six years of verrucas

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Ds (15) has had large verrucas on his feet for this long. We tried a bunch of things - gel, banana skin, duct tape but it kept falling off - and then both gave up. No sign of them going anywhere. Is there anything that works? They're a bit painful now too.

Thuja- it’s miraculous! I’m not a big believer in homeopathy, but was desperate. It got rid of DS’s stubborn on in 2 weeks, with no pain

You can get tablets or we painted on a tincture twice a day, as he’s only 4 and I wasn’t sure what dose of tablets to give. For an older child or adult I’d go hardcore and give both!

Not developing antibodies to make verrucae disappear is a sign of low immunity.

Does he have any other symptoms - tiredness, digestive issues, asthma, eczema, aching joints?

I know it's impossible to get a GP appointment in the UK for something vague, but years and years of verrucae point to an immune system that's not working properly and if it were me, I would like to check blood inflammation levels to see if there's anything else going on.

I had awful verrucas that just wouldn't go away for years - I do have low immunity. Eventually, I went to see a podiatrist and over about 5 sessions he painted some sort of chemical (I forget what it was now) on them - this was painful treatment. Initially it didn't seem to completely clear them up, but a year later it clearly triggered the right response as they have all gone!

@charitypecksniff that's interesting
I had verrucae for 10 years and they went when I cut gluten from my diet after reading an account from someone on the Internet. They REALLY hurt and I was desperate.

Hmm that's interesting @CharityPecksniff . Seems healthy otherwise but maybe I should run it by the GP. Will investigate Thula too, thank you!

I had mine dry needled at a chiropodist. It worked a treat although painful.

I had tried everything including banana peel, duct tape, thuja etc.

Another vote for dry needling. DS had a huge mosaic verucca being treated for a while unsuccessfully. After needling treatment it had disappeared all by itself within three weeks and all of his other veruccae disappeared as well. Worked like magic but not cheap.

If you are north of England I can make a recommendation

Not developing antibodies to make verrucae disappear is a sign of low immunity

This is not necessarily the case. Sometimes large shallow verrucae just don’t get recognised by the immune system which is why needling works

Mine disappeared on their own for no apparent reason. My gp said this would happen so they don't treat them any more

My daughter had a stubborn verruca for over a year, tried everything bazuka banana peel nail polish etc. I was at my wits end and bought some corn plasters, within a week it has peeled away!

Had never heard of dry needling so just been off to read about it. Sounds worse than I'd imagined but also quite interesting in terms of how it's thought to work. Do feel a bit queasy now though.

I had three as a teen, I think they were there for about 6 or 7 years. I tried a few treatments I bought from the chemist but they didn't work. I used to pick at them and pull the inside bit out, it was a bit painful but quite satisfying. The three of them just never grew back once, no problems since.