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Duct Tape Wart Removal

The wart is dying, long live the wart.
Duct Tape Wart Removal by Joel Franusic.
I've had a wart on this finger for years now. The internets claim that this method has an 85% chance of sucess, it's worth the effort for me.

I found that this size of tape works best for where the wart is. 
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archanglmr says:

Where on the internet did you find such directions? I'd have never thought to use duct tape for that, though I don't know all of its 1,000,001 uses.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

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amoils says:

I have heard that this method of wart removal can be effective for some people. For others, the wart re-roots and comes back again unfortunately. There are other methods of removing warts here as well as very specific information on how to diagnose and prevent:

Warts articles
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

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Joel Franusic says:

Thanks for the comment, I almost forgot that I did this!

It turned out that the duct tape method worked for me. I left the duct tape on for several months and would use a pumice stone on my wart whenever I changed the tape.

It's been over a year now and the wart hasn't returned!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

vasquez-phillip@sbcglobal.net [deleted] says:

can that really work for warts and what is pumice and what place can you find it ?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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Joel Franusic says:

Well, all I can say is that it worked for me.

Here is the wikipedia article on Pumice: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumice

You can find pumice at almost any beauty supply store.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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usdalton  Pro User  says:

Here's the link to the medical study that was done and the specific instructions - I'm gonna give it a try....

www.aafp.org/afp/20030201/tips/8.html
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Joel Franusic says:

Fantastic link, thanks usdalton!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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