10/05/2025 09:04

I had these. The doctor had told me to freeze, then file them. The filing them was spreading them and making them worse. As soon as I stopped filing them they got better and eventually went away. May not be an issue for you but in case this helps.

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DeepWriter · 10/05/2025 09:04

Yep :) I put it on them for around 2 months. But they didn’t go away.

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Calliopespa · 10/05/2025 09:02

DeepWriter · 10/05/2025 08:49

I honestly think I have. I’ve tried so many things.

Duct tape?

squarepegroudhole · 10/05/2025 09:01

I have 5 in a cluster. They just look like hard skin. They won’t go. Been here years. Tried eveything including the professional route. Chiropodist told me they are persistent and often their freezing treatment can cause them to grow again in other areas.

GlidingSquirrels · 10/05/2025 09:00

Keep at it, are you filing them and using the gel every couple of days then covering each time?
We used blister plasters over them after each treatment for the DC, the combination of treatment and covering eventually killed them off. They go black then eventually pull off with the plaster once the vurruca dies.

Misshollys · 10/05/2025 08:57

Tried everything with bad one's on Ds feet. We did chiropodist each summer for 3 years, multiple visits, they'd disappear but come back again.
Then tried salatac gel, it took a few months, I'd file them down with the rough side of a big emery board after he soaked his feet and then applied the gel. We did this every few days and slowly they started to reduce in size and he's a few years clear now.

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 10/05/2025 08:56

Duct tape was very effective for my DD.

WhatMothersDo22 · 10/05/2025 08:56

Try a menthol-based cream. About 6 years back I had one that had literally been there for years and couldn’t shift with the removal stuff, then I started using a menthol/peppermint type food cream and after a month or so it began to disappear and then went completely. But you have to apply it very regularly I found.

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DeepWriter · 10/05/2025 08:55

I’m hoping mine will go away on their own soon too! I’ve got around 10 verrucas.

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FortyElephants · 10/05/2025 08:54

I had one foot totally covered with verucas when I was a teenager (not the whole foot, the ball and bottom of the toes) - so many that the doctor couldn't even freeze them with any real impact. Eventually after I'm not sure how many years (but I was early 20s) I noticed one day they had just vanished. I must have eventually killed the virus. It does go away eventually.

WhySoManySocks · 10/05/2025 08:52

Mine went away when I froze them much more aggressively than the Bazuka kit said I should. More frequently and for way way longer.

Not recommended but…

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DeepWriter · 10/05/2025 08:52

Yeah it’s such a frustrating virus! My sister had Veruccas for years and I then I got them from sharing shoes with her. I had known how contagious they were I never would have! I’ve tried bazuca but maybe I should try it longer!

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