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#1 2003-10-07 6:07 pm
duct tape wart cure
i've herd putting duckt tape on a wart will help/make it go away, so now im trying it on this one on my hand. Has anybody tried this, does it actually work?
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#2 2003-10-07 6:10 pm
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Re: duct tape wart cure
it does... basically the glue in the tape acts as an irritant to the wart and it dies
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#3 2003-10-07 6:24 pm
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Fortunately, I don't get warts, so I've never had to try. It's a good thing to keep in mind though...
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#4 2003-10-07 6:25 pm
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#5 2003-10-07 6:31 pm
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I put duct tape over blisters when I run, works just dandy 
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#6 2003-10-07 6:35 pm
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There was a study on this last year that received a lot of press. It concluded that duct tape was more effective than cryotherapy (freezing with liquid nitrogen) for removing warts.
That said, the article caused a lot of controversy and they are still going back and forth about it in the "letters" section of the journal. It's mostly pissed-off dermatologists who stand to lose a lot of money if people are treating their own warts at home.
There are specific instructions in the article.
Here's a link.
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#7 2003-10-07 6:47 pm
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Bleh. The only problem is what you do in school when someone asks ... 'Yeah, I'm wearing this duct tape because I've got warts.' EWWWWW
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#8 2003-10-07 6:50 pm
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Didn't they just release a do-it-yourself freeze-your-wart-off kit for use at home?
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#9 2003-10-07 6:55 pm
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btw, thats for external warts only.
it's NOT recommended for use on vaginal warts!
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#10 2003-10-07 7:04 pm
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*Shudders* Yeah, I can't see putting duct down down (or up) there ...
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#11 2003-10-07 7:16 pm
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A friend at work used the tape and it worked.
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#12 2003-10-07 7:21 pm
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*Shudders* Yeah, I can't see putting duct down down (or up) there ...
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#13 2003-10-07 7:24 pm
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What's wrong with Compound W? Duct tape takes about a month. Doesn't CW work in a couple of weeks? Added bonus: you don't rip hair off when refreshing the Compund W.
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#14 2003-10-07 7:40 pm
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What's wrong with Compound W? Duct tape takes about a month.
Nope. Six days.
Edit: Oop, my mistake, you have to reapply every six days. I guess it does take almost a month.
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#16 2003-10-07 7:50 pm
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A friend of mine once sliced off a wart with a razor blade. Quickest cure I ever saw.
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#17 2003-10-07 8:22 pm
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A friend of mine once sliced off a wart with a razor blade. Quickest cure I ever saw.
Razors work wonders. I had a tiny part of my skin pinched by a desk clamp (large metal ones)... it was just a cut at the time, but it formed a little bumb that I thought was a wart. I tried wart removal and such... but that didn't work. Apparently it was just skin growing in a bump because of the injury.
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#18 2003-10-07 11:22 pm
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nothin works better for personal hygeine than sandpaper, an exacto knife, and a bench grinder
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#19 2003-10-08 3:25 am
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Aloe works to, and wart remover.
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