Wart removal?

By mudlark • June 19th, 2007

I love checking my blog stats for how people got to this blog. Sometimes it makes me laugh, other times I come across truly worrisome search terms. Like one I found today – “kill warts with bleach.” Please be aware that bleach is meant to be used with gloves. It is an acute skin irritant, and while it may kill warts (I don’t know if this is true), it could also kill or burn any other skin it comes into contact with. In fact, my staunch advice is to get rid of your bleach. It’s too hazardous and doesn’t pack enough punch to make the dangers worthwhile. If you’re a die-hard bleach addict, do your family a favor and at least switch to non-chlorinated version. But my suggestion… rid your house of the all bleach and thank me later.

Instead, try duct tape. (No, really, I’m serious)� I saw an article about it posted in my pediatrician’s office this morning when we were there to discuss Little Man’s seizures (it’s been a weird week), and I googled it when I got home. Here’s the procedure (from CBS news):

In the study, patients wore duct tape over their warts for six days. Then they removed the tape, soaked the area in water and used an emery board or pumice stone to scrape the spot. The tape was reapplied the next morning. The treatment continued for a maximum of two months or until the wart went away.

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Comments

By Warts And Removal on August 20th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

I saw that article to, duct tape is actually proven to work, and believe it or not, I have used it before with great results. It didnt take me as long as the article said, (which is about 2 months), but never the less the treatment worked, and I was very pleased with it. It really is time consuming though it would just be easier to go, and get it removedby freezing it or something.

By Wart Removal on September 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am

Yeah duct tape has actually been proven to work on warts, thats really pretty cool.

By Megan Lane on June 17th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

I didn’t believe that bleach can remove warts at all. It is too dangerous to the skin. 3 years ago, I started to have warts in my left hand and eventually spread through my arms in just a year. It was very depressing on my part that time until I discovered a product from http://www.bcured.net. I tried using the wart cure product they have. And I could testify that my warts are all gone in just a month. The product is so amazing as I don’t need to take a risk from other alternative way of removing warts like bleaching it.