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Posted by catherinet (My Page) on Thu, Jun 21, 07 at 12:45
Hi,
My 18 year old son developed a big wart where he had an incision sutured. Has anyone tried any of the over-the-counter spray wart removers? His wart is about the size of a small pea. It scares me a little to try it, but it beats a huge dermotologist's bill.......plus the dermatologist can't get us in until late August, and my son will be gone to college by then. Thanks. |
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RE: Freezing off warts?
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| I have used a freeze type wart removing product on my age spots. It removes the flat ones, but doesn't touch the kind that are raised. BUT, I knew what I was experimenting with and I am not sure that you do. How certain are you that it is a wart? If you know for sure, then I would go ahead and use an over the counter product, but if you're not, then I think it needs to be looked at. Couldn't you get him in to see a GP? |
RE: Freezing off warts?
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Hi devorah,
I will probably try another dermatologist. I guess I feel okay trying it on his obvious wart, but he also has a skin tag on his nose that I definitely wouldn't want to mess with.
I used Compound W on a wart of mine a long time ago and it worked. I've also had several burned off by a dermatologist. I'd been seeing the Dr. Shoals commercial for the freezing stuff, and was thinking of giving it a try. |
RE: Freezing off warts?
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| Are you sure this is not a keloid?? You mentioned that it was were he had a surgical incision. Please don't do anything to it until you have it checked by a doctor!! |
RE: Freezing off warts?
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Hi ritamay,
No, its not a keloid. But it did grow on the end of the incision. I'm thinking maybe the virus took advantage of the wound?? I don't know for sure. I decided to use Compound W instead, since the freezing stuff was so expensive, and had something like 12 treatments in it. Thanks for the heads-up though! I wouldn't use it on anything I wasn't certain was a wart. |
RE: Freezing off warts?
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| My 12 y.o. son had a wart on one of his toes for the past year. We tried Dr. Scholl's Freeze Away Wart Remover. It took about 6 treatments over a couple of weeks before the wart finally disappeared. It did work for us. |
RE: Freezing off warts?
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Thanks healthy-oil-guy,
The ad on TV makes it look like it works in one application......no wonder they put 12 applications in the package!
We'll see how the Compound W works and go from there. He has a skin tag of some sort on his nose which will require a dermatologist......so if this doesn't work on his wrist wart, we'll have the dermatologist take care of that too. Warts are weird. I had a couple when I was younger, and it just doesn't make sense where they choose to grow. Thanks for your help.
P.S. What kind of healthy oil are you into? Fish?Flax?Coconut? Just curious! :) |
RE: Freezing off warts?
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| Warts are caused by human pappilloma virus (HPV). This is a type of infection; hence treat it immediately. There are many creams and lotions meant to reduce or destroy the food supply to the arts. This leads to death of the warts. More complex solutions burn the warts. The choice of the treatment depends on the area affected and the severity of the problem. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Wart
RE: Freezing off warts?
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| There are a number of methods for removing warts. Some are legitimate and some are scams. If you buy something online be sure that the product is accompanied with a guarantee of some sort. Of course there are the good old over-the-counter solutions that can be purchased, such as Compound W, which has been around for decades. There is also the new Freeze-Off solution that can be used. The effectiveness is yet to be confirmed though many have tried and and are happy with the results. The main thing that a good wart remover MUST do is kill the HPV virus. If it doesn't, the wart will return. I Googled for some info about warts and came up with a health blog that has quite a lot of wart info on it. See what you think. It's listed in the link below. I hope this helps. |
Here is a link that might be useful: The Healthblog Online
RE: Freezing off warts?
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| The itworkspaste is awesome. You can get it on ebay or if you don't have paypal you can use your cc from the website. You apply once for 20 minutes unless it's really stubborn. Then you may need an extra application. |
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