warts!

[big country]

Please school me on everything you guys know about warts. Not the STD kind, but the common on you hand warts or more specifically Plantars warts.

I had one on my toe, I've been trying to "dig" it out with fingernail clippers for about 4 weeks going until I hit blood and stopping until it heals to try to dig deeper. It seems to have spread as I now have 5 on one toe and it is incredibly painful to even walk on it. I have tried topical wart "patches" from dr. scholls and those dont really seem to be working as they seem to only kill the top layer of skin but dont get deep enough to kill the wart. I'm considering the freezing treatments next but I dont want to freeze my whole toe and with 5 on there it will pretty much be my entire toe :(

Are there any home remedies that actually work? Collodial Silver? Oil of Oregano? etc?

[General of Darkness]

Whatever you do, don't use a 45.


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HciLQMSM5_g/SmY9NWhpLcI/AAAAAAAAKlk/DoNzbY8_g-A/s400/ATT00368.jpg

[sirgonzo420]

Whatever you do, don't use a 45.


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HciLQMSM5_g/SmY9NWhpLcI/AAAAAAAAKlk/DoNzbY8_g-A/s400/ATT00368.jpg


That's weak.


I would've expected more from a .45

[MNeagle]

sunshine05 just posted on this: http://gold-silver.us/forum/health-and-fitness/another-use-for-apple-cider-vinegar/

[Ares]

When you hit blood, you didn't go deep enough. I've cut out probably 5-6 warts from my hands. When you hear a "crunch" sound when you're cutting it out, then that's the part that needs to come out.

Although if you don't want to go that route. Tea Tree Oil also removes warts. Just takes a lot longer. :)

[Shami-Amourae]

Sunshine05's post was pretty much spot on. I'd add in banana peels myself:
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/warts.html#ACVBP

[gunDriller]

well, my favorite home remedy is, put some peanut butter on it, drink some whiskey, and let rats chew on it.

just don't fall asleep or they might chew too much, and it will look like that guy who shot himself in the foot.

oh yeah, afterwards you pour whiskey on it to sterilize it.

THEN comes the duct tape. ;D

they don't call me "Doctor GunDriller" for nothing !!! :o

[madfranks]

Get about six bottles of good bourbon, I.W. Harper, and go up into the hills, up into the mountains near the lakes where nobody can find you and just stay there all alone until it's over.

[big country]

I'm going to try rubbing a banana peel on my toe for about 30 seconds, then tapeing a piece of gauze soaked in ACV every night before I sleep. If it isn't too bulky I'll try the ACV taped gauze during the day in my shoe too.

I'll let you guys know how it works!

[solid]

I'm going to try rubbing a banana peel on my toe for about 30 seconds, then tapeing a piece of gauze soaked in ACV every night before I sleep. If it isn't too bulky I'll try the ACV taped gauze during the day in my shoe too.

I'll let you guys know how it works!


Keep us posted Big Country, and best of luck. I know ACV is pretty amazing stuff, I've used it to clean heavy oxidation off of aluminum parts, it fizzes and just takes it off.

On a similar note, anyone know if you can be immune to warts? When I was a teen, I used to get an occasional small one on my hands. I can't remember what I used to remove it, but I haven't had one in over 20 years.

[Ares]

I'm going to try rubbing a banana peel on my toe for about 30 seconds, then tapeing a piece of gauze soaked in ACV every night before I sleep. If it isn't too bulky I'll try the ACV taped gauze during the day in my shoe too.

I'll let you guys know how it works!


Keep us posted Big Country, and best of luck. I know ACV is pretty amazing stuff, I've used it to clean heavy oxidation off of aluminum parts, it fizzes and just takes it off.

On a similar note, anyone know if you can be immune to warts? When I was a teen, I used to get an occasional small one on my hands. I can't remember what I used to remove it, but I haven't had one in over 20 years.


Possibly, I know I'm immune to the herpes virus (cold sores) as my wife gets them if she's been in the sun too long or eats too many high citrus foods. I've never had a cold sore. I still get the occasional wart on my hand every couple of years. So I would think it's possible to be immune. The virus doesn't really mutate that I am aware of just lays dormant and crops up from time to time.

[cortez]

When you hit blood, you didn't go deep enough. I've cut out probably 5-6 warts from my hands. When you hear a "crunch" sound when you're cutting it out, then that's the part that needs to come out.

Although if you don't want to go that route. Tea Tree Oil also removes warts. Just takes a lot longer. :)


dude thats hardcore!

[sunshine05]

Yes, ACV worked very well. Just FYI, when the wart was shrinking it got really dark in color but I just kept up with the ACV. One day it was just gone, as if it had never been there. I also put vaseline on the skin surrounding the wart so the ACV wouldn't irritate the normal skin.

[solid]

Possibly, I know I'm immune to the herpes virus (cold sores) as my wife gets them if she's been in the sun too long or eats too many high citrus foods. I've never had a cold sore. I still get the occasional wart on my hand every couple of years. So I would think it's possible to be immune. The virus doesn't really mutate that I am aware of just lays dormant and crops up from time to time.


That is interesting, I may be immune to the herpes virus as well..out of all the pretty gals I've kissed over the years, not one cold sore. I thought the wart virus lays dormant, but odd it's never cropped up on me in over 20 years.

Everyone has something I suppose, mine is a bad toenail. In my climbing days, I did an early season climb without the proper footwear, damn near froze my feet off. Didn't get frostbite, but very close to it. One toenail I lost, it grew back and has never been the same since. Tried everything over the counter on it. Tea tree oil worked, lost the nail again from that, but it grew back with the same fungus or whatever it's got. Just one toenail. In fact, never did try ACV. I may give that a try.

[Ares]

When you hit blood, you didn't go deep enough. I've cut out probably 5-6 warts from my hands. When you hear a "crunch" sound when you're cutting it out, then that's the part that needs to come out.

Although if you don't want to go that route. Tea Tree Oil also removes warts. Just takes a lot longer. :)


dude thats hardcore!


Got tired of the damn things growing back. Even learned a trick to keep the blood from rushing in and getting in the way of the cutting. LOL

Warts have a white core that is harder than regular skin. They make a crunch sound when you start cutting into it. Go a little bit deeper after you hear it and voila all gone. ;D

Every single one I've cut out like that has never came back. I'll get new one yes, but in a different spot. :)

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Colloidal Silver works on plantar warts. Other stuff in this thread is good too.

[Book]

http://www.drscholls.com/drscholls/wartremoval/freezeaway.jsp

:dunno

[Son-of-Liberty]

Colloidal Silver works on plantar warts. Other stuff in this thread is good too.


How would you apply the silver? I have a small wart on one of my fingers that has been there for a couple years. Lately it seems to be growing.

[Bullion_Bob]

I know people that have used this stuff on a moles, and it's the most amazing thing I've seen. All natural, and works like magic. It really does work better than anything out there. If it's as effective on warts as it is on moles, problem solved.

http://www.wartmolevanish.com/

you can get it on ebay "wart mole vanish"

[sirgonzo420]

http://www.drscholls.com/drscholls/wartremoval/freezeaway.jsp

:dunno



From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Scholl%27s


Dr. Scholl's is a footwear and foot care brand, owned by British-company SSL International and manufactured in China

:oo-->

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Colloidal Silver works on plantar warts. Other stuff in this thread is good too.


How would you apply the silver? I have a small wart on one of my fingers that has been there for a couple years. Lately it seems to be growing.


Same process as the ACV: soak colloidal silver in gauze and secure in place with tape of your choice. Takes a while to go away due to lack of topical penetration on the CS, but it does work, I've seen it work. Honestly ACV and CS would be my first two tries for something like this.

[ximmy]

When you hit blood, you didn't go deep enough. I've cut out probably 5-6 warts from my hands. When you hear a "crunch" sound when you're cutting it out, then that's the part that needs to come out.

Although if you don't want to go that route. Tea Tree Oil also removes warts. Just takes a lot longer. :)


When you hear the crunch you are there... Just pull it out...
Like this Ares???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSiFXhrxE3Y

I think arnold had one in his nose... are they genetic... never had the pleasure...

[Ares]

When you hit blood, you didn't go deep enough. I've cut out probably 5-6 warts from my hands. When you hear a "crunch" sound when you're cutting it out, then that's the part that needs to come out.

Although if you don't want to go that route. Tea Tree Oil also removes warts. Just takes a lot longer. :)


When you hear the crunch you are there... Just pull it out...
Like this Ares???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSiFXhrxE3Y

I think arnold had one in his nose... are they genetic... never had the pleasure...


Yep just like that ;D

[SLV^GLD]

are they genetic... never had the pleasure...


They are a symptom of a few of the strains of HPV. There are 70 odd strains and you most likely have some, yourself, just not the warty ones.

[sunshine05]

http://www.drscholls.com/drscholls/wartremoval/freezeaway.jsp

:dunno


That is a pretty painful way to deal with a wart - burning acid! The ACV was painless, cheaper, and it worked.

[Dogman]

We love ACV too. Also you can use a clove a garlic, cut some little nicks in it to "activate" it's healing power or mash it up
and put it on the wart with a bandaid, it burns it off. It burns off anything on your skin that you don't want there.


What about the skin you want to keep? ;D Have used some of the above cures and most will also remove good skin along with the wart, if not careful how it is applied.

[sirgonzo420]

We love ACV too. Also you can use a clove a garlic, cut some little nicks in it to "activate" it's healing power or mash it up
and put it on the wart with a bandaid, it burns it off. It burns off anything on your skin that you don't want there.


Have you started any threads with a list of herbs and their various uses?

I'm intimately acquainted with a few select herbs, but am woefully ignorant of others. :D


If you started a thread for revealing your herb-y wisdom, I am sure it would be greatly appreciated.

[Neuro]

We love ACV too. Also you can use a clove a garlic, cut some little nicks in it to "activate" it's healing power or mash it up
and put it on the wart with a bandaid, it burns it off. It burns off anything on your skin that you don't want there.


What about the skin you want to keep? ;D Have used some of the above cures and most will also remove good skin along with the wart, if not careful how it is applied.
Skin will grow back, and is more resilient due to it having innervation, while the wart isn't.

My daughter had foot warts, which we ended up freezing off, with spray. One needed 3 or so treatments, we tried garlic first, it shrank it, but didn't get rid off it. Cutting it out was out of question since she is a bit squeamish.

When I was a kid I had a wart on my finger, that seemed like it would never go away, eventually I chewed it off. But my grandmother took a piece of yarn that she tied a knot around the wart, and put in a flower pot, and told me that when the yarn is dissolved, then the wart will be gone. Sure enough after I finally had been able to chew it off the yarn was gone. ;) Don't use synthetic yarn though, you'll have that wart forever... ;D

[nunaem]

http://www.drscholls.com/drscholls/wartremoval/freezeaway.jsp

:dunno


That is a pretty painful way to deal with a wart - burning acid! The ACV was painless, cheaper, and it worked.


It's not acid, I think it's liquid nitrogen. It worked great for a wart on my hand, not very painful either.

[ximmy]

ximmy's spectacular wart removal remedy...

A man goes into a restaurant and orders soup. When the waiter
brings out the bowl he has his thumb stuck in the soup, but the
customer decides to let it go.
"Would you like anything else?" the waiter inquires. "We have
some very good beef stew today."
"Sounds good," says the customer. So the waiter goes off and
comes back with a plate of stew, and his thumb is in the stew.
The customer is getting angry now, but decides to hold his tongue.
"How about some hot apple pie?" asks the waiter.
"Fine," says the customer. The waiter returns with his thumb
stuck in the pie.
By now the customer can no longer restrain himself.
"What do you think you're doing? Every time you've come to the
table you've had your thumb stuck in my food!"
"I've got a wart and my doctor told me to keep my thumb
in a hot, moist place."
"Why don't you take that thumb and just stick it up your ass?"
"That's where I put it when I'm in the kitchen sir?"

[willie pete]

had one burned off my hand by a doc when I was a kid.....never heard of anyone being "immune" from the varicella-zoster virus :D

[Dogman]

Small piece of banana peel (inside down on wart) duct taped to the skin. Leave it there with no oxygen for as long as you can. Perfect home remedy!


People get warts from potassium deficiencies all the time, so actually eating the bananas first then using the peel would help
to get to the root cause so they quit coming back .

The wart is just showing itself externally of what is wrong internally.

I like when stuff comes out on my skin . I'm like what the hell is that !!!

Our skin tells us sooo much about what's going on in there !


Getting to the age that stuff is popping up on my skin and I do not like it, but oh well.

Old Herb Lady , sorry I just can not resist posting this! ;D

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/04/16/tree-man-3.jpg

[Dogman]

Ohh Dogman !! Is that Tree man ? The guy that had his whole body turn into tree branch like warts ???
I remember him !! OMG. Wonder if he's still alive ?
I was so fascinated by his story,

I remember when he had them all cut off but they started growing back all over again.

That's WAY more complex than potassium deficiency , my friend, but completely curable. There are no incurable diseases.


Yes it is, and there are a few in the world with his condition! Have not searched to see how he is doing today.

[Book]

Mods should move this thread to the GSUS Dating section.

:D

[Cebu_4_2]

Trying CS on my sons wart, inside of his finger. In 1 day the whole wart was white and the skin around it was normal, will see more next week when he claims he needs to change the bandaid/cotton deal. He wraps the finger with plastic to keep it dry in the shower.

Already tried the burn/freeze/cut method that didn't work.

[big country]

Day one with the ACV and banana peel treatment.

Yesterday I put ACV on it for about 5 hours in the evening. Walked to the store and bought some bananas. Walked home. Ate a banana. Took off the ACV bandage, cut a piece of peel and stuck that on with medical tape and went to sleep.

Woke up this morning and my toe hurts like crazy!! All the skin in contact with the banana peel is white and wrinkled, similar to getting out of a pool after a long while. The warts are VERY sore to the touch, much more sore then yesterday. They seemed to have "opened" up a little bit. I took the peel off this morning and showered, washed the toe, and now have another ACV soaked cotton ball taped to it with medical tape. I will leave that in place for the day, and do the banana peel again tonight.

[mightymanx]

I am with Aries on this one.

I cover it untill the good skin starts to pull away so I can see the whole ward. Wrap a tourniquet to stave off pain and control the blood flow. I then cut to the base with an xacto in a plunge cut and pull it out with tweezers/hemostats normaly a big pull then a pop like a tooth. I make sure all the black and white junk is out then put into a bowl of peroxide and unwrap the tourniquet and let bleed for a while to flush.

Works like a charm

For bigger warts on larger areas like the heel I have also used a copper roofing nail. Heat the head till solid blue and press it in till it stops smoking and sinking in. It will only go so far before the burnt wart/skin insulates the good skin.


Not as elegant and has more colateral damage than the other stuff but it is over quick.

[solid]

I just gotta say, there's a lot of testosterone in this thread and it makes me proud.

I almost want to get a wart now, to try some of this manliness out. :) Right on, men.

[sirgonzo420]

I just gotta say, there's a lot of testosterone in this thread and it makes me proud.

I almost want to get a wart now, to try some of this manliness out. :) Right on, men.



Solid, you crack me up!

;D

[Dogman]

I just gotta say, there's a lot of testosterone in this thread and it makes me proud.

I almost want to get a wart now, to try some of this manliness out. :) Right on, men.


:lol

Solid you are a stand up guy, Bravo! ;)

Count your blessings! and then get some soap and wash that thought of yours out of your mind! And then wring it dry! ;D

No! you do not want any!

[ximmy]

I just gotta say, there's a lot of testosterone in this thread and it makes me proud.

I almost want to get a wart now, to try some of this manliness out. :) Right on, men.


it's very sexy guys... ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sJjKwwTJew

[Bullion_Bob]

If you don't get any joy, try that wart mole vanish stuff. It dissolves anything that's not normal skin right down to the core. I've seen it with moles, and skin tags, and it just dissolves them away over a few days leaving healthy skin alone and unaffected (no redness, burning, etc).

Takes only 30 mins, and you just wash it off. It soaks into anything that's not normal healthy skin, and creates some kind of ongoing chemical reaction where your body creates a healing process, and eliminates it, then heals up.

[big country]

that wart mole vanish stuff also costs $80 for one treatment!!

I can buy a lot of banana's and ACV for $80. I'm going to try this for a week or two first.


Day Two wart report:
Toe still hurts like a bitch. It hurts to touch any of the warts directly. I attempted to cut away some of the skin on the top of the warts last night to allow the banana peel and ACV to penetrate deeper I had limited success. The skin was soft and hard to get at with the fingernail clippers I was using, and the pain was incredible with the slightest pressure. Walking is painful. I had ACV on it all day yesterday. In the evening before bed I put on a piece of banana peel and taped it back up. I will leave that peel on all day today too and change it again tonight.

[gunDriller]

personally, i think that, if chickens will eat scabs, they will also eat warts.

just an observation.

[DMac]

There are around 100+ different known strains of HPV. HPV is the virus that causes warts.

As mentioned, CS is an effective agent for combating any virus.

ACV also has a purpose here. I had some form of the virus from when I was a kid. From time to time a wart or 2 would appear on my hands.

I've been free of any symptom for several years now. Here is what I did:

To start, I DO NOT recommend any regular medicine, over the counter or through doctors to remove them. I've tried it all in the past and none work. All doctor and OTC methods treat the symptom (the wart) and not the cause (the HPV virus).

Freezing or burning off the wart will have cosmetic results but you will still be prone to outbreaks.

Cutting off the wart is a recipe for disaster. You weaken your immune system and actually end up helping the virus spread to other parts of your body. DON'T CUT THEM OFF!!!

For wart removal:
What you will need
1. ACV - Non-pasteurized, unfiltered organic ACV. The kind with the Mother's Milk. All other types are near worthless.
2. Bandaids
3. Cotton Swabs

First, wash (and dry) your hands and the area with the wart. Next, fill the ACV cap with some ACV. Dip the end of a cotton swab in the ACV and rub it on the wart. Don't double dip the swab. Use both ends then throw it away. You don't want to contaminate your ACV cap (or anything else). When the wart is wet with the ACV, use another cotton swab to clean the area around the wart of any ACV that has run onto your clean skin.

Then tear the end off a dry cotton swab. Dip it in the cap of ACV. Place this wet piece of cotton on top of the wart. Try to dry the area around the wart once more while you have the wet piece of cotton on the wart. Place a bandaid on top to hold down the cotton on the wart.

This bandaid/ACV needs to be replaced at least 3 times per day. I recommend once in the morning, once after lunch (or after work) and once before bed.

After the first couple days the wart will start turning white and it may get black spots. This is OK. Keep up this process for 2 weeks. Bigger warts and a weaker immune system can take up to 4 weeks to clear the wart using this method.

Next up is boosting your immune system so that your body can handle the HPV prior to your skin succumbing to the virus and the appearance of warts.

I take 1 tablespoon of ACV in water, with 4000iu Vitamin D and 4 drops of Oil of Oregano almost daily, with occasional 2 week breaks from supplements. Something like 4-6 weeks on vitamins, 2 weeks off. I have been wart free for over 3 years now where I used to suffer at least 1 outbreak once every 1-2 years. I also haven't been sick in a long while using this basic vitamin drink among other supplemental tricks in my alchemy closet (aka medical pantry :) )

[DMac]

that wart mole vanish stuff also costs $80 for one treatment!!

I can buy a lot of banana's and ACV for $80. I'm going to try this for a week or two first.


Day Two wart report:
Toe still hurts like a bitch. It hurts to touch any of the warts directly. I attempted to cut away some of the skin on the top of the warts last night to allow the banana peel and ACV to penetrate deeper I had limited success. The skin was soft and hard to get at with the fingernail clippers I was using, and the pain was incredible with the slightest pressure. Walking is painful. I had ACV on it all day yesterday. In the evening before bed I put on a piece of banana peel and taped it back up. I will leave that peel on all day today too and change it again tonight.



Very bad idea trying to cut off the wart as I just wrote above. Also, throw away the nail clippers you used to clip at the wart. You've contaminated them with the HPV virus.

Never try to cut off a wart. Never.

[DMac]

I can't stress this point enough - warts are manifestations of a weakened immune system. A strong immune system will manage the virus prior to allowing an outbreak.

[big country]

that wart mole vanish stuff also costs $80 for one treatment!!

I can buy a lot of banana's and ACV for $80. I'm going to try this for a week or two first.


Day Two wart report:
Toe still hurts like a bitch. It hurts to touch any of the warts directly. I attempted to cut away some of the skin on the top of the warts last night to allow the banana peel and ACV to penetrate deeper I had limited success. The skin was soft and hard to get at with the fingernail clippers I was using, and the pain was incredible with the slightest pressure. Walking is painful. I had ACV on it all day yesterday. In the evening before bed I put on a piece of banana peel and taped it back up. I will leave that peel on all day today too and change it again tonight.



Very bad idea trying to cut off the wart as I just wrote above. Also, throw away the nail clippers you used to clip at the wart. You've contaminated them with the HPV virus.

Never try to cut off a wart. Never.


No way to sterilize them? I cant boil them for 5 minutes or let them soak in ACV for 2 days? If the ACV kills the wart on the skin, surely it will kill it on fingernail clippers as well?

[Dogman]

that wart mole vanish stuff also costs $80 for one treatment!!

I can buy a lot of banana's and ACV for $80. I'm going to try this for a week or two first.


Day Two wart report:
Toe still hurts like a bitch. It hurts to touch any of the warts directly. I attempted to cut away some of the skin on the top of the warts last night to allow the banana peel and ACV to penetrate deeper I had limited success. The skin was soft and hard to get at with the fingernail clippers I was using, and the pain was incredible with the slightest pressure. Walking is painful. I had ACV on it all day yesterday. In the evening before bed I put on a piece of banana peel and taped it back up. I will leave that peel on all day today too and change it again tonight.



Very bad idea trying to cut off the wart as I just wrote above. Also, throw away the nail clippers you used to clip at the wart. You've contaminated them with the HPV virus.

Never try to cut off a wart. Never.


No way to sterilize them? I cant boil them for 5 minutes or let them soak in ACV for 2 days? If the ACV kills the wart on the skin, surely it will kill it on fingernail clippers as well?


Boiling will work, and if you have a pressure cooker, cook at 15 lbs pressure for 15 min, nothing will survive that. As close to having a autoclave like the big boys use.

[sunshine05]

If you're having that much pain, I would stick with just the ACV (I used the cheap kind from the grocery store). My 6 year old did not complain about pain much. I only put the ACV soaked gauze on overnight and did nothing during the day. He never had the white/blistering skin that you describe but I was careful to apply vaseline to all of the surrounding skin so the ACV only came in contact with the wart.

[big country]

If you're having that much pain, I would stick with just the ACV (I used the cheap kind from the grocery store). My 6 year old did not complain about pain much. I only put the ACV soaked gauze on overnight and did nothing during the day. He never had the white/blistering skin that you describe but I was careful to apply vaseline to all of the surrounding skin so the ACV only came in contact with the wart.


If there was only one that would be no problem, I have like 7 on the bottom of my big toe. One is large (about the size of the back of a plasic push-pin) and is the most painful, it has been there the longest and I believe is what caused it to spread and cause the others. There is no way to apply vaseline around the warts as many of them are nearly touching. These, luckily, are still small and aren't as raised and "cauliflower-y" as many I see on peoples hands and such.

Our ACV is cheap stuff I'm sure. No mother, not even in the original bottle so I dont know what brand or if it is unpasturized or anything. If it was only one wart that would make applying this stuff much easier. I might try letting it "dry out" during the day. I'll have to see what it looks like tonight.

[DMac]

Pasteurized/Filtered ACV is missing the primary ingredients you need. You can find the unpasteurized/unfiltered version usually at your local grocer next to the filtered ACV.

The pasteurization process kills the the beneficial parts and the filtering finishes the job.

[big country]

I'm going to stop on the way home from work tonight and get the ACV unfiltered/unpasturized kind if I can find it.

Wart report day 3:
They are much less sore this morning. The skin surrounding the warts has returned to normal color, the warts themselves are still white and tender but the pain is much more manageable. I took the bandage off last night for about 5 hours, then replaced it with ACV soaked cotton ball before bed. I removed it this morning for a shower and for work. No other major advancements in the wart removal. They are still there and there is no sign of them turning black or shrinking. They are just white and slightly tender. Most have seemed to "open up" more then they were.

[DMac]

BC,

Do you take Vitamin d3?

[big country]

BC,

Do you take Vitamin d3?


Nope, I don't take any vitamins at all.

I do eat pretty healthy though, no instant meals, rarely eating out. Fresh veggies (never canned...frozen over the winter tho when prices are high) and fruits. I stop at the farmers market every week and buy and eat what is in season. I also try to get plenty of sunlight, now that it is nice outside the outside time is ramping up too.

I'm not a health nut though and do enjoy a pop and ice cream from time to time :p I have a multi-vitamin in the medicine cabinent though, should I start taking that you think?

[big country]

I thought I would follow-up with this thread.

The banana peel treatment caused the warts to "open" up it seemed. The tops spread open instead of being tightly closed. This did cause some pain the next day in walking, but they were on my big toe.
I found some Apple Cider Vinegar at Krogers with the Mother and Unpastuerized and Unfiltered. I soaked a cotton ball in that and taped it to my toe every day for about 2 weeks. There was no pain after the first day with the banana peel. I would leave the cotton ball on all day, take it off when I got home from work to shower and let my toe air out and dry. I would then apply another cotton ball before bed and change it again in the morning before work.

My warts are now gone, they ended up peeling off. They never turned black or looked like they were dying, they just fell out/off and some seemed to almost reabsorb and the toe healed over them instead. Never the less, I would recommend the ACV treatment to anyone, it isn't instant but it worked well and was CHEAP!

[DMac]

Nope, I don't take any vitamins at all.

I do eat pretty healthy though, no instant meals, rarely eating out. Fresh veggies (never canned...frozen over the winter tho when prices are high) and fruits. I stop at the farmers market every week and buy and eat what is in season. I also try to get plenty of sunlight, now that it is nice outside the outside time is ramping up too.

I'm not a health nut though and do enjoy a pop and ice cream from time to time :p I have a multi-vitamin in the medicine cabinent though, should I start taking that you think?

Glad to hear it worked for you BC!

Next step is the preventative medicine. Time to get your body to kick that virus once and for all.

I take (in a glass of water) liquid oil of oregano, about 1 tbsp ACV and a healthy dose of D3 at least once a week/bi-weekly (summer). Winter months every day. Since starting this (after using the ACV treatment), I've not had another wart since.

Nor have I gotten sick. Not even 1 cold. My allergies have cut back big time in terms of their severity.

A strong immune system is key. There are many methods available to do this (see some posts by large sarge on heavy dose vitamin c for another example).

[muffin]

Ugh how can you take oil of oregano?? That shit is like diesel!!

Gag a maggot on a gut wagon...

Glad they cleared up, BC. I had about 7 on my right hand when I was a kid. My stepmom hated it and just put me on the CompoundW treatment until they were gone. Not a problem EVER since.

[etc]

I had warts all over my fingers, I suspect from handling chickens.
Used nail clippers but they just kept growing back.
Eventually they all fell off.
It was some kind of a virus.

[Dogman]

I had warts all over my fingers, I suspect from handling chickens.
Used nail clippers but they just kept growing back.
Eventually they all fell off.
It was some kind of a virus.

If you get the root, it will heal wart free. Sometimes it gets bloody digging them out and takes some time doing it the caveman way! ;D

[DMac]

If you get the root, it will heal wart free. Sometimes it gets bloody digging them out and takes some time doing it the caveman way! ;D

Wrong, and bad advice to boot, Dogman!

Warts are caused by the virus HPV. The virus lives in the blood and manifests itself as warts on the epidermis. By attempting to cut off a wart, when it bleeds, your are bathing the area around the wart in blood filled with the virus, not to mention potential scarring and otherwise damaging the skin in the area as the root of the wart resides in the dermis. Not smart! One could cause much worse problems by doing this to himself.

[Dogman]

Wrong, and bad advice to boot, Dogman!

Warts are caused by the virus HPV. The virus lives in the blood and manifests itself as warts on the epidermis. By attempting to cut off a wart, when it bleeds, your are bathing the area around the wart in blood filled with the virus, not to mention potential scarring and otherwise damaging the skin in the area as the root of the wart resides in the dermis. Not smart! One could cause much worse problems by doing this to himself.

I use iodine and hydrogen peroxided, so far over many years have never had one show up in the same area, I am talking about hands and not other areas of the body..

Just posted what has worked for me.

[Son-of-Liberty]

I just rid myself of a wart I had on my finger. I tried freezing it a couple times and it only got bigger. I used ACV and garlic alternated it for about 3 days. I put some Vaseline on the skin around the wart to protect the skin as was suggested.After awhile I could see that the wart had died. Let everything dry out and it basically turned into a scab that went into the skin rather then above it. After a few days it fell off and I am wart free.

[Awoke]

Neat thread. I once had a planters wart on my foot, and it felt like a glass dagger to walk on. I cut the skin covering it and used strong, needle sharp tweezers, and yanked that bugger out. The whole entire root system came out. It hurt like hell, but after 1 day it was like heaven on earth, being able to wakl around again.

http://www.purecompany.co.uk/images/medium/Needle%20Point%20Tweezer%20Small_MED.jpg

[Cebu_4_2]

My boy has been battling his little friend for a few years now, all I say is that he has to finish what he started. Today is the 3rd time I saw the black pussy (puss ee?) deal come out with a little prodding. It is quite big I would say, across the inside of his finger. The crater could probably fit an aspirin comfortably inside. When he was studying it with a magnifying glass he noticed a tiny hole, thinner than a pin in what looked like healing white skin. Perhaps a port of the root system? The main root part is gone but left a bleeding hole that we blew out with some carburetor cleaner (kidding). It still has residual black towards the bend of his finger which is non dead wart but it seems thin. Not something I would want to heal over so as I enjoy his pain he will continue the ACV deal. You know kids, no patience but he might be going the long haul with it. He took a couple high res pictures that he wants to post on his facebook page. Anything to impress the ladies. I'll see if he can host them somewhere that we can share.

[joboo]

Wartrol. All natural. It works.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Fuck yeah. ACV worked. That is what I am talking about. Multiple confirmations in this thread.

[Hatha Sunahara]

I've been battling a plantar wart on the sole of my foot for a few weeks now. I think I have it licked. I found this product called Wartstick. It's a 40% strength salicylic acid compound mixed with wax and packaged in something that resembles a Chapstick lip balm tube. You can buy it at large drug stores.

Here's how I apply it. I get a plastic band aid, and cut off one side of the plastic band with the paper still on. Then I fold it once across, and once the other way, and get the corner of this folded half bandaid and cut off a little triangle from the corner--so it leaves a hole in the plastic about as big as the wart. Then I unfold it, peel off the paper and stick it on my sole so the wart is showing through the little diamnod shaped hole. I get the wart stick and shovel off a little of the waxy stuff from the top onto a toothpick, and then smear it on the wart. I build up a little pile of this stuff on top of the wart, and then get another band aid and cover everything with that. I've been doing this once a day, usually right after I take a shower. I've been doing this for about three weeks now. The wart is slowly disappearing. Two days ago I stopped applying this stuff, and let the area around the wart dry out. Yesterday, I peeled out a patch of tissue on top of the wart, and today it looks like there was nothing there..

I've had this wart for almost a year. 10 months ago, when I saw my doctor, he got some liquid nitrogen on a q tip and doused it. The wart shrank, but came back in a few months, so it wasn't all gone. I went on the internet to see how people got rid of warts and found out about wartstick and salicylic acid. I think any acid kills warts, but the problem is keeping the acid applied for extended periods.

Anyway, here is a link to Wartstick:

http://www.wartstick.com/

In my research, I discovered that it is not a good idea to handle any part of the wart, or to allow it to get on other parts of your body if you remove it. It is a virulent virus--meaning it will infect other parts of your body if it finds a place to lodge itself. So, I resisted the urge to get a pair of scissors and cut out the wart when it was weakened from the wartstick. I just kept applying the stuff, patiently, and it took three weeks, and now I think it is gone.


Hatha

[Buddha]

it's very sexy guys... ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sJjKwwTJew

yeah i did something similar with a mole that popped up on my shoulder. I drank some vodka and took some opiates, prepped the area with hydrogen peroxide and heat, did the same for the buck knife. Cut that fucker right off. It grew back, but smaller and more reddish. Lotta fun that was for nothing.

[mightymanx]

yeah i did something similar with a mole that popped up on my shoulder. I drank some vodka and took some opiates, prepped the area with hydrogen peroxide and heat, did the same for the buck knife. Cut that fucker right off. It grew back, but smaller and more reddish. Lotta fun that was for nothing.

Didn't go deep enough you got to dig.

I basicly do a ghetto version of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Cg20LWKLg&feature=related

I use an xacto knife vice the super tiny surgical mellon baller he has in the video

It has worked every time but one and that was the burn out method I described earlier.

[Cebu_4_2]

It looks gentle enough but I wonder if that pulls the root out. I mean if I had one of these things on my eyelid I would definetly let him do the work, hands down that looks painless but again will it work long run?

[mightymanx]

My version is slightly more barbaric but FWIW I have never had a wart come back to the same place ever.

[Cebu_4_2]

Well it has been 3 years for my kid now, he completely gave up on the MD route. Nothing has worked so far and we have diligently tried it all... almost.

Here is what someone wrote from 2007 that I borrowed to post here. I stumbled onto this last night looking into something else (that I forgot now) and in researching found this post. I coincides with everything I have read so far and are going to order some up now.

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While this might not have anything to do with immortality or life extension directly, I feel that this is important and useful to share. This is my story.

About 15 months ago I noticed I had developed wart-like growths on my thumb, wrist, elbow, and right ring finger. In total, there were at least 10 growths, all of which were small but unsightly. Three years earlier I had two warts on my foot that I had removed by a dermatologist using liquid nitrogen freezing, so I returned to my dermatologist to utilize the same method to remove my most recent outbreak. For me, this is a very painful process and results in severe blistering and pain for about a week. However, the treatment is well worth it if it is effective. This time, the freezing did not work as well... only 3 of the warts disappeared and all other 7 returned, much larger, a few weeks later. So now instead of 10 small warts, I had 7 large ones and 3 scars. Over the course of the next year or so, I tried duct tape, salicylic acid, wart removal "pads", manual removal (cutting), and went to another doctor. At first I had great success with the duct tape, but in the end I still had 5 warts that would not go away. They were very embarrassing and it even makes me sick talking about it. Anyway, at that point I had enough of the "normal" treatments so I decided to do a little research.

After digging through some journals I found a few articles, mainly this one:

Oral zinc sulphate in the treatment of recalcitrant viral warts [abstract] (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04617.x)
Oral zinc sulphate in the treatment of recalcitrant viral warts [complete pdf] (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04617.x)

My quick synopsis is that 10 mg/kg of oral zinc sulphate is a very effective treatment for wart removal in 1-2 months with few side effects. So after reading it and doing some further research I decided to give it a try.

So for 5 weeks I took 660 mg of zinc sulphate that I bought online for just over $10. I took three 220 mg pills spread out throughout the day. I did miss 3 days due to a mountaineering trip, but other than that short break I was faithful to the regime spelled out in the article above. To maximize absorption I took the zinc on an empty stomach an hour before each meal (this was based on another zinc related journal article which I no longer have the reference for which stated that absorption is maximized when the stomach is empty). About 10-20 minutes after each pill, I would feel a very slight nausea wash over me. At some points, but very rarely, I felt like I was going to vomit... my mouth would start to water and a few times I even started to cough, almost dry heaving. However, most of the time I would not even notice the nausea because I was too busy doing other things and all in all the side effects were very minor in my opinion.

After 5 weeks, my skin was completely clear of warts. I wish I had taken pictures because the results were honestly very surprising and proved that for me the zinc undeniably cured (or somehow removed) my warts. Where two of the largest warts were was a slight hypopigmentation (coloring scar), however it is very subtle and less apparent than the marks left by the freezing that the doctor had done initially. Overall my skin on my entire body looks healthier, smoother, more moist and flexible, however that is merely a subjective observation and may by my imagination.

It has now been two weeks since I stopped taking the zinc. Every day the scars are getting clearer, to the point that shortly it will be almost impossible to tell that I had any warts ever. Nothing has reappeared, I do not feel any withdrawals from stopping intake of the zinc, and I am frankly overjoyed with the results.

I guess it is also important to note that I did start taking resveratrol (plus related supplements: quercetin, lecithin, and ellagic acid) just over 4 months ago at 40 mg/day and 1 month ago I increased my dosage to 400 mg/day. I am unsure whether the resveratrol had any effect on the treatment of my warts, but I am sure that the zinc is responsible for the results because the healing process of the warts occurred almost directly as outlined out in the journal above (1 week of zinc: warts turned red, tender, multiplied and grew larger, 2nd week the warts started to shrink but still tender, 3rd week the warts were very very small, 4th week the warts were gone, 5th week added just to insure that the entire virus infections was gone). I am sure someone is going to pipe up and mention that resveratrol is a known anti-viral, but I am not sure if any of the results can be directly related to my resveratrol dosing.

I wanted to share all this because it seems that far too few success stories with supplements are ever shared. I cannot personally recommend taking zinc for warts because I am not a medical professional, but it did work very well for me and I could not be more pleased. I also wanted to share this because it brings up some interesting ideas about the mechanism of healing that zinc promoted. Definitely read the article if you are interested in how or why this treatment works because the authors do a fairly nice job attempting to relate zinc, the immune system, healing, etc. One thing is clear though, zinc caused my body to somehow fight off the viral infection. While taking the zinc did my immune system also kill other viruses in my body that I might not have known about? Was my overall immune system strengthened against a wide variety of new infections? It is hard to say because it was only for such a short period (I did however remain completely healthy for the 5 weeks). Was my body lacking the appropriate level of zinc to begin with? Was initially low levels of zinc the cause for the infection (possibly starting over three years ago!)? So indirectly, the answers to these questions might link zinc with longevity somehow since it appears that zinc has such a drastic effect on the immune system.

I also learned a lot about the medical field and doctors throughout this process. Lets just say I am much more inclined to do self-diagnosis and treatment now than I was before. The suggestions I received from the doctors (a total of 3 over the past 3 years just for my warts) all just treated the symptom, but doing some research it appears that I might have found a treatment that goes right to the source cause of the problem. Much better to get a cure than to get a temporary "bandaid". Plus, $10 is much cheaper than all the visits to the doctor and other stuff I had to buy... and it was faster too!!

[Hatha Sunahara]

I wish that I had known about this when I was fighting with my plantar wart. I used the Wartstick--which is salicylic acid, and it inhibited the wart, but did not get rid of it. After I lost patience with the Wartstick, I started treating it with Dr. Scholls Freezaway. It was a small wart roughly at the center of the sole of my left foot. It took quite a few applications of the freezaway--less that a dozen though, and the wart just disappeared. That was in 2012. It has never come back. The freezaway was not so painful because the area being treated was about the size of a large pea. I'll remember the zinc sulfate oral treatment if I ever have another wart.


Hatha

[Tumbleweed]

I had kind of forgotten about it but I used to have some warts on one hand. I'd tried a lot of different things to get rid of them but nothing worked. When I was experimenting taking mms as a preventative the warts disappeared and haven't been back.

[Cebu_4_2]

When I was a kid many moons ago I had a persistant wart and tried the acid stuf and it made it bigger. Nothing seemed to help so one day when I had to go to the school office (for being an outstanding student) I just ripped that knuckle against the wall. When I got to the office I told them the teacher said I had to come down here, they saw me bleeding and sent me to the nurse. I got a couple days off excused. It never came back.

My kid however had a blood platelet disorder that when his white cells triggered they took out his platelets IE: colds viruses etc. We will see how this works with him. I did read that it can balance the blood system so I am hoping it don't trigger the old problems he got from vaccines and concerta. I think I will start low and build it up. His problem in my opinion is some sort of virus deep inside, this zinc could be the double edge swoard we have been looking for.

[Amanda]

Dr. Carley often mentioned thuja for vaccine damage, but when I looked it up, it said it was really good for warts: http://www.amazon.com/Boiron-Homeopathic-Medicine-Occidentalis-Pellets/product-reviews/B0006NXG3Y Now, I've never used this stuff, but from the reviews, it looks like a lot of people found it extremely helpful. If you aren't into homeopathic pellets, you can also get drops http://www.iherb.com/product-reviews/Herb-Pharm-Thuja-1-fl-oz-29-6-ml/9846/?p=1

[Hitch]

You know, most men are deficient in zinc, and zinc is key to maintaining healthy normal testosterone levels. Most men have low test levels, that's a fact. I don't take extra zinc every day, but sometimes I'll supplement it. I eat a lot of meat, so I tend to get zinc that way.

Good to hear that's worked for you, Cebu. Have never had wart issues, but if I do, I'll keep you recommendations in mind.

[Cebu_4_2]

Over a year now and you can't even tell he ever had any warts at all. This stuff works very well, 660 mg zinc sulfate heptahydrate (50 mg elemental zinc). His warts completely went away in a little over a month, he continued it for about 3 weeks and then stopped.

I have used this in the beginning of colds and the cold would be gone the next morning. Amazing stuff.

Beware, the article above claims slight nausea, for me it was a bit more than slight. I had to fight to not throw up, this would pass in 10-15 minutes. My son says I should bury them between bites of food and I wont get nauseous.

[gunDriller]

rip em out and feed em to your pet i say !


... unless they're a vegan. :)