Warts

If you have a wart it is more likely that you'll get a second one, as they do seem to spread from one area to another. Unfortunately, it's going to require some sort of dedication to get rid of them.

This is the only way I have ever found that works. (It's not very pretty, but you can handle it.)

Get some of those Dr. Scholl's wart removal disks. They look like Band Aids and this method will mimic that of the Duct Tape method. The active ingredient is Salicylic Acid, common in facial astringents and wart removers. These cost about $10.00 for a pack of 14 strips.

Step 1: Wear the strip for as long as you can before it falls apart. They aren't cheap, and I've found them most effective when I wear the strip for an average of 2 days. This limits oxygen to the wart (and all the skin around it). When the bandage comes off, apply another one. Wear it for about 2 days as well. The wart and all skin around it will die. THIS IS GOOD. If you want to really kill it, go for another strip for a total of 6 days.

Step 2: It should be pretty dead now, but it will still be on your skin and can still spread or revive again. You gotta take it off. (This is the not pretty part, but pain should not be a factor). You've got to get the wart off, so you'll need to use tweezers or some similar grooming tool to peel off the dead skin. If the roots of the wart are still connected, you'll need to pluck them off. It somes feels like they are firmly stuck but I have not known it to hurn from this point on out. If you went for the full six day prep you should not have any pain. If you skip the second two bandages and go for the abbreviated removal after only two days, you run the risk of it not being as dead. If you are lucky the skin below the wart will be dead as well and the entire think will lift off, leaving clean skin below. Let it heal for a day or two and you are good to go.

I've done this before and you run the risk of not removing the wart completely, and it coming back after 5 to 6 months. Once you remove all of them, you should be wart free for at least a year, if not permanently. This is the most cost effective pain free method for wart removal. Compound W and those other topical treatments don't really work.

I currently have no warts, but keep in mind they are contagious. If you come in contact with other folks' warts (yuck) you run the risk of getting them.

ALWAY WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER TOUCHING THE WARTS TO KEEP THEM FROM SPREADING.

I got one on my ringfinger while at service in the german army... The doctor there iced it a few times (three, I think) and it disappeared, nerver to come back Duration of this procedure was about two weeks, dunno what it cost since I did not have to pay for it, but cannot imagine it being costly, judging from that it was really no big deal. It did not hurt, felt like a slight sting comparable to when you touch an ice cube for a few seconds. I would always recommend this, since the boy of my ex girlfriend used to have a few warts on his feet and got cured with some liquid he had to apply on them. Worked, but took about 4 months or something like that

I've had some removed with liquid nitrogen. It stings kind of like getting a tattoo. The skin dies and the wart(s) die along with it. Its doesn't feel too good, but I've had it done 2 or 3 times and its worked every time. It takes a minute or so to do, and I can't image it would be expensive (I'm from Canada...it's free here). I've tried the drugstore remedies without any success.

No problem. Hopefully it works out for you and your hands will be wart free!

I guess I lucked out because the one i used to have went away on it's own

I had a large one on my hands, and lots of small ones on my feet, a few years ago.

Just get them frozen off. My GP just did it with a can of liquid nitrogen and an applicator. This is free in the UK, but might cost where you are. It takes a few applications. It's only a little bit painful, and will remove them completely.

I used to get warts on my thumbs as a child. My mom took me to the pediatrician and he would freeze them off; liquid nitrogen I suspect. There is now an OTC product called Compound W Freeze Off. It uses dimethyl ether along with hydrocarbon propellents in an aerosol container. You saturate a Q-tip with the product then apply it to the wart. It "freezes" it off in much the same way as liquid nitrogen. I think it is probably faster and more reliable than using the OTC salicylic acid products, but still has the convenience of at home use. If you end up using this product, let me know how well it works.

You can actually buy some over the counter of liquid nitrogen to remove warts at most drug stores. Read the directions and freeze them off yourself. After a couple of treatments they should go away. It worked for my brother...

I had a wart on my hand and on the ball of my foot that wouldn't respond to OTC topical and liquid nitrogen treatments. I finally sucked it up and went to a dermatologist. The wart removal techniques they used could be classified as torture under the Geneva Convention. The wart on my hand was injected with a numbing agent via a needle, shaved down, and sprayed with liquid nitrogen. The wart on the ball of my foot was sprayed twice with liquid nitrogen and covered in acid. Every few minutes I am experiencing a piercing pain in my foot.

Dontcha wonder if some docs find enjoyment in watching our suffering? Minor suffering in keeping with their Hippocratic Oath, of course, but still....

I've had warts removed by doctors twice, once by electrolysis and about a decade later using liquid nitrogen, and it's the fastest, easiest, surest remedy. They numbed the area around especially big warts with a local. The over-the-counter remedies didn't work for me, nor did nitric acid, as the first doctor had told me was an option he considered (don't try this. the nitric acid ran through the ridges of my fingerprints, so I lost some skin, but not the wart. Yeah, I was a dumbass, practicing medicine without a license).