Verruca treatment

I thought body parts were benner from Moblog. How long've you had that bad boy? looks pretty nasty

We'll, that's breakfast *ruined* ...

Laser Dog (and everyone else, come to that) sorry for ruining your breakfast. I've had them for three years now (or at least I've had the one on the left for three years - every so often they reproduce), and I've tried to get rid of them loads of times. This treatment seems to be having some effect, and I wanted a "before" picture, in the hope that some day there'll be an "after" picture.

The blackening is an effect of the silver nitrate; they're not usually that colour.

gadz

Ew. Poor you. Soak em in water before you go have the nitrate applied - it'll absorb better. And I repeat. Ew.

I had that years ago (or maybe it was liquid nitrogen?) but anyway - didn't do that, it just made it freeze and then fall off.

That'd be liquid nitrogen. I tried that, and it didn't work. Apparently what I've got is mosaic verrucas, ie lots of small verrucas clustering together. The liquid nitrogen would kill one or two (and cause huge blisters), but the rest would survive.

Awwww, well- I've got four veruccas, one mosaic. I hate them and will be going swimming soonat high school. Im embarassed. I 've had them froze off but it doesnt work. I've also tried duct tape and bananna skin. What else can I do? HELP!!!!!

Amputation?

Hi............... saw an alternative rememdy you might like to try - Tea Tree Oil mixed with Garlic Oil. Rub in on the verrucae and they should vanish - well that's the theory. Haven't tried it yet myself - had verruca for 40 years plus - actually I think they NEVER go ! You may lose a few friends with the garlic oil buy hey..... if the verruca doesn't go at leat you will make great salad dressing !!!

hi feel really sorry for u, i have a massive one on my big toe, i have tried freezing and every remediy, nothing works . I now cant even walk.

dude i got verucca how i get rid off !!! it loks horrible

i have loads on the ball of my foot and they almost ruin your life! and im not joking! i feel like i cant wear flip flops or show my feet in anyway. i have had them for 4 years and im currently trying to get rid of them using a special acid! hope it works

u think urs r bad

i have about 20+ verrucas, trying bazuka
it aint doing anything
gonna try banana thing

As a pharmacist, I'd recommed using Mother Tincutre of Thuja. It is homeopathic but is the only thing that seems to work for people. Good for warts on hands too.
Good luck!

I used to have mossaic verrucas, extremely badly! All over the top half of my foot! When visiting the doctor after six years of having them! they told me there was nothing that could be done, there was freezing but that didn't seem to work and they always tended to come back, my best option she said was to wait and see! - I wasn't about to wait for another few years for these hideous, painful 'things' to perhaps dissapear, i wanted them gone!
Previouslly i had tried everything from buzzuca cream, to home freezing kit. I even resorted to filing them down with a foot scrubber until they bled - which was recommended to me when i visted a man who specialised in foot problems - fat lot of help that did! They just spread more and more!
Eventually when research a mirecal cure on the internet i cam accross this idea of using vinigar and duck tape (had tried ducktape before, no such luck). This Worked for me and were gone within three weeks!
Every night before bed, i soaked a cotton woll pad in white wine vinigar, placed on the area of the verrucas, taped well in ducktape, left over night until the morning, then washed my feet, with water and soap. My feet hurt a bit as they were soggy when walking, the went all white and shrivvled thoughout the course of doing the vinigar treatment, after about two weeks the actual verruca went black and dropped out, i picked at them too which speeded this up and seemed to help.

I am glad that the vinegar and tape worked for you.
It does seem to be trial and error with these verruca, what works for one may not work for another.
I don't think bazuka and other acid treatments are very good (based on what people say to me).
However, another good treatment is Glutarol. You can buy it from online pharmacies if you type in Glutarol to google. It contains glutaraldehyde which inactivates the virus which causes these things. With regular filing in the bath or shower with a some good blocks (e.g. the white square filing blocks for rough foot skin from Boots) it usually works in a couple of weeks.

i have mosaic verrucas, but they are dissappearing very rapidly, but the hard skin is left, and some have little scars but u can hardly notice.
i suggest to any one that has mosaic verrucas to just leave them and they will go naturally.

hopfully mine will have all gone by summer =]

I had a mosaic verucca for about 5 years. I had it frozen several times, tried a variety of chemical treatments. In the end I was brutal - immediately after getting it frozen I used a salicyclic acid treatment. Everyday I cleaned it and reapplied, having filed away dead skin. I also used a sterile scalpel to remove the dead skin. It took about a month, but it worked. I have a suspicion thay if you've had a verruca for along time, you don't get them again - I' swim lots and I haven't had another for 10 years.

cliaire: that's what I did with mine in the end :-) Apart from burning them off - I just went for the salicylic acid and frequent skin removal. You can get corn knives from Boots which have guards to prevent you cutting yourself.

They've been gone for a few months now, which is lovely, but I'm wary of writing them off completely...

I've had verrucas for about 5-6 years and i've tried everything, bazuka to freeze treatments to cutting them off with a corn knife (recommended by a doctor but it actaully made them spread) i am currently trying the duct tabe theory. Does the vinegar thing actually work and does it matter what vinegar i use? I'm also finding it very tricky to keep the duct tape on as mine are mosaic and lie just under the toes. Any suggestions....all will be greatfully appreciated.

Lottie: I've written above (comment just above yours) what worked for me. The keys seems to be persistence, patience, and a combination of approaches (in my case, bazuka + corn knife). Don't miss a treatment if you can possibly avoid it.

Duct tape never stayed on when I tried it.

Good luck!

I bought a silver nitrate pen (avoca) I noticed in your first post you used silver nitrate. Any luck with that? I have used bazuka or salic acid and the corn knife for the last year and a half. They just seemed to spread.

I'm using the pen on the single verrucas and the duct tape and vinegar on the mosaics.

I recommend that if you have many that go along behind your toes don't do them all at once! i woke up this morning and couldn't walk. The vinegar has made the whole area go white, puffy and hard.

Thanks for your help ladislav

If i find anything that works i will post again!

i have 56 verrucas all mosaic and it stinksnothing works ever any recommendation wi.lll be grateful

I'm no expert but i tried everything for around 6 years. I am finding that the vinegar and duct tape thing is working really well.

I started on the 9th of this month and they are almost gone already.

Soak some cotton wool in vinegar and duct tape it to the verruca. A small amount of duct tape won't hold it on. I practically duct taped around my whole foot then taped it with microporous tape. to hold it on.

If you have a lot in one place (like me!!) i wouldn't recommend doing them all at once as it makes your foot go hard and painful, especially if you just put one large cotton pad over the lot!

I used a silver nitrate pen on a few single verrucas which seems to have worked but it turns your skin black so its difficult to tell at the moment. Its called Avoca and is about £3.00.

Good Luck, If it works completely i will post on here but its the only treatments that have worked for me.

ive had them now for 6years!!! im sick of them ive got a large mosaiac one on my heel and on my other foot 2 on the heel. Ive tried everything i can think of, went to my doctors and they said they will go with time and suggested duct tape to me, does applying vinegar really help? as i hate the smell but its getting to the point that i'l try anything as its starting to get me down i cant wear nice shoes and im going on holiday in 3 months! so i need to get rid of them asap!

ditto...
it seems to be working. It has made them softer so they can be scraped off easier and it seems to kill them from the inside as mine have gone brown.

In boots you can get a sort of "cheesegrater" for feet. that helps a lot and your less likely to cut yourself than if using a knife.

I'm allergic to the duct tape and its making my feet raw pulling it off and on everyday but im desperate to get rid of them and a small piece just won't stay on. I'm finding it difficult as i had about 30 on one foot and 20 on the other but they are finally going.

Hello, after reading all the coments, I've decided to give the vinegar remedie a shot but I just wanted to ask Lottie whether you keep the vinegar on your foot all day or just at night time? thanks.

What i did was put it on over night then gave my feet a good wash in the morning then put vinegar on again Then washed and changed it before i went to bed. I think as long as you keep the air off of them it doesn't matter.

Currently i'm just using the vinegar at night as they are nearly gone

Good luck with yours. It has only been nearly 2 weeks since i started. I hope it works for you

i've been doing the vinegar treatment at night for 3 days now. It disgusting it smells quite bad, but it has definitely has made a big difference!!!their shrinking and starting to turn black! which i hope is a good thing and means that they are dying!! fingerscrossed :D

yes.... mine went black, now they are brown and pretty much flat to my feet. Nearly gone!! =)

great thankyou for that, hopefully it will save a fortune not having to go to a chiropodist! ; )

Does the Vinger Treatment really work because I went to the Doctors yesterday and they told me to do the duct tape method but iv read that it can take 3months for them to disappear and i was wondering whether using the vinger and duct tape speeds up the time taken for the verrucas to go. Am really self concious about them and am off on holiday with my friends and don't want to gross everyone out with them when am sun bathing

HelpME: if there's a common theme to this thread, it's that what works for one person may not work for another. So there's only one way you'll find out if vinegar works for you, and that's to try it. Anyway, I don't see how it could make things *worse*.

My verrucas took about three months to go with the bazuka + corn knife treatment, but go they eventually did (and they got visibly smaller all the time).

Good luck!

I have had a verruca on the heel of my foot for the past 4 years, I have had it frozen many times, but its still hanging on in there, I have been reading some of your remides, could some one let me no if you can use any type of vinger, As I am going to give it a try.
many thanks

i used white vinegar but i don't think it matters. Mine are pretty much gone now. I have a few cuts left. ( i was a bit handy removing the skin!) so i'm not 100% certain but crossed fingers.

Good luck

I have 1 mosaic verruca and 5 others. Have tried loads of different methods and none of them worked. Have had the mosaic one for about 4 years and its driving me crazy! I just want them gone! This is the first time I have heard about the vinegar and duct tape method and am going to try it and I hpoe it will work! Thanks!

The bazuka and scalpel blade method worked for me once. It hasn't come back in over 7 years at least.
Good luck with the vinegar and duct tape - just a thought, but if it's difficult to get the tape around your toes perhaps you could put the vinegar-cotton wool in a small polythene bag, put your toes in the bag then tape round the bag onto your foot to make it air-tight.
Good luck, hope they improve soon.

Hello there. I know how to get rid of 'em within few weeks. No pain, no blade. What you need is completely free and can be found almost everywhere. Would you like to know what it is?

Hi, rastafarian, god yes would love to know the answer!!! My verruca is like having a blunt nail embedded in it, so painful. Help!! I am using occlusal acid treatment daily with rubbing the verucca down too. no improvement yet.

I think you should all try the juice of Greater Celandine,but I MUST WARN YOU it's TOXIC. This juice can be red or yellow. Apply once or twice a day until it's gone. If you've got any questions contact me on my email address. Good luck!

I have heard of greater celandine but isn't it really lethal?

I have reduced my 30-50 verrucas to just one stubborn one!!
All of the ones under my toes disappeared after about a month of vinegar and duct tape but i have one on my heel that refuses to go!! i have resorted to slicing it off at the moment then suffocating it!

Avoka is excellent for warts, they seem much easier to treat then verrucas. mine disappeared within a week with the vinegar treatment. But avoka didn't even touch the verruca.

Good luck!

Hi Lottie,

I am trying your duck tape method with vinegar. Everything else so far failed. Did you wear all night and all day? I am just wearing at night and is painful to walk in the morning for a couple of hours. I have quite a few like you did. Really crossing my fingers this is going to work!

yes, it does hurt for a while. soaking it in water helped a bit.

I kind of done it when i had time. if i was off during the day i would do it both night and day and if i had work/uni i would just do at night and wear duct tape during the day.

As long as you keep doing it, it seems to work but as its painful id give it an hour or so before putting it on again.

This method worked for me. You should notice a difference in about 3 days, Take the white skin off with an emory board, but don't make it bleed as it will kill when you add the vinegar!!

I looked at a photo i took before i started and i can't believe how it looked! it was disgusting! LOL

Good luck!! I'm still struggling with my last one!

I have now started alternating feet as I have been hobbling around work too much!! It does seem to be working especially on the big ones but the huge one I have which is spread onto my toe too is the most painful, especailly when the brown is scraped away, leaving raw flesh underneath. Even taken some pain killers. I certainly do notice a difference though and have been doing this 1 week now. Thanks so much.

i had them for years and in the end i tried soldering iron wich worked on a couple of them

but eventually just got brutal and cut the things completely out go hospital afterwards they will sew u back up bad scars but nothings worse than a verruca

I tried the duct tape method, but as others have said the tape just falls off too quickly,

So instead of duct tape I use the sticky from a cloth plaster, that's working two weeks in and when I took the plaster off each time part of my verruca came off with it.

I'll let you know if it completely gets rid of the horrid flippin thing.

im going awayin 10 days and i need to get rid of my verruca as im going in a pool and i dont want my friend to see them. any advice. i need them to be gone. going to the doctor tomorrow but i dont think he will do anything rapidy

do you soak yhe vinegar in cotton wool and hold it in place with a plaster or what?

i have been using a black cream which makes them blister up but it hurts.

i'd like to thank everyone for helping me with my veruccas. Its been a few months but they are finally all gone.

1)soak a small piece of cotton wool in vinegar (i used white but any should do it)
2)place a soaked cotton bit over each verruca
3)duct tape it on.A small bit wont work. You have to literally selotape your whole foot!! If you're wearing shoes that the duct tape will show through place a small patch of duct tape over your verucca and selotape it with clear tape.
4) take tape off in morning and once they are less sore scrape off dead skin (boots do a cheesegrater thing for feet - its amazing but an emory board will do!!)
Yes it does sting when the vinegar is on them but its more of an achy pain and its worth it to get rid of them.

You should notice a difference within a week. I had them for 6 years and nothing worked. This worked on most in a few days

i'd also like to thank everyone who helped as the vinegar treatment worked for my mum and my younger sister who had 20+ on one small lump on her toe and couldn't walk.

Good Luck =)

I'd also like to add be persistant. The majority of mine (about 50) died and fell off in a few weeks but one has stayed for a good few months

don't give up!

Hi

Just came across this thread while looking for something else and was amazed by the number of responses , and what people are putting themselves through, physically and psychologically! - Did you know you can ask your doctor to refer you to your local NHS Podiatry Service for advice and treatment if the stuff from the chemists , like Bazooka Extra Strength does not work for you? I'm an NHS podiatrist by the way! Good luck to you all!

I have just started using the vinegar and duct tape method (2 days ago) and wondered how long it would take to get rid of 2 mosaic verrucas using this method. I really want my verrucas to go before I go on holiday which is in about 5 weeks.

I guss im pretty lucky because i have only got two verucasand ones on the ball of my foot the other is on my heel...I have been getting them frozen by liquid nitrogen over the past few weeks and can see an improvement in size...but im going on holiday with my friend in a few weeks and the darn pests are black at the moment....would you advise in using the vinger treatment to speed up the process????

Hey for all the people who are worried about verrucas on holliers WHY?? Maybe Im completely weird and different but my verrucas are barely noticeable....Theyre just white and no1s going to be looking at your feet anyways.If your in the process of treatment(As I am) my mum whos a nurse said its highly unlikely theyre contagious and Even if they are the experts advice is to cover with some clear nail varnish.I realise this may be unpractical for some but I only have two so Im lucky!
You have hardly anything to worry about now!!Except having a great time I hope!
X

Alice:
From my experience doctors and GPs do not know how to cure veruccas! After trying all treatments in chemists, many told me to just leave them (even though i had them for 6 years and they were multiplying quickly) and one even advised me to buy a corn knife and cut them off (which made them spread).

I was told the freezing treatment doesn't work and is not available anymore. One of my doctors hadn't heard of the lazer treatment available and had never even heard of a mosaic verucca.

If there is free NHS treatment available then why don't the doctors know about it? and if they do why arent they given out information?

i am sio angry at mine! i have mosaic veruscas in 3 places. :@ i have physiclly scliced them off, bu lord behold they just came back, i am about to try the vinegar + duct tape method! i REALLY hope this works, x

I am going the vinegar treatment but just wondering the middle of them are sarting to go brown, is this right? Alson how do u know if they are gone?

Thanks

By the way I can spell, just at work and typing way to fast before my boss sees! haha

hi, ive had verrucas for about 6 years, i have tried the bazooka gel but it doesnt work at all and now i have a bid mosaic one. Im going to try the vinegar + duct tape now but does anyone have any other solutins? please!

I have read with interest the vinegar traetment and am eager to try. My verruca are all over my left foot and have been for about 10 yeras +. Like everyone else I have tried every treatment imaginable. Hope this works

My son has a verruca on his right foot, he is 7 and it is becoming increasingly difficult to treat it with bazuka gel, as he literally screams in pain, before I even touch it. I am currently trying some homopathic tablets, and after reading all your comments am now going to try the vinegar solution, any advise on how to treat them on children, please........

Hello, Has anyone had any success with Bazooka, I think mine are getting smaller, but I'm finding it hard to tell if they have gone because the bazooka leaves a big white patch anyway, so i'm not sure if whats there is verucca, or just bazooka stuck to my skin!

BigD: I found Bazuka effective, but it took a long time (about three tubes), and I also used to cut the dead skin away with a corn knife once a week. Peel off the dried bazuka before applying new stuff - the skin that comes away with the dried bazuka is part of the point.

Essentially, it seems to work by killing the outer layer of the verruca. Once that layer's dead, you can cut it away, and that allows you to kill the next layer... you'll need time, patience, and grim determination, but you should get there in the end. Good luck!

If you read up about this they're caused by different versions of HPV (a virus). Search wiki for Plantar_wart (I can't link as I'm anonymous on here)

en wikipedia org wiki Plantar_wart

for a start. My wife has a couple and we're in the process of freezing the suckers off. I think it's going to fail as they've been there for a while. The next step is a knife, which I did when I had them as a kid (got pissed off with the liquid nitrogen). Obviously it should *really* be done by a professional though.

The most interesting thing, for me, about the Wiki article is the bit about: 'intralesional immunotherapy'. For those of you who can't get rid of them this seems like an interesting approach if you can find someone (NHS, Bupa?) who can do it...

I've had three verrucas for over 10 years and have tried regular freezing by my doctor and the recommended treatments from the pharmacy. Nothing works. Have tried the vinegar/duct tape method for the past week and now have white hard raised skin around what is like a volcanic crater of the verruca. Do I file off the white skin (in total the size of a 5p) or leave it to die? If it is filed off, it will not touch the central part. Is the verruca the middle part AND the white skin which surrounds it? Need to know soon as I go on my hols on Wednesday

i first started vinegar treatment in May, and i had one large verruca on my one foot and n literally half of my other foot was covered in a mosaic wart i had, had these for aprox 5years and had tried every treatment under the sun. none worked. After doing the vinegar treatment for a week they started to turn black/brown. after 2 weeks they'd all nearly completely gone just 2 big ones left. most of the mosaic wart had disapeared. Now they are completely gone! after constantly filing them
You can buy cotton wool pads i thought they worked best, i didnt use vinegar constantly, just put it on before bed.
In the morning i'd wash my feet and file away the white raised skin
You need to file or use a "cheesegrater" style file on them everyday though
i just wish i'd taked before and after photos!!

hi there

ive had verrucas for 15 years and no treatment has worked at all

bazuka - failed
cyro - failed
home made cyro - failed
knifing - failed
salycylic - failed

the closest i ever got was constant sanding with sandpaper and repeated bazuka treatment about 2 years ago, however i got sloppy and they regrew

i am currently trying the ducktape + vinegar treatment
working so far i belive, some are going black

however it hurts!

hurts so much i cant putn weight on the foot and i am wriggling in pain. its unbearable and i end up taking they things off after about an hour of telling myself to fight through it

am i doing something wrong? im using white wine vinegar

too much vinegar? im using bits of cotton wool the size of the verrucas and they are saturated fully with vinegar,

any painkillers i can easliy get my hands on that work?

also im going to get brutal, first thing in the morning im going down to boots and picking up one of these cheesegrater things and a freeze treatment too see if that speeds it up

thanks in advance

thankyou sooo much lottie i'v had verrucas for years and they seem to be spreading i really hate them. i never heard of the duck tape AND vinagar i'm guna try it and wll post back to this site if if works...



good luck to everybody else that has them

I cannot believe all these comments about the duct tape and vinegar, I have had veruccas for about 6years or more, spreading gradually now to about 13 in total, so will try and let you know how I get on! Thanks

Had a verruca on my heel for nine months. Started laser treatment privately for three sessions at £20 per session. Switched to freezing with Liquid nitrogen by GP on his reccomendation. Took three months to heal the wound. GP sent me to an NHS podiatrist for removal of the ensuing callous. After six months of it getting worse, I was sent for a biopsy and have been told that I still have the virus. During the last week the callous is showing the virus again and I now have the mosaic virus developing around it. The NHS podiatrist told me today that they do not treat verrucas at all. My pain is mainly caused by a trapped nerve in my heel that I have had for 10 years, and the verruca is right on top of it.
I shall try the vinegar and duct tape.

lottie's idea sounds good. but i'm scared like seriously?! how much does it hurt?
i also get up mega late for school, so i just hope that it wont hurt too much to rush around, wash my feet etc.
i am currently sitting with banana peel in my shoes. arrrrrrrr

also guys, some people might wanna try rubbing crushed garlic on your veruccas and then covering the area with a plaster.
also, i took thuja for a while, an immune boosting tablet which you can get from holland and barret etc. the chiropodist told me to do this, but i didnt take them everyday and then lost them, so...it might work, i dunno.


also, i like this whole verucca cult we got goin on here. haha

I started the vinegar and duct tape on saturday, I made the mistake of putting the cotton wool over the full area of the veruccas and in the morning the area had gone hard and white and was difficult to walk! but I am that sick of them I'm carrying on, instead trying to put smaller pieces of cotton wool over the veruccas, no difference as such yet but will keep you updated, Ihave high hopes from your other comments!

Any further tips pls let me know

I've had my verrucas on both feet for about 10 years - altogether there must be over 50 (on the ball of my foot and on my toes and between my toes) The skin around them is so hard and painful - it really limits what shoes I can comfortably wear. I've now got about 5 warts on my hands, which I think I've got from trying to treat the verrucas.
Like many others I've tried so many different treatments - thuja, tea tree oil, crushed garlic, bazuuka, wartner, tegaderm sheets, salatac acid, liquid nitrogen freezing, using a foot file etc etc. I'm currently waiting to see a Dermatologist - but I don't hold much hope.
The vinegar sounds hopeful - but does it not leave a strong smell?

i have quite a few verrucas on one foot and have tried the vinegar and duct tape on only 2 verrucas to see if it would work its been about 2 days now since i started and they have turned white and are also painful is this whats meant to happen?

I've been plagued by multiple mosaic verruca for a fair few year now, like many of you, tried anything and everything, at least I thought I had until I bit the bullet and went to see a Chiropodist, he started out with freezing with some limited success, so then he went on to use what he calls 'Crystals', I think these are a strong vinegar concentrate (will confirm later..) Now I will warn, these SERIOUSLY HURT and are not for those that can't stand pain, basically they soak into your skin, killing everything in their path, creating a blister which can be removed 3 or 4 days after treatment...

After trying everything else, these things are magic, on small verruca, one treatment did the trick, I have two larger ones ( the biggest about 10p size) which have needed a couple of treatments, but certainly getting the message now...

I think my main message in all of this is,... Go and see a pro, don't be shy or embarrassed, I was at first i promise you, but now when I go to see him, we talk and joke about the verruca like a common enemy that must be defeated!!

Things I tried:

Bazooka - Doesn't work
Vinegar/duct tape - didn't work for me..
Tea tree oil/Lemon oil - didn't even touch it!
Home Cryo - waste of money
trying to cut it out myself - just made things far worse!

Going to see the Chiropodist this Tuesday, and looking at my foot now, I won't be going too much longer!

HI All

Getting Rid...Slowly please please please find out what the crystals are.

Firstly the immune system shuts down when the body is under stress (it is a freeze flight fight thing) So boosting your system will help, there are many ways just google it. Most importantly get rid of the stress, I have never laughed so much as reading this thread and watching some of the online home videos of home verruca removal by Americans.

Interestingly, peoples verrucas seam to spread when they are hassled whereas I un-hygienically hack away at mine and then get them on my hands and fingers. I pick them, and they go in less than two days. So I am sure that my body is aware of the virus but for some reason can not get them off the soles of my feet.

As for my verrucas i have one on one foot and three very deep ones on the other. I have tried everything in a compulsive obsessive style.

Freezing professional
Home Freezing 5 times per day it cost a fortune and caused a credit crunch.
Bazooka
Occlusal
Garlic Oil
Chilli Oil –tickles somewhat
Craft knife Over time I blunted 7 blades on two verruca
Chiropodist many times...
Podiatrist
Duck tape for the last two months
I have also begun to san mine so much that stopping the blood is a job for Dutch Dam makers. I have to lie with my feet in the air so that the blood pressure is lower in my foot for about 1 hour morning and night.

Removal
Left Foot
Amoils 1 week 2 days as per the instructions on the bottle.

Right foot 1 day of Vinegar and metamorphosis with sand paper.
I have as normal sanded my skin till fountains occur. I stop the flow and went straight in with the vinegar. Yes it does smart but it is not that bad. This morning my verruca was black and sore. In fact it was so sore that I have not sanded it. Anyway it is definitely changing.

I will keep you informed

PS the word san should be sand. I buy 120 grit green sand paper from B&Q; it is far cleaner and more effective than those cheese grater things

I am back again and with a new perspective.

yes to anyone who askes it does hurt. Even after i ground my foot to the bone leaving very open wounds the vinegar did not sting when I put the vinegar on so do not worry about the cold plnge.

After a few minutes it starts to burn so if you dont like it take the cotton wool vinegar impregnated pad off and wash the foot. Or alternatively leave it and bare it.

one major change in 10 hours of vinegar soaking is that i can not get my foot to bleed. The verucca is dead and black as far as i can sand. I have now ground the healthy foot to bleed all around the veruca and have not even nearly got to the end of the black.

This is a massive accelaration in the killing deapth of my treatment. Normally i can sand 1mm of skin per day before torrents cease my excavation. hoowever i can definately see the end to this.

Do not do this if you need to walk without a serious limp.

thanks for everyones advice- at least i know i am not alone on this! i have a HUGE verucca on my foot and spent a fortune trying to get rid of it. Since reading your advice i'm now sat here doing the duck tape and vinegar- fingers crossed it will work. A word of advice though..be careful picking your verucca with you bare hands...from picking the one on my foot it has now created one on my index finger and its spreading under the nail...the doctor told me this was from picking the one on my foot. Oops.

will let u know how i get on with the duck tape. Thanks all.

Thuja really works- it was amazng for me. whats all this about cutting them off? sounds painful. Buy the weleda brand- that was much better than nelsons. I had loads- now just one that has almost gone too

I think one of mine has gone. The one which I put a large soaked vinegar wad on and left for 18 hours is now just healthy pink skin. Although a little scratched, sore and red it has no putrid white skin and no black dots.

This is 3 days and it has gone. I think by Sunday it will be virtually invisible.

So the answer for those looking for a quick fix is yes it can be done but with some discomfort. 1 week will clear it to near invisibility.

The Amoils is still ticking along on the left foot and i will continue with it to see if the stuff actually works.

I have a big mosaic veruca and verrucas around it also, i've had them for four years but all they seem to be doing is spreading!!!, i am using at the moment a treatment called glutarol, but i may start to try the vinegar one, now i do alot of dancing, will it really hurt and affect my dancing???

hi
I'm ging to try the vinegar. Podiatrist in NZ didn't help. Mins only small and white on the ball of my foot but it is starting to hurt. Will let you know how I get on, thought I'd put white wine vinegar on the padded bit of a plaster and hope for the best

good luck everyone!

Hey The6YearVerruca
How did you get on.

Waiting for an update before i give it a try.

Any other tips concerning application, time scale, sanding and when to stop would be appreciated.

Amazing of the old remedies always seem to work!!! lol

HI, don't mean to be overly dramatic but my life is being ruined by a cluster (about an inch incircumference mosaic verucca on my left foot.

Tried several options, and am planning on trying this vinegar-and-ductape option.

At the moment I have a small, white verruca on my toe; a small, white verruca on the ball of my foot near my little toe and a mosiac one in the same place on my other foot.
My point is that, although they're somewhat ugly, they're not completely grotesque.

Now - in exactly one week and one day, there is a chance that people are gonna see my bare feet.
My question is - would it be wiser to wait for this date and chance people seeing the not-too-ugly verrucas or start the treatment now? I'm worried that if I were to start now they'd be all brown and shrunken, and basically looking worse than they do now on the date?

Anyway, thanks for your help in advance.

Hi Lottie

Thank you so much for your cure for verrucca. I tried the duct-tape option for one mosaic verrucca and it has worked.

Before this, I had 6 visits to the chirpodist and tried various other treatments which did not work.

Many thanks again.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I have had four verrucas for three years.
Have tried salatec gel and cheese grater and getting them frozen by the doctor. Three of the verrucas don't respond in any way, and the other one just likes to get my hopes up and then come back again.

Was wondering, has anyone tried combining duct tape or vinegar treatment with freezing? I don't want to stop anything that might at least be stopping them from spreading, but really need to try something new...

oo thank god other people understand how shit it is having a veruca!
its painful and i have to wear socks all the time and i dance as well and it just gets so painful
ive got like 12
ive just started the avoca thing if theres no improvement in a bit ill do that vinegar thing lots of people are all talking about
thankssssss

Adding vinegar to the verruca will make them very obvious. The whole area will be white and puffy. F: Its probably best to leave them if they aren't too bad.

The vinegar treatment is very painful. But its worth every minute!!

I had loads of verrucas and within about 3 weeks they had all gone bar one which went after about 2 months of treatment.

I have before and after photos if people want to see the difference!! They were very grusome!! But thankfully im verruca free now.

My advice is be persistant,

ive heard of putting clear nailvarnish on vercuas everyday twice then puttin plaster on. i am going to start doing it today so will update if it works.

Yes i have a big mosaic verruca and about 5 or 6 others around it, at the moment i am trying the clear nail varnish thing, its been about 3 days so i'll let you know if anything happens!!!

Charlotte 27/10 and Emily 29/10 please do put an update on am very keen to see how you get on.

Charlotte 27/10 and Emily 29/10 please do put an update on am very keen to see how you get on.

I've had a verruca for about 3yrs now which has gradually been getting bigger with another one starting very close to it. I have tried Bazuka (useless) Home freezing (painful and useless) Silver Oxide + Chiroposist (expensive and useless) Home freezing (all the uselesses) and now after contemplating barefoot skiing to rip them both off, I'm going to try the Duct Tape and Vinegar. I will post a log of how it goes.

I just had mine frozen at the GP yesterday with Liquid Nitrogen. I have four, 2 small and two big, which are all close together on the bottom of my left foot. I now have a huge black blister, cannot walk, and feel constant throbing pain, even though I am regularly taking painkillers, Hopefully it will be worth it. I will post my results in a week or so.

The doctor said that home freezing kits normally don't work for big ones, aswell as being expensive. They are only around -50C, but the Liquid Nitrogen he used was around -167C.

I used a hoem freezing and Bazzuca, and they both did nothing except cost money.

After trying the clear nail varnish for about a week i gave up as the nail varnish just kept on coming off...the podiatrist has recommended glutarol as i am using now!..its meant to be really effective but it turns the verruca/verrucas brown! strange really so i wouldn't recomend it to people who do any bare foot activities

had a verruca for years,tried every treatment nothing worked,even went to the doctor about it.i was really sceptical about using vinegar as a treatment but it worked,they're nearly gone after only a week.my method was soaking my feet for a bit, pumicing the verruca then applying cotton wool with vinegar over night. i'd recommend this to anyone to give it a go,and its cheap!

I have been trying the vinegar and duck tape method for a week now. I made the same mistake as Hazel 8/09 and put a huge pad of soaked cotton wool over the full area. It was agony and now have split it into sections and will take my time with it. My issue is how do know if there is any improvement ? The whole area is white, hard and very painful. I am using distilled white vinegar morning and night and using a scalpel to remove as much skin at night as I dare to without slicing my foot open. Do you need to give the area a rest to see the changes ? Bits have gone dark brown but other bits there is no colour change. Just a white circle instead of a pink one. How did you get on Hazel ?

Hi all. Trying to post message, but computer playing up, but here goes. The6YearVerruca, how did you get on with the vinegar treatment. Did it go? Wardy was asking after you 14/10, are you still out there suffering or have you had some success?

After having a few Verrucas and trying all sorts I found this forum and am going to try the Vinegar treatment from tomorrow. I will take some before and after pics and let u know if it works.

Will report back in a week!

I started using the vinegar treatment on my mosaic verruca and all it did was went very painful!! My feet stunk all day even after washing them several times! And when i walked in my shoes it rubbed on the white puffy skin..so i stopped! I'm using this stuff called occlusal which is like bazuka but stronger and after 4 days of using it i'm already seeing a difference!!!!

Interested to hear occlusal is working for you Emily. I had been using it daily since April but had no real success with it. Just started the vinegar treatment and after giving feet a rest as was away this weekend I can see a difference already. Have yet to tackle a big mosaic verruca that I have. I am doing the single ones first. Will look to hear how you are getting on with occlusal.

I had a few verrucas back in the days I was swimming at the public pool and treating them with a product called Duofilm Liquid (salicic acid + lactic acid) has worked every time where liquid nitrogen failed. The trick to prevent spreading of the blistering is to apply Vaselin around the verruca so that the healthy skin, much more fragile, remains intact. And when you think it's gone, continue treatment for 2-3 more days, And to prevent some pain (all verrucas were plantar), I used those cushioned types of sparadraps.