Duct Tape For Foot Warts

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Duct tape for foot warts.

Apply a small piece of duct tape directly to the area of your wart and go about your day. Put the medicine on the wart once a day enough to cover the entire wart. To get faster results with duct tape use an over the counter wart medicine. Then leave the wart open to the air to dry for a few hours before covering it with tape again.

During the study the warts covered by duct tape were only slightly more likely to heal than those covered by corn pads. In fact a new study finds it s just as effective as those liquid nitrogen. Apply the duct tape to the wart. 15 2002 it s the macgyver cure strapping a piece of duct tape to get rid of warts.

Home remedies for removal of plantar warts. Replace the duct tape with a new piece after 10 to 12 hours of air. Between applications soak the wart and gently remove dead tissue with a pumice stone or emery board. To use this remedy.

Use duct tape wart medication for faster results. Occlusion is the process of preventing something from reaching nutrients or other requirements for its growth. Using duct tape to remove warts is a harmless but unproven approach. Clean the wart area and allow it to dry thoroughly.

Be aware do this in a well ventilated area because the acid stinks. Using this duct tape treatment you. When a duct tape is placed on the wart the process is referred to as duct tape occlusion therapy. Cut a small piece of duct tape that is large enough to cover the wart and stay on the affected area.

Once every three to six days remove the duct tape and rub the wart with an emery board or pumice stone. Warts are covered with duct tape for six days at which point the tape is removed. Duct tape is thought to suffocate the growth of warts by preventing entry of air and sunshine. Cover the wart with duct tape for six days if the duct tape comes off early simply reapply it to the wart next remove the duct tape soak the wart and use an emery board or pumice stone to remove the skin on top of the wart if possible.

The second step of the duct tape treatment includes soaking the foot in warm water and filing down the wart to remove dead or loosened skin. Cover the wart with duct tape after you put the medicine on the wart and the medicine has dried. Place this duct tape over the wart and then press the tape firmly against the skin to ensure good adhesion. Cut a small square of silver duct tape.

After six weeks the wart had disappeared in 16 of the children in the. You only need a piece that is large enough to cover the wart and stick to the surrounding skin.