To make my daughter get rid of verrucas

[SunshineDayz1]

So my now 16 yo daughter had a verruca that I noticed a couple years ago. It’s since spread to both her feet with 5 verrucas now. They don’t bother her she said and she doesn’t want to bother trying to get rid of them she said. But I want her to because I’m afraid her siblings will catch them sooner or later. Plus I don’t want them to get any worse. I’m thinking about making her go get them treated. I thought they would have gone away on their own by now. That’s what I was hoping.

Have you brought her some Bazuka or similar?
You should have tackled this at 14, now she's 16 she has full medical autonomy

If a 14 year old refuses to treat them what do you do? You can't really force them either.

DS is 12 and at 10 & 11 I couldn't make him agree to the flu nasal vaccine. Should I have asked the school to restrain him?

Veruccas can be nasty. They are contagious. She needs to get rid of them.

And have you responded to her as you have outlined on this thread?

Can't you get them surgically cut off?

That's gross. They may not bother her but they will certainly bother whoever she passes them to.
I have spent 2 years getting rid of one and have finally managed it. I don't want another one just because people CBA to get treatment.

Current guidelines are that verrucas should be left alone.

messing with them causes them to spread and increases the risk of infection etc.

they will go eventually. They won’t spread to your other children unless the skin on their feet is compromised to allow the virus to enter.

she’s 16. The most you can ask her to do is wear slippers/socks around the house.

It's a bit grim that they don't bother her. Why isn't she looking after herself? Why isn't she caring about passing this on to her family? 00

Even if you can convince her, it doesn’t mean they’ll go. I threw everything at mine and they took about 5 years to go. I’m currently doing battle with a wart that has taken residence for years.

At 16 you can’t make her. But I would ask her to wear socks/slippers at home until she either changes her mind or they go on their own.

Even after a surgical removal?

Black nail varnish (or very dark red) cover twice a day and my child’s verucca died after about 2 weeks. Bazuka didn’t work

Oh ffs it’s noting to do with “looking after herself”.

they’re a virus. Most medical advice is they don’t need treatment unless the cause an issue. Attempting to “treat” them often makes them worse/more infectious.

if she’s not going barefoot around the house or sharing socks or towels then she won’t pass them on. Which clearly she doesn’t appear to be doing as o/p’s other children haven’t caught them in 2 years.

maybe she’s done some googling, been on the nhs website, and realised treatment is often futile. That’s up to her.

I had a wart on my hand as a child for about 5 years. Had it surgically removed twice, frozen off three times, and chemically treated twice. My mum insisted because she didn’t like it, and I wasn’t old enough to be allowed an opinion.

painful, and it also spread to my other hand.

just came back every time. It wasn’t until I was old enough to refuse treatment and left it alone that the thing went.

Most medical professionals would advise you to leave them alone with bless they are painful in which case your DD would be motivated to try treatment. Verrucas are warts that you walk on, they are not dangerous and treatment in most cases doesn’t work ( it might shrink them a bit) .Warts are caused by a virus and you need to wait for your body to mount enough of an immune response to fight them off. I would say in this case leave her to it.

In my experience they go when they're ready - treatments are a waste of money.

Tell her they will spread to her friends and siblings and can spread to hands/body or even genitals (I'm not actually sure if warts down there can be from a verruca?) but it might make her do something.

Buy her the stuff and also she could just stick black duct tape over them? Your immune system sometimes just doesn't kick in enough to get them to disappear on their own.

You can't force her to do anything ultimately but it's true she needs to at least attempt treatment.

Crikey, you sound tense.

OP is concerned about them being passed on even if you aren't.

I had a verucca which became painful to walk on. It was easy to get rid of. I don't know why she wouldn't do that.

Does she realise she shouldn't go to any public swimming pools?

The chiropodist treated them about 4 times with no joy.

https://www.britishswimming.org/members-resources/athletes-and-parents/understanding-verrucas/

The majority of dermatologists, skin specialists, are not in favour of treating plantar warts. Many feel that because the virus is so widespread, it could be beneficial to spread it as much as possible and as early as possible in the lives of children.
The use of devices, such as plastic socks, to protect the feet should be discouraged. As with elasticated knee bandages, the socks have limited value other than of attracting attention. The use of a waterproof plaster is sufficient.

And as for the suggestion upthread, of telling her they might spread to her genitals, please don't!!

Absolutely the nail varnish tip. Very dark colour, once a day works fine here. It will stop them spreading on the individual and to the rest of the household. Killing the light to it makes it go in the end. I discovered this after years of painful treatments, bazuka, freezing at doctor etc. I was prone as a child and so is one of my children but no pain with this solution.

Duct tape!

Do you keep reapplying over the old nail polish, or clean off the old to apply again?

My DD has a painful one on her foot and we've already tried bazucca, freezing it off and some other cream, nothing worked.

We found Bazuka worked on my son's, it wasn't onerous at all. They can become quite painful and I'd tell her so in case that encourages her to get them treated.