But, as we always say, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. In Focht et. They used the same duct tape you probably have in your home right now and instructed patients to leave it on for 6 days at a time, for up to two months.
To this they compared traditional cryotherapy of warts, wherein liquid nitrogen was applied to a wart using a Q-Tip for seconds, every weeks, for a maximum of 6 applications. So that solves it right?
Duct tape works. There have been some more, and less, valid criticisms levied at this study. In the more valid category, there are concerns about sample sizes. There are also valuable concerns about the ages of the participants.
With this in mind, the seconds that the Focht et. In , de Haen attempted a similar study, using school children from the Netherlands. Be aware, do this in a well ventilated area, because the acid stinks. Cover the wart with duct tape after you put the medicine on the wart and the medicine has dried. Make sure you don't get any of this medicine near the eyes or the mouth.
The medicine will turn the top of the wart into dead skin and it will all turn white. Once or twice a week, remove the dead wart material by rubbing the dead skin off with a pumice stone or washcloth.
The dead wart will be softer and easier to remove if you soak the area first in warm water for 10 minutes. Warts are contagious but mainly to the child that has the warts. They aren't very contagious to other people. If your child chews or sucks on the wart, cover the area with duct tape and change it as often as necessary. Encourage your child to give up this habit, because chewing on the warts can cause warts on the lips and or the face. If that happens, your child needs a trip to a dermatologist.
Instead, covering a wart with duct tape prevents the virus from spreading further by stopping the wart from contacting other parts of your skin. Duct tape is made of three layers: a strong, stretchy layer that resembles a fabric; a mesh layer; and an adhesive chemical layer. The combination of strength in the upper layers and chemical adhesion in the bottom layer might be a clue to what makes duct tape work to treat warts. The duct tape adheres to the top layer of the wart. When you tear the tape off, a layer of the wart will often come off with it.
This may be less painful than remedies like freezing. Additionally, it uses fewer chemicals than over-the-counter oral treatments and is more cost-effective than laser treatment. There is research that seems to demonstrate that duct tape works better for wart treatment than other methods, such as freezing. One study claims that duct tape is 80 percent effective for speeding up the rate at which warts go away.
But almost every study that looked into the science of this treatment has had a relatively small sample size. Plantar warts , which occur on your heels or other parts of your feet, may be more resistant to these treatments because the layers of skin on your feet tend to be more difficult to remove. If you have genital warts , you should be examined by a doctor. I Accept Show Purposes. Table of Contents View All.
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