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

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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?

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

Slightly different but my son had a nasty verruca and bazuka gel wasn't really doing much, so I found some verruca plasters on amazon which seemed to work and kill it for good.

My brother had to have warts burned off in hospital as a child.

I had one burned off as a kid. THe doctor used a sort of electric cauterization device. I don't know if it's any better than the liquid nitrogen.

Eek, burning off warts sounds painful!

Depends on the type of wart but I've had some success with repeated application of lemon juice, it takes a fair while though.

Years ago I had 2 or 3 warts on each hand. I had tried various over the counter treatments but none worked. I finally had liquid nitrogen freezing treatment at the GP. He said he could only treat one hand at a time. However strangely enough when the warts vanished on the treated hand they also miraculously disappeared on the other hand . I think I only had 2 treatments.

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.

Yep, black gaffer tape and tea tree oil. Nothing else worked on my DDs.

I had a wart on my face for years and have always been conscious of it. I was recommended this summer to a local lady who is an aesthetician. I've never had any kind of cosmetic work done so was nervous but saw before and after photos of her previous work. She came to my house and removed it with a plasma pen tool in about a minute. She explained aftercare to me and said she would return for more treatment for free if it didn't work. A small scab formed and lasted for about a week and now (a month later) there is honestly no trace that the wart was ever there. It's amazing. Cost me £120, totally worth it.

Paint over it with nail polish, repeatedly

DD has had a verruca since before lockdown. We have had every treatment the dr could provide. A private foot health practitioner who came weekly for months and used some treatment alongside a process where she 'needled' it. A second private chiropodist who used liquid nitrogen to freeze it. Some natural healing oil that kept popping up on my Facebook. Banana peel, nail varnish, apple cider vinegar - you name it, we have tried it. None of them worked. It was 4 years and £££'s of money down the drain. Picked up a Scholl wart & verruca pen totally expecting it to be another lost cause and it dropped clean off after 4 weeks 😱

Greater Celandine no probs An old remedy but why not
The sap did get rid
Milky Sap of Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus L.) and Anti-Viral Properties - PMC (nih.gov)

Apple cider vinegar taped to it overnight on a cotton ball
I think it took 3 nights before mine fell off?
Tried god knows how many other remedies before that worked!!

Which ones did you choose please?

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.

My son had his treated at a podiatrist who had some really powerful drops (sorry I didn't know what it was called) He mentioned GPs would be unlikely to have it due to cost.

The wart was cut and maybe a couple of drops used. It blistered then healed over. He did it twice. The wart is gone and years later it's never returned. Looking at his foot now there's no sign there was ever a wart there.

My most prestigious job at 18 was running the wart clinic! Getting that flask of liq niteogen ready felt like a lot of responsibility! It really works & imo is the only thing that does, but it takes time. Go as often as offered & it will go.

My DD had loads of warts on her fingers. We tried freezing lots of times and it never worked. Pharmacist gave us Salactol and they cleared up within a week and have never returned.

Have a baby!! I had about 9 or 10 over both hands and they went within a few days of giving birth 🤣 10 years and they haven’t been back.
I realise it’s probably not a realistic option though 🤣

I had it done many many years ago and not in the U.K. (originally from Eastern Europe)
I had it on my big toe and sole of my foot.
First of all it was extremely painful... nothing I can compare it to to give you an idea.Unfortunately that wasn't enough. It disappeared for a bit but had gone back, same spot and much much worse.
Got send to surgeon. Had it cut out in the end....
I won't even go into details because it was like something from horror movie, done there and then not faffing around. Only iodine on my foot, no numbing no nothing🫥 BUT! It was successful 😂

Use an emery board to roughen it then apply duct tape, leave the tape on for 48 hrs, remove, buffer again with the emery board and apply more duct tape. Repeat every day and that'll do the trick! Make sure not to use the emery board for anything else and bin once the wart has gone.

I've had one repeatedly treated on my foot, all it did was making it multiply and grow.
Until I gave up and decided to let it be. They started going down in size a year later and were all completely gone within 2 years.

Cover with cotton wool soaked in apple cider vinegar (with the mother). A few days it'll be gone.

My daughter had loads all over the edge of her fingernails and a massive one on the side of one finger. We tried the duct tape on the big one to try it out - we couldn't do all of them as she would have had tape on 8 fingers! It didn't really work but did get a bit smaller, I then tried Salic Acid I had from a verucca treatment I had had previously - didn't seem to be doing much and then all of a sudden they have all vanished! Its really bizarre - it seems attacking 1 has caused the body to evict the lot!