How to Treat Warts on Your Feet

Warts begin when the plantar wart virus enters the foot through microscopic cuts and scratches, gaining enough of a stronghold to form a wart. It can be very difficult to get rid of a foot wart.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Mild Detergents
• 40% Salicylic Acid Solutions Plaster
• Adhesive Bandages
• Antibiotic Creams
• Cotton Swabs
• Rubbing Alcohol
• Wart Streatments
• Adhesive Bandages
• Cotton Swabs
• Rubbing Alcohol
• Scissors
• Scissors

1. Wash all equipment in soap and water. Rinse with alcohol or antiseptic.

2. Put two tbsp. mild household detergent in half-gallon of warm water. Soak foot for ten minutes.

3. Cut out a square of 40% salicylic acid plaster, about the size of the wart, and remove backing to expose self-stick surface.

4. Apply sticky side directly on wart. Push down and cover with adhesive bandage.

5. Keep plaster on wart and keep dry for two days.

6. After two days, carefully remove adhesive bandage and plaster. The wart should be whitish.

7. Brush wart vigorously with old toothbrush, soap and water for one minute twice a day for two days.

8. Expose wart to air as much as possible.

9. Talk to a podiatrist about removing the wart with a carbon dioxide laser unit. After the doctor administers a local anesthetic, a focused laser light beam will vaporize your wart. Most insurance companies cover the cost of laser wart removal.

10. Ask your foot doctor about debriding your warts with a 30- to 70 percent trichloroacetic acid solution. Debriding often requires five or six treatments. If after the tenth debriding treatment, the wart still comes back, your doctor may consider surgically removing it.

Tips & Warnings

• Do not let salicylic acid touch healthy skin.
• Warts that have been removed may return.
• If you have certain medical conditions, such as diabetes or circulatory problems, consult a physician before self-treating foot problems.
• Do not use razor blades, knives or any other sharp objects on the wart.
• There is a possibility of scarring after warts are removed.
• If severe swelling, redness, heat and pain persist for two days, or if you see a break in the skin and are running a fever, contact a physician.
• This information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment.

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[desertstar505]

on 4/20/2009 SAVE YOUR MONEY. SPEND $2 ON DUCT TAPE. For several years I debated whether or not I had a wart or calus. I spent a ton of money to help both. None worked and I refused to go to a doctor because mine weren't too bothersome just ugly. When I researched pictures online I was convinced I had 2 plantar warts. I also read about using duct tape at that time. I did it for one month and they are completely gone and have stayed gone for over 6 months! I couldn't believe it!

[jean27]

on 1/15/2009 Don't waste your time, use garlic. I'm not sure if the above works, but I know garlic does! I had a wart on my knee, one on my finger, and a plantar wart on my big toe. I spent over 1,000 dollars with podiatrists and dermatologists when my nail stylist, who apparently was sick of touching it, told me to crush a clove of garlic and scrub it into the wart. I did this one time thinking, yeah right. Over the next 2 weeks the seeds came to the surface, the warts dried up, and fell off. It literally cleansed them out of my system. No sh*t! It has been 6 mos. and still no return.

[rakattack]

on 1/28/2008 This truly works. I had over 10 warts all over my feet. It definitely wasn’t a pleasant site and I had great difficulty walking at times too. I tried all kinds of treatments from over the counter plasters, banana peels, burning and laser treatments. But they just kept coming back and even expanding. Finally a friend of mine recommended that I try homeopathy and it was MAGIC. It is totally non-invasive and painless. Although it is a time consuming treatment it is the most effective. If you have any questions you can email me at [e-mail] or call my homeopathy doctor on [phone].

[punci]

on 9/18/2007 I think the gluing material on the tape somehow stimulates the immune system... Unfortunately the tape trick didn't kill the wart's root for me on my foot and it grown back later in full. Then i tried this and it worked:
http://www.nomorewart.com/

[punci]

on 9/17/2007 I think the gluing material on the tape somehow stimulates the immune system... Unfortunately the tape trick didn't kill the wart's root for me on my foot and it grown back later in full. Then i tried this and it worked:
http://www.nomorewart.com/