How do you get rid of warts w/o going to the doctor or something?!
Question: How do you get rid of warts w/o going to the doctor or something.?
i have this really annoying wart and it wont go away! ive tried some banana thing, a viniger thing, that stupid ducttape thing that hurt=( and more! i dont no what to do! plz help
thx,
LaurenHealth Question & Answer
thx,
LaurenHealth Question & Answer
Answers:
How to Get Rid of Warts
1. Soak the wart for 10 to 15 minutes in warm salt water to moisten the skin.
2. Scrape off the dead skin layers, as much as can be tolerated, off the wart. Scrapers can be a nail file, pumice stone (used for calluses), mild sandpaper, or a butter knife edge. Or, use fingers to pick at the wart, removing as much of the raised dead skin as possible, but wash fingers/hands thoroughly before and after, as warts can easily spread. Soak and scrape the wart before using the following treatments, to allow better and deeper penetration of medications/treatments. Irritating warts is good, it helps your immune system start to eject it.
3. After scratching the surface of the wart, select a large flake of rough sea salt with a flat surface. Moisten the wart and salt slightly, applying the salt flake to wart. Put a band-aid or tape over the wart to hold salt in place. Observe the salt several days, replacing it after you shower or if it falls off.
4. Use salicylic acid, the ingredient of most wart removers, which is a blistering agent that aggravates warts. Any over-the-counter remedy with this is good when used as directed. Two great salicylic products for this are Compound W and Ocusal; soak the skin for 5 minutes or longer, apply the acid liberally using the brush, and let dry. Leave it for a day. You can either peel or file it off and then file remaining dead skin. If you are serious about removing the warts, do this regularly, about every 2-3 days.
5. Apply strips of duct tape to wart for one day, then peel tape off, which should pull off some wart layers. Do this as much as possible.
6. Freeze the wart with over the counter medications for this purpose. Used as directed, these are very effective.
7. Try to burn it off. Be very careful not to burn too much skin. Light a wooden match, blow it OUT, while the match head is still hot, touch it to the wart. This is a mild blistering effect that initiates a healing response.
8. Rub the banana peel on it once daily and it should disappear. It may take longer, but is cheap and you'll become healthier by eating the bananas.
9. Use blue-red light therapy. In cases, it has worked for acne also.
10. Take garlic capsules (oderless brands!) twice a day for at least several weeks. Warts should start peeling off in one, two weeks, but take the garlic until the wart disappears. Warts are caused by a virus, and garlic seems to be a natural enemy of many viruses.
11. Soak wart in hot water 'till it softens, scrape it down with a piece of coarse exfoliating pumice until you reach level with the skin. Take bleach on a cotton swab and hold it against the wart for 15 minutes (this may sting a bit). In most cases, that's enough but repeating this a couple times couldn't hurt. This is very quick and effective treatment but you MUST wash the area well after applying bleach.
12. If all else fails, stop picking the wart. This can cause the virus to spread to other fingers. Try soaking it for a bit, keeping it moisturized and ignore it.
13. They take a while to go away, but see your doctor if the problem persists for a long while without signs of improvement. They can provide you with immune system boosters, or burn off the wart, or both!
14. Drink 12 oz of tomato juice every day.
15. Create a preparation of curcumin extract (Comes from turmeric. Can be found at health stores.), papaya extract (Papain. It may have to be purchased in pill form and crushed into powder.), and vitamin E oil. Dab the wart and surrounding area with alcoholic extract of goldenseal, which will stimulate local immune activity. Take a sharp needle or pin, something very thin, and dip the pin into the curcumin paste. Press the needle as deep into the wart as possible, and continue injecting more of the paste into the wart, poking several holes if necessary. Spread the remaining paste over the wart area and cover with a LOT of medical tape. This is because the paste will stain things neon yellow. Curcumin is anti-viral, and papaya has been shown to fight HPV. This technique is effective against flat warts, which are found on the hand. Flat warts are notoriously stubborn and will often remain on the skin after the body has acquired resistance to the virus. This will finish the warts off in lieu of freezing.
16. Take a few asprins and crunch them up, adding a few drops of water. Take the mixture and put it onto the effected wart areas and then either tape them up or band aid. Leave on overnight.
17. Basil. Tape crushed, fresh basil to your wart using waterproof first-aid tape. Do this daily up to a week and the virus-killing compound in the basil leaf will kill your wart.
18. Castor oil. Rubbing castor oil on your wart every day will break it down, possibly because the oil keeps the wart moist, causing the tough skin to just come apart.
19. Tea tree oil. Dab a little on the wart and cover with a band aid.Health Question & Answer
1. Soak the wart for 10 to 15 minutes in warm salt water to moisten the skin.
2. Scrape off the dead skin layers, as much as can be tolerated, off the wart. Scrapers can be a nail file, pumice stone (used for calluses), mild sandpaper, or a butter knife edge. Or, use fingers to pick at the wart, removing as much of the raised dead skin as possible, but wash fingers/hands thoroughly before and after, as warts can easily spread. Soak and scrape the wart before using the following treatments, to allow better and deeper penetration of medications/treatments. Irritating warts is good, it helps your immune system start to eject it.
3. After scratching the surface of the wart, select a large flake of rough sea salt with a flat surface. Moisten the wart and salt slightly, applying the salt flake to wart. Put a band-aid or tape over the wart to hold salt in place. Observe the salt several days, replacing it after you shower or if it falls off.
4. Use salicylic acid, the ingredient of most wart removers, which is a blistering agent that aggravates warts. Any over-the-counter remedy with this is good when used as directed. Two great salicylic products for this are Compound W and Ocusal; soak the skin for 5 minutes or longer, apply the acid liberally using the brush, and let dry. Leave it for a day. You can either peel or file it off and then file remaining dead skin. If you are serious about removing the warts, do this regularly, about every 2-3 days.
5. Apply strips of duct tape to wart for one day, then peel tape off, which should pull off some wart layers. Do this as much as possible.
6. Freeze the wart with over the counter medications for this purpose. Used as directed, these are very effective.
7. Try to burn it off. Be very careful not to burn too much skin. Light a wooden match, blow it OUT, while the match head is still hot, touch it to the wart. This is a mild blistering effect that initiates a healing response.
8. Rub the banana peel on it once daily and it should disappear. It may take longer, but is cheap and you'll become healthier by eating the bananas.
9. Use blue-red light therapy. In cases, it has worked for acne also.
10. Take garlic capsules (oderless brands!) twice a day for at least several weeks. Warts should start peeling off in one, two weeks, but take the garlic until the wart disappears. Warts are caused by a virus, and garlic seems to be a natural enemy of many viruses.
11. Soak wart in hot water 'till it softens, scrape it down with a piece of coarse exfoliating pumice until you reach level with the skin. Take bleach on a cotton swab and hold it against the wart for 15 minutes (this may sting a bit). In most cases, that's enough but repeating this a couple times couldn't hurt. This is very quick and effective treatment but you MUST wash the area well after applying bleach.
12. If all else fails, stop picking the wart. This can cause the virus to spread to other fingers. Try soaking it for a bit, keeping it moisturized and ignore it.
13. They take a while to go away, but see your doctor if the problem persists for a long while without signs of improvement. They can provide you with immune system boosters, or burn off the wart, or both!
14. Drink 12 oz of tomato juice every day.
15. Create a preparation of curcumin extract (Comes from turmeric. Can be found at health stores.), papaya extract (Papain. It may have to be purchased in pill form and crushed into powder.), and vitamin E oil. Dab the wart and surrounding area with alcoholic extract of goldenseal, which will stimulate local immune activity. Take a sharp needle or pin, something very thin, and dip the pin into the curcumin paste. Press the needle as deep into the wart as possible, and continue injecting more of the paste into the wart, poking several holes if necessary. Spread the remaining paste over the wart area and cover with a LOT of medical tape. This is because the paste will stain things neon yellow. Curcumin is anti-viral, and papaya has been shown to fight HPV. This technique is effective against flat warts, which are found on the hand. Flat warts are notoriously stubborn and will often remain on the skin after the body has acquired resistance to the virus. This will finish the warts off in lieu of freezing.
16. Take a few asprins and crunch them up, adding a few drops of water. Take the mixture and put it onto the effected wart areas and then either tape them up or band aid. Leave on overnight.
17. Basil. Tape crushed, fresh basil to your wart using waterproof first-aid tape. Do this daily up to a week and the virus-killing compound in the basil leaf will kill your wart.
18. Castor oil. Rubbing castor oil on your wart every day will break it down, possibly because the oil keeps the wart moist, causing the tough skin to just come apart.
19. Tea tree oil. Dab a little on the wart and cover with a band aid.Health Question & Answer
Depends on where it's located. Dr. Scholl's makes a wart remover. If its located on a private area, I would advise seeing your physician.Health Question & Answer