And yet another use for duct tape...plantars warts :)

[vi edit]

My wife and I are both runners. One of the side effects of running seems to being extra prone to plantars warts on your feet. I've gone to podiatrists in the past and after a few weeks of $40 copays and nothing more than a gentle scraping with a scalpal and a bit of an acidic paste applied I did not have good results. I've tried the Dr. Scholls freezing applications. Ect. Nothing really was effective.

Saw a blurb about using duct tape after it was "scientifically reviewed" to be more effective than most other traditional treatments.

Well...bought a roll of duct tape a week ago. Started putting it on daily. My wife has already lost one and I'm close to losing one too. And the interesting thing is that it's not nearly as caustic to your skin as the acid pastes or freezing products.

Yay hillbilly healthcare solutions!

 

[feralkid]

I've tried the Dr. Scholls freezing applications. Ect.

Stick with the Dr. Scholls or the duct tape; ectoplasm is unpredictable.

 

[Harrod]

I know a guy at work that used the cotton from a que tip and soaked it in apple cider vinegar and put that on a wart covered by some duct tape as well, it will work pretty quickly, but it does burn little.

I had one on my thumb and it took about a 2 days to kill it.

 

[brainhulk]

 

[MongGrel]

Just J&J basic medical tape works well also without being so gooey.

I used to always have some in my stick bag for playing drums on gigs, I still have some around in it.

Always taped a few spots on the fingers if my caluses had worn off. Even if was playing extended on a night.

 

[vi edit]

Just J&J basic medical tape works well also without being so gooey.

The white cloth kind or the matte, plastic kind?

 

[MongGrel]

Cloth, waterproof kind, I guess that might be the matte.

It more a prevention thing than removal, sorry I may have misunderstood a bit.

Is great for chaffing prevention in general though.

Might try that out over duct tape at any rate. Not like it's an expensive experiment.

 

[vi edit]

There's two types -
the sorta clear stuff:
http://www.transportation-expert.com/b2b/pics/Medical_Tape.jpg

It looks like the J&J stuff is usually the cloth type.

 

[destrekor]

:hmm: What's going on here?

 

[alien42]

:hmm: What's going on here?

a fish pedicure, they are eating dead skin.

 

[BoomerD]

Try soaking your feet in water as warm as you can stand...mixed with some white vinegar. IIRC, it's 1/4 cup of vinegar to a gallon of water. The acetic acid works wonders.

 

[iamwiz82]

I used duct tape years ago. It took an extended amount of time, but it worked. That MFer bled like a pig too.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

My wife and I are both runners. One of the side effects of running seems to being extra prone to plantars warts on your feet. I've gone to podiatrists in the past and after a few weeks of $40 copays and nothing more than a gentle scraping with a scalpal and a bit of an acidic paste applied I did not have good results. I've tried the Dr. Scholls freezing applications. Ect. Nothing really was effective.

Saw a blurb about using duct tape after it was "scientifically reviewed" to be more effective than most other traditional treatments.

Well...bought a roll of duct tape a week ago. Started putting it on daily. My wife has already lost one and I'm close to losing one too. And the interesting thing is that it's not nearly as caustic to your skin as the acid pastes or freezing products.

Yay hillbilly healthcare solutions!

I'm suffering through one of these bastards right now, and ready to try anything, do wrap the whole foot or just a small piece covering the blight?

 

[SunnyD]

I just had one that was in the meat of my big toe for the last probably 5 years finally up and disappear a couple months ago. Tried freezing it off a couple times, tried the acid shit a couple times, tried everything I could... just wouldn't go away. Part of the problem was it was a right on the ball of the toe pad, so it sat pretty much flush with the skin layer (ie: it was deep, not really raised). Made doing any real treating (cutting, etc) difficult unless I wanted to go deep into the actual meat of my toe.

Noticed one day it was just gone. Finally.

Now I get to wait for the next one to magically show up.

 

[vi edit]

I'm suffering through one of these bastards right now, and ready to try anything, do wrap the whole foot or just a small piece covering the blight?

Just a small square over the area of the wart. I tend to get most of mine on the front of the ball of my foot and between that and my big toe. I've got one that's on the bottom of my 4th toe and and between the last joint in the toe and where it meets my foot. That one is a pain to do anything with.

 

[destrekor]

Just a small square over the area of the wart. I tend to get most of mine on the front of the ball of my foot and between that and my big toe. I've got one that's on the bottom of my 4th toe and and between the last joint in the toe and where it meets my foot. That one is a pain to do anything with.

Why would it be more common for runners? I mean, you are running in shoes, yes?

I think it may get more common for you and your wife, owing to the fact that you share a shower, presumably without shower shoes of some kind (and no, I'm not recommending that for home use, but certainly at any kind of communal shower!). Once you start to sharing the virus on the shower floor, and then you combine high foot activity... that seems like the culprit.

Now to first get yourselves cleared up of plantar warts (and any other foot warts), and perhaps change out the liners in the shoes... I can't imagine you should get them after that, at least until you come into contact with the virus again.

 

[MongGrel]

There's two types -
the sorta clear stuff:
http://www.transportation-expert.com/b2b/pics/Medical_Tape.jpg

It looks like the J&J stuff is usually the cloth type.

The white tape. You might like it or not. But I recommend giving it a shot.

The clear tape might work well also, just have never used it personally. Actually think I have in the past from someone, but the white is more durable.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I had a case of warts a few weeks ago. Went to the skin doc with a $40 co-pay to freeze them all off. Next time I'll try the duct tape.

 

[Fritzo]

I've had two and just ended up getting some benzocaine (like you use for ingrown toenails), numbing the area, soaking my foot in epsom salt, and then cutting them out in a cone shape. I would then apply some of that wart freezing spray to the hole.

If you do this while they're tiny, it works really well and things heal up in a few days. If they're large, you may want to do the freeze/sand method.

 

[EliteRetard]

Warts are caused by a virus, which can be killed with h2o2. Seems simple enough to remove excess tissue, lance the wart, and keep moist with h2o2 under a waterproof padded bandage.

Edit:

*snip* cutting them out in a cone shape.
If you do this while they're tiny, it works really well and things heal up in a few days.

I would also suggest cutting out the warts while they're small. Again, I'd keep the wound moist with some h202 under a waterproof bandage while it heals.