To be freaked out about flat warts

[Louloulovesyou]

My DS and DD have recently developed flat warts on their faces and hands. The doctor says there is nothing that the NHS can do and i have to wait for them to go although that could potentially take years. The warts themselves are barely noticeable (they are very different from other types of warts) but there are a large number of them. I am so devastated and am not sleeping. I am worried they will get bullied if other kids notice and that they will never go away. Any help/advice/reassurance.....

Sorry I’ve not got experience of flat warts, but if you don’t get any replies you could ask this to be moved to General health?

OK. I apologise in advance for promoting woo. I am the least woo person. but here goes

when I was a child I had loads of flat warts. My mum was in a dentist waiting room reading a magazine and someone basically written in telling about how her daughter had them, she had been told to "use the first saliva of the morning" and basically wipe in on the warts (i.e. the daughter was to use her own saliva on her own warts) and that this would cure them. she thought it was ridiculous, but tried it, and it worked.

so mum told me - and we both agreed it was crazy- but my warts disappeared very quickly.

I have a PhD in science. I think what I have just written is utter shite and will not work. But I feel the need to tell you so you can try it and tell me I was indeed talking total shite.

(Actually, I could possibly be convinced there is a scientific explanation if it was shown to work - suspect there are loads of interesting chemicals stagnating in our saliva overnight- but I still reckon I've just written complete shite and I apologise)

Thanks Poppadom i am honestly desperate enough to try anything! So i may persuade the kids to give it a go.

My DS had them aged 6. Took ages to go - tried everything but nothing worked - but hasn't had one since. Same with verrucas. When he was 8 had a whole foot of them. I tried everything and managed to get rid and he's not had one since.

Mine had them. Lasted a few months then went overnight. They were on her face and neck but she wasn’t bullied at all. Couple of friends asked if it were chicken pox, that was it.

Honestly the best thing to do is wait it out. The immune system will kick in- if you feel you must “do” something concentrate in that, diet, sleep etc to boost immunity.

Mess around with them, touch them too much and you’ll just spread them.

Another woo one... when conventional medicine fails... call a homeopath.

Thanks to all who have said about your experiences it's really reassuring. I have been googling incessantly and reading awful things about them never going so it's good to hear that your kids no longer have them.

Hello Louloulovesyou - did the warts go? My 10 year old son has just developed them...

Hi tarabee, this is loulou with another name. Nope we are still stuck with them. Went to see a dermatologist who thought most of it is actually keratosis pilaris. However I'm pretty sure he is wrong.

Another woo one! I’m not in the slightest woo, but my mum was told by her gp to use a bit of gaffer tape on her wart. Just leave it on as long as she could.
The wart completely disappeared within the month and didn’t come back.
I tried the same on a verruca, and it bloody worked!

*Duct tape (not gaffer!)!

I've gone privately to have a wart removed, as did my sister and BIL and veruccas and there was children having various things removed, not sure of flat warts though?