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>I remember one about curing warts by digging the living shit out of them with a swiss army knife. I've never read WEC but that actually works. It is very pai

by na85 5y ago

>I remember one about curing warts by digging the living shit out of them with a swiss army knife. I've never read WEC but that actually works. It is very painful, of course, but I have personally done it with the only plantar wart I've ever had (at least, I assume that's what it was). This was years ago but if memory serves it bled overnight, following day was tender to walk on, day after that I didn't even notice it. Checked a week or two later and it was gone.

ggm 5y ago
Modern topical wart treatment is either liquid nitrogen freezing or use of salicylic acid with lactic acid in a rubbery base. I believe they both do the same thing: change the (dead) skin layer enough to make the (live) skin layer slightly more aggressive fighting the wart virus. Eventually the mechanical shedding of the outside layer drives new skin production and your wart is shed, and fought by the body. I was told to abrade my wart with a pumice stone. Probably digging at a wart with a knife does much the same thing.
- specialist 5y ago
  Yes and: I've done everything for plantar warts. During one stretch, I had so many it hurt to walk. (I'm immune compromised.) Now I just apply a dab of wart compound (salicylic acid) and cover it with a bandage or electrical tape (which stays on longer). Eventually the wart goes away. > ...drives new skin production and your wart is shed, and fought by the body Probably. My own theory is keeping the outer layer moist allows the immune system to (eventually) see the wart and then deal with it. But I could believe that I'm accelerating the shedding of the outer layer. Thanks. > pumice stone TMI: I've long used a MicroPlaner. I'm told that day spas use a much less aggressive model. This model can bite a little bit into the living skin, so have a care. https://www.microplane.com/premium-classic-series-zester-graterblack https://www.microplane.com/premium-classic-series-zester-gra...

by na85 5y ago

ggm 5y ago

Modern topical wart treatment is either liquid nitrogen freezing or use of salicylic acid with lactic acid in a rubbery base. I believe they both do the same thing: change the (dead) skin layer enough to make the (live) skin layer slightly more aggressive fighting the wart virus. Eventually the mechanical shedding of the outside layer drives new skin production and your wart is shed, and fought by the body. I was told to abrade my wart with a pumice stone. Probably digging at a wart with a knife does much the same thing.

specialist 5y ago
Yes and: I've done everything for plantar warts. During one stretch, I had so many it hurt to walk. (I'm immune compromised.) Now I just apply a dab of wart compound (salicylic acid) and cover it with a bandage or electrical tape (which stays on longer). Eventually the wart goes away. > ...drives new skin production and your wart is shed, and fought by the body Probably. My own theory is keeping the outer layer moist allows the immune system to (eventually) see the wart and then deal with it. But I could believe that I'm accelerating the shedding of the outer layer. Thanks. > pumice stone TMI: I've long used a MicroPlaner. I'm told that day spas use a much less aggressive model. This model can bite a little bit into the living skin, so have a care. https://www.microplane.com/premium-classic-series-zester-graterblack https://www.microplane.com/premium-classic-series-zester-gra...