cant get rid of verrucas

LegacyUser

hi,
I know this isnt a medical board, i am currently seeking medical advice i would however like peoples opinions and experiences on to get rid of verrucas, i have a cluster of verrucas on my foot for over a yr now and i have seen a few doctors about this and so far i have recieved 7 does of cyrotheraphy, one every 2/3 weeks.i have also tired over the counter gels and 2 bottles of wartner(home freezing kit). This has had no effect on them what so ever, my doctor has now referred me to a dermatologist, and proposed she give me bleomycin injections or photodynamic theraphy,
From doing a bit of research these seem a bit extreme,

Has any one used these methods to get rid of persistant verrucas? or can you share on other methods that worked for you.

Thanks in advance

Lil' Smiler

i remember that when i was 7 i picked the brown bit out with a pin.. that seemed to work!!

Caught warts there about 2 years ago and that wartner stuff worked or another one, think it was a Scholl one.

Electric

I had the same problem as you. A couple of years ago I had really bad verrucas on my left foot. I tried all the over the counter solutions, went to see a chiropodist.

In the end I have to have them removed under general anaesthetic.

Probably not much help to ya but they are gone and have never returned.

Lil' Smiler

Same with my pin method....:D

Sucks though.. at least you're ot 7 and don't have to wear those embarrassing socks for swimming and EVERYONE knew you were the one who had one, and then i had to wear them even when i didn't have one Do they even work??

I suppose a Chiropodist yeah, might actually know more than a dr and would be more patient

Gyalist

My kid had a persistent verucca that I treated successfully with banana peel. Took about 5/6 days but then it just fell out. Get a piece of banana peel large enough to cover the area. Use the inside of the skin as it apparently contains an enzyme that works on veruccas. I used tape to stick it to the area overnight. It took about 2 days before I saw evidence that it was beginning to work. It looked ridiculous but it did the job very well.

bug

cryotherepy?
I'm assuming thats when they paint you with liquid nitrogen?

When I was young I had a veruca which engulfed the space between the ball of my foot and the outer edge. (vincent)

It was treated at Hume street hospital where I was an outpatient for ages and went back every few weeks, where it was scraped and came away and the liquid nitrogen applied again.
It was a good few months before the "root" came out and I was left with a gaping hole in my foot with delicate skin sealing off all the blood vessels.

My advice would be to go to a good chriopodist rather than a doctor and they should give you a referral.
Dealing with a doctor about foot matters when there are people who specialise in these matters is like going to a psychiatrist with a spine problem.

I cant understand why the liquid nitrogen wouldn't work because it would burn off even healthy skin if applied. Perhaps it wasn't applied correctly?

highlydebased

Gyalist wrote: »

My kid had a persistent verucca that I treated successfully with banana peel. Took about 5/6 days but then it just fell out. Get a piece of banana peel large enough to cover the area. Use the inside of the skin as it apparently contains an enzyme that works on veruccas. I used tape to stick it to the area overnight. It took about 2 days before I saw evidence that it was beginning to work. It looked ridiculous but it did the job very well.

+1 for that

Thanks to banana peel I am now verucca free

Lil' Smiler

Gyalist wrote: »

My kid had a persistent verucca that I treated successfully with banana peel. Took about 5/6 days but then it just fell out. Get a piece of banana peel large enough to cover the area. Use the inside of the skin as it apparently contains an enzyme that works on veruccas. I used tape to stick it to the area overnight. It took about 2 days before I saw evidence that it was beginning to work. It looked ridiculous but it did the job very well.

Actually that's a very fair point.

My Dad swears by this method of rubbing a snail on the verucca/ wart... i know it sounds crazy and i wouldn't let him do it to me mainly coz i had practical exams and had to get rid of the bloody things but it's whatevers in the juice is meant to work. My physio agreed with him and said it works.... i dunno!!

Homeopath maybe??

bug

Lil' Smiler wrote: »

Actually that's a very fair point.

My Dad swears by this method of rubbing a snail on the verucca/ wart... i know it sounds crazy and i wouldn't let him do it to me mainly coz i had practical exams and had to get rid of the bloody things but it's whatevers in the juice is meant to work. My physio agreed with him and said it works.... i dunno!!

Homeopath maybe??

Vaguely remember my mother saying the same thing about warts, the only difference was after you rub said snail on wart, you stick it impaled on a rose thorn, apparently while the snail dies so does said wart.
She is an avid gardener though, so perhaps that was two birds one stone.

I picked up really bad veruca's a couple of years ago, from the swimming pool in this asshole gym where they make you wait a week to join so they vet you. :rolleyes:
The sports consultants advised me that I didn't need to use the anti-verruca swim socks.And I learnt the hard way that was bullschisse.

Anyhoo I discovered chiropodists aren't all equal, you don't particular have to have a great deal of education to set yourself up in Ireland, and consequently alot of them won't deal with verrucas as they are scared to wield the scapal.
So I found this lady in Naas who is accredited by something like the royal college of surgeons in london.
She applyed a poultice to draw them out, and then would cut out the brown centres, I had in the region of 30. :eek: She sorted them out in about a month if I recall correctly.
They do die of their own accord if left to their own devices eventually.

Lil' Smiler

Lil' Smiler wrote: »

Same with my pin method....:D

Sucks though.. at least you're ot 7 and don't have to wear those embarrassing socks for swimming and EVERYONE knew you were the one who had one, and then i had to wear them even when i didn't have one Do they even work??

Well the virus is transmitted via water.
So I don't see why they wouldn't.

randylonghorn

Only had them once in my life, years ago. Chiropodist gave me Hydrogen Peroxide 5% solution, I painted it on them a few times a day, after a couple of weeks he scraped the dead remnants away, and hey presto!

How Strange

Only had them once, got two on the ball of my foot. It was painful to walk on. I used an over the counter solution with bandages and I peeled it away every night. They came out after a month. Bloody sore though.

I've never heard of the banana peel trick. I must remember that!

Gordon

This isn't a medical forum.