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Warts on hand

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Freemilk · 31/08/2013 00:23

ds age 9 has warts on his hand, started as 1 now 3.

Do I have any chance of getting rid of them and can I ask you to please suggest what works?
Thanks

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Marne · 31/08/2013 16:17

Freezing them works, I had loads on my fingers a couple years back caused by using steroid creams, I had them froze, had to go to the doctors once a week for 3 weeks for them to be blasted, it did hurt whilst they did it and a little bit sore after but it worked and they have never come back.

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Freemilk · 31/08/2013 23:32

Thanks

I had some kind of feeling creams etc didn't work

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HorrorCow · 01/09/2013 23:43

My dd got one on her hand when she was about 18 months. When she was 4, they suddenly increased and she must have had about 9 or 10 of them. I put neat tea tree oil on them every night before bed for about a week and a couple of weeks later they had all disappeared. It could be coincidence, but it's got to be worth a try before painful creams, freezing etc.

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Freemilk · 02/09/2013 22:48

Oh thanks I have some I got for headline a few weeks ago but we went with head shaving instead (son not daughter) so will try that.

Curious as to where you got the idea from though

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eggsandwich · 02/09/2013 22:49

I agree with Horrorcow, my dd had a wart near the bed of her finger nail which got infected, our gp said that they don't recommend freezing them in children as it can be painful, I said to him could I use tea tree on it and he said give it a go, after putting it on her finger twice a day within a week the wart dried up and fell off, I also used it on my ds verruca and it work on that as well. It needs to be pure tea tree oil to work, I got mine from boots it's not cheap but it does the job. Good luck.

Dededum · 08/09/2013 07:51

DS (12) has two on his hand, we are using Bazuka, as recommended by pharmacist. Does seem to be working but slow work!

SavoyCabbage · 08/09/2013 07:58

I starved one by covering it with black nail varnish. I read about it on here. It worked for us but you have to be vigilant.

BjorksNorks · 14/09/2013 13:14

I got some stuff from Amazon called Salactol. My DD had two, one on each hand. The first one went after a few days of application, the second one (which was much bigger) has taken 5/6 weeks to go but you could see the root going black after only a couple of weeks. It looked really bad when it started to die and the skin was peeling but hopefully it won't come back. I was rubbing it with an emery board every night before putting the salactol on.

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