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what is best to put on a wart?

7 replies

lizandlulu · 06/04/2008 20:38

just yesterday i noticed a little nick on my thumb and thought nthing of it. today it is really painful and has started to look abit cauliflowery if you know what i mean. i am sure it is the start of a wart that i have ripped the skin of.
is there anything i can put on it besides tee tree oil which i have been using today?
tia

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Washersaurus · 06/04/2008 20:47

Apparently taping garlic to it will get rid.

I had one once which nothing would shift, I had to have it frozen which hurt

lizandlulu · 06/04/2008 20:49

oh lovely! i my just keep putting tee tree oil on it if that is the alternative!

thanks anyway!

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Washersaurus · 06/04/2008 20:50

Home Remedies for Warts

Use enough garlic to cover the wart. Cover it with a bandage and keep it overnight. After having your bath remove the bandage, a small blister would appear, let it be absorbed by your body again. By continuing this procedure your warts may leave your body within two weeks.

Dip apple cider vinegar similar to garlic (as mentioned above) cover it with a bandage. If you continue this for week you may surely see the results.

Apply clear nail polish every morning and evening.

Use vitamin A oil from fish oil or fish-liver-oil by applying it on the wart. Apply this once a day, it takes lot of time but the results would be positive.

Make a paste by crushing vitamin C tablets with water. Apply this on the wart and cover it with a bandage.

Always wrap the warts to avoid it from spreading.

Use castor oil over the wart and tape it. Do it twice daily.
Stay dry and prevent any kind of moisture.
Have garlic capsules or tablets.

Apply vitamin E oil, clove oil, Aloe Vera juice, milkweed juice, the milky juice of the sow's thistle plant, or milky juice of unripe figs on the wart.

Douse lemon slices for two weeks with little salt in apple cider vinegar. After two weeks apply the lemon slices on the wart.

Rub the wart with a piece of chalk or a raw potato.

Inner side of banana can be also used to treat wart by taping it on the wart

garden · 06/04/2008 21:13

can really vouch for garlic remedy;DS had a horrid one, size of 5p on hand. put slice of garlic on each night for 4 weeks, with plaster over and disappeared - AMAZING!
Good luck!

lizandlulu · 07/04/2008 10:48

sorry i went to bed last night.
i will try the garlic then. it is really painful with it having a cut right throught the middle of it.

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paddington99 · 08/04/2008 13:19

My son had a wart on his forehead which couldn't be treated chemically or burnt off, due to his age and its location. We were told that there have been clinical trials using banana skin, as mentioned, and also duct tape!

The other remedy is to scour them off with a pumice stone. Naturally we didn't do this with our son, but we did run a flannel over it a little roughly once or twice, which seemed to speed up the healing process.

garden · 13/04/2008 10:02

lizandlulu-how is the thumb?

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