Duct Tape for Getting Rid of Warts

I will try your home remedy for removing a wart with duct tape and keep you informed. I hope it will work as It is very sore and is between my toes and at times very painful to walk. Thank you Jay

My son had a wart on his foot. The doctor suggested duct tape and then freezing off what would be left of the wart. I sprinkled a little sulpher powder on the wart and duct taped it. I replaced the sulphur powder and duct tape every day or so. The wart completely disappeared in about two weeks...no filing or freezing needed.

I had a wart near my ankle and decided to try the duct tape treatment. I cut a small piece of duct tape each morning and after my shower, stuck it over the wart. I did this every day for three weeks. I noticed the top "layer" of the wart seemed to come off each time I removed the tape. When the wart was quite smooth, I filed it gently with an emory board and it bled a little. Then I forgot about it. Three weeks later, I looked for the wart and it was GONE! Duct tape worked for me!

40 years ago when taking typing class in school, I developed a painful wart on the pad of my little finger. Because I needed to use the finger, I covered it with layers of thick old-fashioned adhesive tape. This not only dulled the prick felt when hitting the typewriter key, but the wart disappeared! I always assumed it was a lack of oxygen that caused its demise....only a guess.

I had a wart on my finger for 15 years. Dr's said they could cut if off. My Mother told me of an old gypsy remedy, but I would never try it. One day I argued with her and in an effort to prove her wrong I decided to use the remedy because I "knew" it wouldn't work. Well, within 2 weeks the wart was gone.

It is: take a potato cut a slice, rub the white part on to the wart, then go bury the potato in the yard. Supposedly if, later, you dig up the potato it will have grown the wart on it.

This did work. My Mom was right.

My daughter used the duct tape remedy for plantar warts on the soles of her feet last year. She kept it up for 1-2 months, as I remember, and the warts slowly began the process of completely disappearing. She was very diligent about reapplying the tape daily, after showering. (She removed the tape before showering). We could see the progress in the first week or so, which encouraged her to persist.

I had a painful plantar wart on the bottom of my foot and tried the duct tape method. I was pleasantly surprised to see it drying and coming off bit by bit as I replaced the tape daily. In about three weeks the wart was completely gone.

I've since used this method on a callous which worked too.

I've recommended this simple, cheap and painless procedure to family and friends who have also found it to be successful.

Not surprising--my old-school pediatrician told me once that the fastest way to get rid of a wart is to deprive it of oxygen--I don't use duct tape but will use Neosporin and a good Bandaid that will cover it for about a week. That is enough to kill it and it will eventually come off/out and the skin around it will heal. Done this more over the years than once with no re-occurrence.

The duct tape not only worked on my husband's warts (feet) but on my elderly mother's corns as well.

I am nearing 73 and have some small warts that I intend to try the duct tape on. However, when I was around 13 years old, I had a couple warts on my right knee. I would take a hot bath and afterwards rub it with a small rasp until it bled a bit; then I applied iodine which was very strong back then. They dried and fell off.

I had a plantar wart and had tried all the treatment options from the store. I was desperate as it was very painful. I heard of this and tried it. To my amazement, it worked and quickly. The wart has never come back!! Yeah!!

I haven't tried this yet, but I don't think my son could keep it on long enough. I went to the GNC store and looked this up in a book and it said to take one garlic gel cap a day and take another one, break it open and put on warts. I did this for one week and his warts were gone. I put it on before bed and used a bandaid, or in his case a sock, over his hand. Also it says drink oj so you don't get the taste when you burp later. I used odorless garlic.

For seven years I had some plantar warts on both of my feet (on heels). Over the years a couple of warts became 8 warts. For 2 years every 2 months I went to a dermatologist who cut away and froze the warts which was extremely painful. Two different dermatologists said this would eventually rid me of the warts. In between I was told to use an otc topical acid for warts and a bandage I believe was called mole skin. This did not work. When I saw a story in my local newspaper way before I saw it in your column about using duct tape to remove warts on children, I decided to try it. I kept the tape on both heels for 1 week straight never changing it until the week was up. After the 2nd week to my surprise the warts were gone. And they never came back.

I have a callous on the bottom of my foot, the result of a sweat gland that stopped working. I was told by my DPM
it would be recurrent. It is quite painful. Duct tape? Why not? Certainly worth a try. If it works you'll be the first to know!

Hurray! It took only a couple of weeks to remove an ugly wart on my toe. I changed the tape after two days because it got wet in the shower and got loose. I am really happy for it, and I will tell others, too, what it did for me. Thanks for all the information. I check the site every week and help others to have a better and less expensive life.

Son of a gun! It worked! I had a wart on my arm for years. I tried and it worked... Who would have thought it.

My husband has had a wart on his eyelid for the 27 years we've been married. It has gotten bigger, but not hideously large. Has anyone had this problem and used a small piece of duct tape on it?

When I was in my late twenties I developed a very deeply embedded, plantars' wart on the bottom of my heel. I had never seen one before, and didn't know what it was or what to do. When it grew to the point that I could no longer bear weight on that part of my foot I went to a podiatrist. By this point, there was a second wart starting to form near the original one. He surgically removed both, then (seriously) told me "not to think about it" or it would increase the risk of having the warts grow back. I recall that he was an elderly physician. I find it extremely interesting that the mind/body connection is so vehemently accepted regarding warts, considering that there is usually so much resistance about it in the medical community.

My husband HAD a problem with warts. He did the over-the-counter thing and even went to the dermatologist to have them burned off. Those solutions did NOT work. Duct tape WORKED. Absolutely. He did that five years ago and they've never come back.

I've had plantar warts for about 7 years and I've tried everything to get rid of them because it hurts every time I walked. I couldn't afford surgery either. Now I'm trying out the duct tape method to see if it works. I'll let you know if it does. So far so good.

I have about 15 Warts on my hand.
How do i get them to go away?

when I was younger I had a wart on my pinkie knuckle and another on my thumb, all around the nail (a mosaic wart, it was called). I went to the doctor every week to have them treated, and they were left bleeding, swollen and painful, and as soon as they stopped bleeding and oozing, it was time to get them treated again. I suspect they never healed because I also had a chronic staph infection and impetigo, crappy immune system.

My regular doctor went on vacation and the substitute doctor heard the history of the warts and suggested tea tree oil. We got some, put it on, and, BAM! the warts were completely gone within a week. Tea tree oil also cured my chronic nosebleeds, healed my various persistent cuts and sores. It really is some crazy stuff.

My brother had a wart on his foot when he was a kid. Mom taped a banana peel to it every day and after a week or so it fell off. I think the lack of oxygen combined with the alkalization probably did it.

My teenage daughter developed a large plantars wart on the sole of her foot. She wasn't very persistant about using the duct tape because it bothered her. Our doctor said that another patient absolutely swore by increased daily doses of Vitamin A but he hadn't seen any reports about it. Simple enough to do though, so we tried it. Again, kind of sporadic committment to taking it daily, but after a year it is gone. Not sure if it's directly related, but it might be worth a try if you can't keep the duct tape on the area.

Oh how I wish I had heard about this 25 years ago. I had a chemotherapy agent injected into my heel for plantar (foot) warts that multiplied like crazy. It was about a 2" x 2" area of solid wart mass. Totally gross. Four people had to lay across my legs to keep me still while this was done and then I spent days on the couch with ice packs on my foot while this chemical took action. I had bruising and swelling beyond belief. This porocedure didn't work the first time and I had to have it done a 2nd time. I was 12 - I contracted the warts from a pool locker room.

TRY the duct tape when you first see the thing and see if it works!!

I had a great uncle (the seventh boy of 7 children) who was able to remove warts from others just by touching them. Am wondering if his skin oils (or saliva) had something to do with it.

Sorry it didn't pass down to me.

I had a wart on the palm of my hand since childhood. About 15 years ago in my 40's I developed a wart on my index finger of the same hand. I read an Ann Landers article about the banana peel. For about 3 weeks I would rub the inside of the peel on the index finger 3 times a day. I would keep the peel in a zip bag each day and place it in the fridge, starting with a new peel each day. In about 3 weeks not only the wart on the index finger was gone but so was the one on the palm of my hand which I didn't even treat with the banana peel. They never came back. I think the one on the palm was the "root" wart. I am always looking for the natural cure.

This remedy worked for me as well. But I stubbled across this method of removal quite by accident long before. I'm glad to see it here because it is a much nicer, less painful way to get rid of warts. The tape was so effective that it disapeared within one week and never came back.

I read in my daughter's microbiology book that warts (viruses) are sensitive to temperature extremes and changes in acidity. I found this interesting and it may explain why cider and other poultices work. I have two stubborn warts on my thumbs that are not budging. ):

I had plantar warts on my left foot for several years. They weren't particularly bothersome but when I read about duct tape cure I tried it. It didn't take long! They are gone!

I will have to try the duct tape. Good recommendation. My son had warts on his hands that wouldn't go away. His doctor recommended that I try Pedifix Wart Stick to get rid of the warts. It actually worked, it took a few weeks of course, but it worked. I hope this helps. I will have to try the duct tape if the warts come back.

I found that occluding a wart with cyanoacrylate cement (Crazy Glue, etc) seemed more effective than duct tape, and was more convenient (doesn't come off so easily or get caught on things; also, you don't have to cut the little piece of tape).

I'm 68 years old. When I was about 10 I had an ugly wart on the side of my hand (had had it for about two years). My grandmother told me, every morning when I woke (before I ate or drank anything) to spit on the wart and let it dry. That son-of-a-gun got smaller and smaller until about a month later it was completely gone!

I had several plantar warts on my foot 8 years ago. The first 2 years I tried otc remedies that didn't work. After much frustration, went to see the Doctor about these warts. He burned/froze them off over a period of several months. They seemed to go away for a while, but a few months later they came back. I had heard of the duct tape solution. I tried it for about 6 months. It would seem to get better or even disappear, but they always came back. The same 5 warts in the exact same spot. What now? Any other ideas? They can get painful at times.

Warts will often respond to an application of plain-Jane household vinegar applied 2 or 3 times daily with a Q-tip, the last at bedtime...it may take a week, but be diligent.

For about 5 years, I had this horrendous plantar wart on my big toe of my left foot. I had it frozen off at least a dozen times, I used this silly ointment that looked like clear nail polish, and once, my dad even tried to fry it off with a match (that was just blown out, of course!).

This stupid wart would NOT budge. All it ever did was blister and then get bigger. It was awful. Then, my swim coach told me to put duct tape on it every day until it went away. I put duct tape on my foot every day for 6 months, and guess what happened? Not a damn thing. My wart became softer, but it was still there.

I eventually had to have it lasered out of my foot (*OUCH*) and there is a LOT of nerve damage to that part of my foot. I think that this duct tape method may work for some (depending on your body), but it's definitely not a miracle cure.

I haven't used this method before but I did hear that your own urine cures warts.

What you have to do is take a Q-tip and hold it in the stream of the pee then apply to warts and then put a bandaid on it, repeat daily and in a week or two the wart should be gone!(the first pee of the day is the best)

Hi

I've heard about duct tape and decided to give it a go. I bought some today and stuck it on but unfortunately it is slipping off! My hands are totally dry and so I'm reapplying more but It's only been few hours, do i need to use stronger tape? There was only one duct tape available in my hardware store, i didn't think they came in various strengths!
Any advise would be appreciated!

Thanks

Has anyone ever heard of using iodine on age spots?
Some of the spots seem to grow and get dry and rough.
I am trying it and they seem to get smaller.

My 4 years old daughter has had 2 plantar warts on her feet for about 6 months (I had no idea they were warts...no one else has them...started out as a blister...I thought from dance). I took her to the doctor, and they froze it off. It started looking better after a week, but sure enough, they came right back and MORE seemed to be growing around it! YUCK!

Anyway, I have been using duct tape for about 3 days. Within the first day, the top layer came off...the second day, the entire wart came off (of one) and the smaller ones have disappeared. The large one is still there, but has improved. I have read so many testimonials about it taking several weeks/months, and we have had improvement almost immediately (no filing/scraping involved...as a matter of fact, the tape always comes off, so she has only had it on her feet for maybe a total of 12 hours). I'm sure the last one will be gone in a few more days!!!! :-)

I have a wart on my left heel. It's the first time for me. My doctor too recommended the duct tape process but to no avail. There has been no relief for me. I work in the subways and walk a lot on uneven surfaces. Is this why I'm having no good results from using the docs duct tape remedy? Need help in addition, the pain is unbearable. Walking is not a good thing for the past month.

Prom was about 2 1/2 weeks ago and I ended up taking my shoes off to dance. I believe this is how I got a wart on the side of my third toe. I left it alone for a few days because I believed that it was just a blister or something and it would go away. But it soon became painful to walk on. I tried some wart bandages that had a little spot of some acid on them and all they did was destroy the skin AROUND the wart.

I've tried filing it to remove dead peeling skin and it was looking slightly better. I started the duct tape method about a week ago and some of the wart seems to come off every time I replace the tape. I'm starting to think that my toe is going to be permanently scarred from this ordeal but hey, it's a toe. Its not my face or something. I think that Duct tape is being very effective!

I have plantar warts EVERYWHERE on the soles of my feet and I had my doctor freeze them, which only put me in horrible pain and didn't help at all. I had been putting duct tape on my feet for a while, but I stopped because I had gotten distracted and just gave up. I have started again and have been doing it for a few days now. But I have been taking it off when I wake up. I will do ANYTHING to get rid of them, so THANK YOU so much! I am going to keep it on for 6 days straight or longer, however long it takes for them to go away.

I have a wart on my right thumb that has been there ever since I was 9. I will be turning 13 this September. I keep cutting the wart off but it keeps growing back! Will the duct tape method work? Someone please answer me!

I have a wart on my head & I am using the duct tape method & it already feels better. But is duct tape for all warts? or only for feet?

I had 13 warts on my hands when I was around 14. They appeared on my hands one year around then. I heard that the black garden variety slug without a shell worked against warts. So I sat behind the house with the slugs and kept making them slide across my warts. After a short time the warts all disappeared. I was glad.

Now my son is four and has a couple warts. There are no more slugs around the area where we live now, in the north of Ibiza, Spain. So we tried freezing spray from the pharmacy. We'll see. But the Apple Cider Vinegar sounds great, and I also once used slices of garlic under a plaster for a couple weeks (Garlic is a natural antibiotic).

I believe the glue on the duct tape has a dissolving effect on the warts in addition to starving it of Oxygen. Just shows many simple things work against warts aside from the far fetched main stream pharmaceutical rubbish which works no better. My black slug remedy works-- its something in the slugs silver trail that has the wart killing effect.

SL please quit cutting on the wart! Ask parents to buy you a roll of duct tape. Try to keep wart covered with tape. Change tape daily, after shower.

If you don't want to wear tape at school, just apply when at home.

Also ask parents to buy you a bottle of Zinc tablets. You may buy them at wal-mart or a vitamin store. Take 1 tablet daily. The zinc remedy cured my son of a few warts.
Any of the ideas mentioned duct tape, lemon rind, or banana peel will work for you. good luck.

I had a wart or two starting in my teens on my finger. They usually go away after treatment with cheap over the counter medicine. How painful. I now have several small ones on my face. I'm somewhat desperate and trying this duct tape at night. Tt's so ghastly. I hope nobody knocks on my door while the tape is on. So far, it's better. I went to a dermatologist he ran in for about 60 seconds and said I had flat harmless natural skin lesions and some enlarged oil glands. He could treat the oil glands individually with laser for $1,000 each.

Well, I can't afford that. He left with his bleached blonde nurse on his arm. I'm going to continue the duct tape and pray. Ya'll pray for me if you believe in prayer.