Wart remover - is there one that works?

Oldbat1

I had one on my bottom eyelid. I could see it all the time as it was in my line of vision. Optician offered to refer me to eye hospital which I agreed would be happy with. I never even got to see a doctor as it was deemed “cosmetic” and not “ likely” to be cancerous. It grew rapidly obscuring my vision. It bled overnight one night. I spoke briefly to a consultant eye surgeon who quoted me £1000 for removal. I said I would think about it!

Blimey - I had a lump removed from my upper eyelid last year that doesn't sound half as bad as yours! I wasn't even that concerned about it, apart from the fact it had noticeably grown over the last few years. Optician referred me to GP who referred me to eye clinic who said it should be removed. I wasn't keen but they made the appointment anyway and it was removed six months later.

Franbern. My DGM did this to a wart she had She tied it off with cotton and soon after it dropped off.

I had cause to do the same with one under my arm. I got my sister to tie it off as I couldn’t as it was an awkward position. A short while later it fell off.

Sometimes when I see people on tv with those raised bump things on their face I find myself shouting at the tv “Tie it off with cotton it’ll drop off.”
Although I suppose it could do damage if you haven’t had it diagnosed so don’t know exactly what it is.

My grandmother used to buy a wart, it worked.

I had one on my face near my cheekbone. The dermatologist said they could remove it but might leave a scar or to leave it and it may go away on its own. I put a small round plaster on it each night before bed and removed it in the morning and one morning it came off with the plaster. No scar and it never returned. Not sure how it worked but would do it again .

I think you have to cut off oxygen to a wart.
Duct tape does the trick, depending on where the wart is, I suppose.

I think cheladonium has a sort of latex in it - which may be why it works??

May not be suitable for latex sensitive people...

Applegran and SpringsEternal - thank you for mentioning homeopathy. Thuja is an excellent remedy for many skin lesions as it prevents others arising whilst clearing existing, but it is very strong in potency. Also, there are other remedies that do the same job, but are suited to different people. Always consult a classical homeopath if you choose to use this route. When you buy a homeopathic remedy OTC the instructions on the label are generalistic, not specifically designed for you personally, which is not always good.

eSurgery

Over-the-counter salicylic acid treatments are effective for many common warts. Apply as directed on the packaging and be patient, as it can take weeks to see results. For stubborn warts, try freezing treatments with liquid nitrogen, available from a doctor. For persistent warts, consult a dermatologist who may recommend stronger treatments like cantharidin or surgical removal. Remember, warts often resolve on their own over time, but treatment can speed the process and prevent spreading.

Would a verucca treatment or corn plaster work? I think somebody suggested Bazooka further up the thread. I think that chiropodists use liquid nitrogen on veruccas.

I dont know if already mentioned but I used the juice of a dandelion stem on one on my leg. It worked.

I had a skin tag problem on my neck (finally found out that it was likely caused by wearing a chain, so I stopped), but a pharmacist recommended Cryotag. Cost about £25 but works like the beauty therapist freezing/burning it off. Takes a couple of applications but it works! Would probably work for warts.

You should never cut warts! Bleeding from them spreads the germ or virus that causes themand that results in a new crop of them.

When I was a teenager and lived in the UK, I had two warts on my hands frozen off by a dermatologist. At that time, of course, the treatment was covered by the NHS, but I cannot imagine it is extortionally expensive so try phoning dermatologists and asking what their fees are.

At that time, the late 1960s, you could buy something in Boots and other large chemists that look rather like brown nail varnish and you painted it on the wart once a day.

In Danish folk-lore you took a strip of pork fat and rubbed on the wart during the days when the moon was waning then buried the piece of fat at a cross-roads.

My father was a GP and he said that wasn't as daft as it sounded, as by preventing air from getting to the wart, you prevent the wart from growing, so anything that keeps the air off it should do the trick. I tried it once, and it did work. I have also painted warts with clear nail varnish and that did work., as well.

My father did admit he had once had a teenage boy whose warts resisted the dermatologist's best efforts to remove them by freezing plus anything the poor lad could buy over the counter. At last my father recommended his patient to go and talk to another of his patients, a Romany woman, and whatever she muttered while looking at the warts got rid of them.

Had one between my toes. Spent some money at chiropodist, didn’t work. Read garlic can do trick, Taped raw cloves to it several times. Maybe co-incidence, but it disappeared.

Really interested in the beauticians who remove warts. What kind of qualifications do you need to look for them to have?

4allweknow

Really interested in the beauticians who remove warts. What kind of qualifications do you need to look for them to have?

They should be able to show you their qualifications - I think there are various different ones, such as City and Guilds. Mine has her certificates on the walls of her salon.

I was on a cruise and the lady who was doing my nails asked about a wart I'd had on my thumb for many months. She told me to rub it with a coin, then throw the coin away. On our next shore excursion we were sightseeing in a small boat and I rubbed my wart with a bronze coin, then with a white metal one (hadn't thought to ask which it should be!) .... and after a time, it worked! (May have run it's course? I don't know, but a few years later, I got another wart on a finger, rubbed with coins and threw them in a canal I was walking by and a short while later it was gone. (Even I find this hard to believe, but I can only relate my experience)

I had sebhorric keratosis on my back; my GP refused to refer me to a dermatologist. A local aesthetic practitioner removed over 50 small patches and charged £160 for four short sessions. All gone and only slight reddening after several weeks. I can’t believe I put up with them for five years.

I use Wartner. I’m prone to them. I think it must be like herpes virus with cold sores, if you had warts as a child the virus must be in the system.

I had a wart on the back of my thigh. Dr said he couldn’t do anything about it. I bought some Bee venom gel from Amazon- for wart removal. Applied every am & pm - took a few weeks to go. Just left with small mark - not really noticeable now
Ingredients are aqua, bee venom, tea tree, centella asiatica,& witch hazel

Jannipans

I was on a cruise and the lady who was doing my nails asked about a wart I'd had on my thumb for many months. She told me to rub it with a coin, then throw the coin away. On our next shore excursion we were sightseeing in a small boat and I rubbed my wart with a bronze coin, then with a white metal one (hadn't thought to ask which it should be!) .... and after a time, it worked! (May have run it's course? I don't know, but a few years later, I got another wart on a finger, rubbed with coins and threw them in a canal I was walking by and a short while later it was gone. (Even I find this hard to believe, but I can only relate my experience)

How weird. My husband always talks about an old wives tale his Mum tried on him. He was about 10 and his hands were covered in warts.

She heard that if you wiped some raw meat over them, then buried the meat they would disappear. It worked and he has never had a wart since.