Curing Warts with Duct Tape

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This is really a statement rather than a question. I'm just so excited about this that I had to share it. I've had stubborn warts on my hands and feet for about 4 years and my son has had a pretty bad wart problem on his feet. I've tried many things and nothing has worked for us - until now. Vitamin A did the trick. I bought 25,000 IU Vitamin A capsules online. They look just like Vitamin E capsules. I would prick the capsule with a pin and apply to the warts everyday. Mine are completely gone - not a trace of them and it only took a couple of weeks. My sons are taking a little loger but his case is a little worse. They've improved dramatically though. Anyway, I just wanted to share my story for others who might be at their wits end with a wart problem.

Hope this helps!

Ok my husband is a DC and he used duct tape with a planters wart. However he was told by a physician to leave the tape on for a week without removing it. Apparently this "suffocates" the wart and it dies. It did work for him.

I have had better luck my leaving the duct tape on for a week at a time, then removing it for a day to let the area breathe, then replacing the duct tape the next day. Only file very gently on the day you remove the duct tape. Within a few weeks, the wart should be gone. Good luck!

Our pediatrician (who is also the ped for my good friend's kids) reccommends duct tape for warts as well, but she never said anything about soaking or filing.

try just cutting the little piece of tape, putting it on and then leaving it there for a week. By then the wart may be dead and you could probably file it if you really want to.

T.

might sound strange, but my friend had good success with banana peels -
cut a bit, cover the wart, and tape or band-aid it on. it is what I will try when I get my next one!

I have heard of this wart remedy too, although it did not work for me either. I had a horrible case of plantar warts that the podiatrist applied acid to at each visit and had me doing likewise, and picking out the warts as well, on a nightly basis, but even that wasn't working well.

For me, what worked incredibly well was the podiatrist applying a freeze treatment to the warts. They went away soon after and have stayed away for the most part since. He said it might be painful, but it felt like an ice-cube applied to my foot, that was all.

Since warts are a form of virus, and stress can be a factor in their development, you might want to try some sort of over-the-counter supplement to support your daughter's immune system. Whole foods and Vitamin Shop and the like have a range of children's health/immune medicines that might be quite helpful, a good multi-vitamin, too.

God Bless,
S.

My pediatrician also recommended duct tape, and she was, in her day, chief resident at Children's Hospital Boston, so she's not the type to opt for home remedies just for creativity's sake. But as I recall, you just put the tape on and leave it till it falls off and replace it until the wart is gone. Commercial remedies also work great but they cost money and everybody's got duct tape. Check whether soaking and filing really necessary? And whether you can't just pull out the big guns and put Compound W on it? I would bet the soaking and filing is all very time consuming too, because you can't file a wet wart, and you probably don't want every evening to become all about the stupid wart.

I used oregano oil on my planters warts and this cured all of them without any pain at all (the house smelled like a pizza shop for awhile though!). I use Young Living Essential Oils and just rubbed it all over my feet and put on socks before bed. I did this every night before bed and after 2-3 weeks they were all gone. I’ve heard melaleuca oil does the same thing, but I haven’t needed it since I used the oregano oil.

A few people have claimed success with this, and it's kind of nice to hear of doctors willing to try non-medical, non-invasive solutions first. However, it sounds like her wart is too embedded so I think you need to have the doctor refer you to a good podiatrist. This is a common problem and can be solved easily. My podiatrist did a great job with my son, hiding the needle of lidocaine and so on - so it will be a simple procedure for your daughter and I'm sure you can be with her, reading a book while the doctor works. Good luck.

After 3 weeks you are probably getting to some sensitive skin. I would just keep up the duct tape and maybe let your daughter rub it a bit with a facecloth during bath. Good luck.

Do the doctors know what is in the adhesive on the duct tape. Is it something that could be toxic? Everything we put on our skin is absorbed into our bodies. When I had them one doctor froze one, because it was small. The larger one he tied suture thread tightly around it which cut off the blood supply and within a week it died and fell off. Later when I had another, I tied it off myself and got the same results.

I used to get warts when i was a kid. My mom took me to a dermatologist and had them frozen off, a much faster and less painful way of removing them.

I took a piece of garlic and put it on my son's toe. That worked. If you take the duct tape and also put tea tree oil on it at the same time. It will work. It takes time.

Good luck

We used duct tape successfully for warts on my daughters fingers. This was recommended by our pediatrician. We covered them every night for several weeks and eventually they were just gone. We did not do any soaking or filing.

All wart remedies have one thing in common; they are irritants. Warts continue to grow because the body isn't paying attention to fighting them. The reason duct tape sometimes works is because it irritates the skin and gets the body to react.

Filing it irritates it to, so that's actually a second treatment.

My esteemed dermatologist said that just about any home remedy that involved an irritant might work, or it might not work any given time, depending on your body.

I had a stubborn wart on my big toe that finally responded to a combination of duct tape, gentle filing, and compound W.

I abhor burning off with liquid nitrogen. IMO it hurts like hell. A treatment that worked well for my dd was canterone applied in successive treatments by the dermatologist. It's a blistering agent, and is applied then washed off within x number of hours. It creates a fairly significant blister. Again, an irritant.

You can google and find a slew of home remedies, including caster oil, etc.

I did a quick Google search and couldn't find anything endorsed by any reputable medical or scientific organization regarding this method.

If it's causing your daughter pain, I'd stop it and see a podiatrist or a dermatologist.

I give our Pediatrician a lot of credit, when he's just not familiar enough with something (mostly dermatological), he has no problem referring out to the specialists who do. I've had great experiences with Podiatrists, so they'd likely be my personal first choice to see if the diagnosis was correct and what the best treatment should be. Remember, the foot is a very sweaty part of the body and will make it difficult for duct tape to stick.

My daughter had recurring warts that got so bad, she had to sit out a t-ball game, cuz it hurt to put her cleat on. The assistant coach told me about the duct tape and I thought she was joking. We tried it and it worked like a charm! We didn't file or soak - just the duct tape on her foot every night. We had tried the over the counter treatments with no luck and I was ready to make an appointment to have it frozen off. I really didn't want to, because I remember having it done as a kid and it hurt! If my daughter ever gets one again, we will head straight for the duct tape!! BTW, this was 2 years ago, and she hasn't had one since!

I have had warts on my hands & feet periodically throughout my whole life. I've had them frozen off, which often works, although not always. It is also painful & can leave a scar. I've also tried having them filed & all the over the counter remedies. Finally I met a pediatrist who prescribed Soaraze gel (diclofenac sodium 3%) It's a gel they use to flake the skin off for skin cancer. You just put it on every night & cover it with a bandaide. It doesn't hurt, there's no scarring. The wart just slowly flakes right off & doesn't come back. Good luck

It does work BUT the way I have always done it is wash wart dab dry put duct tape on then leave the duct tape on the wart for a week. The whole point is to suffocate the wart and it dies. After a week pull the tape off and the dead wart should come right out. If the tape does not stay on replace as needed.

I now use dr. scholl's Clear Away, I am sure there are other brands that work too. It works quicker then the duct tape method (at least for me)... looking at the box I can not find an age of when it can start to be used. I think I found it near the bandaids, they might even have some that is made for kids... I would check it out since it has been 3 weeks and it seems like no progress is being made.

Yes, I did it myself once, but I never filed my skin!!!! I just put the tape on clean, sanitized, dry skin. Kept it on until I took a shower, or follow the same instructions every 6-8 hours if needed. I also used a foot soak about 2 a week. It worked. I am also concerned why a doctor would recommend this treatment instead of doing it himself while you were already in the office. They just freeze it off, it may take 2 visits. My daughters doc did at her check up. They also have ( in the foot care isle ) a small round bandage that has the remover in it. If the wart is being filed, causing pain be careful, and wash it often with a antibacterial soap. It could become infected. I would call the doc!!!!!

What kind of doctor gave that advice? I'm not a doctor, but I've had plantar warts (the kind that grow into the skin, as opposed to the kind that grows outward). They are very hard to get rid of on your own, but for a very quick visit to a dermatologist they will freeze it off and that should take care of it. Since your daughter is complaining of pain, I would look for an alternative to the duct tape cure.

Good luck!
J.

I'd try the oregano oil like one person said here. The good thing is that her warts "will" go away eventually. Children often grow out of them at some age. Do know too that they can be spread. Watch out for this too. She can spread them before she grows out of them too. And spread them to others. When they are active and on the hands, that person should use their "own" hand towel.
Good luck,
Sue

I have tried all different methods for wart removal and after trial and error, I found the best to be tea tree oil and duct tape. With the duct tape, I just left it on for as long as the tape would stay in place and replace as needed until it was gone. The medicines sold in the store I found to burn, not to mention, I don't like the notion of all those chemicals getting into my bloodstream, plus they weren't all that effective.

My daughter had warts on her fingers. We bought colored duct tape (for fun) and put a small strip around her finger daily and nightly. We did NOT file. The pulling off of the tape causes a small layer of the wart to remove. It took many weeks, but one day she pulled of the tape and wart came with it (a little ball) and left a small hole in her finger (no bleeding). Her finger would be white underneath the tape and also soft, so I think that helps with pulling some wart with it each time. It is a painless and medication free way of removing warts, it just takes time. Good luck.

The Mayo Clinic's site describes the treatment you are using as proven to be more effective than freezing them off. I do think the tape part is probably more important than the filing, though. Could you call the nurse at your doctor's office and ask about your daughter's discomfort/skipping that part?

It does suffocate the wart..........I would just go buy the planters wart remover pads/bandaids. I've used them twice (once for each kid) and they work good and aren't painful. You just switch them once a day if I remember correctly.

I also have a 7 year old who has a wart on the inside of her ring finger, I have tried the duct tape method for 3 weeks and to no avail the wart is still there. I have tried the medicated bandaids and those work for a while but never truly gets rid of it because a wart goes below the surface of the skin. My daughter has her check up in a few weeks and I'm hoping my dr. will have some other suggestions.

While duct tape sounds crazy....keep doing it but also cut a patch of a potato, rub it on the wart and then cover it with duct tape. Try to do the potato 3 x a day. The wart will be gone! Bizarre but true!

Hi THere,
I realize you have gotten a lot of really good responses to your question, but I do have another natural method that worked wonders for me when I was young. I had huge wart on my index finger and hated it. My mother bought me and we tried ALL the pharmacy wart removers...it kept coming back. Finally, we tried a simple "paste" that we made with baking soda and water. I would put it on every night, cover with a band-aid and sure enough the wart got smaller and smaller. After about 2 weeks, it was totally gone and NEVER came back. I had no pain with this method.

Good luck!

My daughter had a big wart on her foot. We tried ointments from the pharmacy, freezing& scraping at the doctor, etc. Finally the things that worked was tea tree oil and duct tape. It took about 2 weeks. Put tea tree oil on the wart then cover with duct tape. Change about twice a day. Don't pick or file or mess with it. It will dimish over a fairly short period of time. Her wart never came back.