How to remove Plantar Warts

How to remove plantar warts


Plantar warts are warts that grow on the plantar surface (heel, sole, or ball) of the foot. Like most warts, plantar warts are caused by HPV (human papillomavirus). This virus is usually transmitted through small cuts or wounds on the underside of feet, by walking barefoot in public places such as gyms or swimming pool decks.
Plantar warts can be very painful, as they take on all of the body's weight. The feeling is like a very painful lump in your foot as you walk. However, the appearance of a plantar wart is not lumpy at all, contrary to warts growing on other parts of your body. A plantar wart looks like a flat, hard, dark discoloration on the sole, ball or heel of the foot. This is because plantar warts, contrary to common warts grow inwards, deep into the foot, due to the pressure of walking. Sometimes, if you look really closely, you can see either a small black core in the wart, or a series of small black spots like pinpricks. These are just blood clots, due to the location of the wart.
Plantar warts, although harmless as such, generally need to be treated, because they can be very painful, especially if they start to spread. Professional treatment includes laser surgery, cryotherapy, anti-wart medication or immunization. Common surgery is usually not advisable, because it can be even more painful for walking than the wart itself, and also because it can leave a large ugly scar under the foot.
Home remedies for plantar wart removal have proved very effective and are recognized as such by most doctors.

Home remedies for removing plantar warts


Plantar warts are painful as a result of the thickened, callus-like layer of skin which forms between the nerve bearing tissues of the underside of the foot and the ground. Consequently, relief can be found by soaking the foot in warm water for 20 minutes, in order to soften the skin and then gently scraping off the dead skin layers with a pumice stone, emery board or even a corn trimmer.
Salicylic acid, bought over the counter, is also a proven method for treating plantar warts. Again, soaking the wart in warm water to soften it before applying the solution, enhances the effectiveness of the treatment. Be careful not to overdose, or you might burn the skin using this method.
Finally, the duct tape treatment is found to be very effective for plantar warts and, yes, I assure you, is being prescribed by many specialists! Keep your warts covered with a piece of duct-tape, day and night for six out of seven days a week, for approximately six weeks.




How to prevent plantar warts
- Avoid walking around barefoot, especially in public showers or swimming pools
- Change socks and shoes every day
-Keep your feet clean and dry
-Treat any cuts or wounds on your feet

Best way to remove moles and warts

Moles and warts-can you remove them?

Warts! How disgusting! What are these horrible growths on your hands, legs, even on your face? How do you get rid of them? People stare at you in the street and everybody is trying to avoid coming into contact with you! Actually, they are not entirely to blame, because while moles are totally harmless, warts can be really contagious. They are caused by a viral infection, known as the human papillomavirus and look like small, hard cauliflower like blisters. Warts may go away on their own eventually, but this can take as long as months, or even years. They will most likely recur at some point, because once you catch the virus, you have it for life, whether you actually grow warts or not.
Moles on the other hand are not caused by a virus, and are not contagious. They are usually colored, ranging from medium brown to dark blue-black, unlike warts which are generally skin colored or whitish. Moles are skin lesions formed by a type of cells known as melanocyte. Their dark color is due to a high concentration of melanin, the same pigmenting agent which makes our skin go brown in the sun.
Introduction, Contents & Discovery ToolIntro TextTable of Contents new!Related LensesLens Intro Title Lens Description Warts! How disgusting! What are these horrible growths on your hands, legs, even on your face? How do you get rid of them? People stare at you in the street and everybody is trying to avoid coming into contact with you! Actually, they are not entirely to blame, because while moles are totally harmless, warts can be really contagious. They are caused by a viral infection, known as the human papillomavirus and look like small, hard cauliflower like blisters. Warts may go away on their own eventually, but this can take as long as months, or even years. They will most likely recur at some point, because once you catch the virus, you have it for life, whether you actually grow warts or not.
Moles on the other hand are not caused by a virus, and are not contagious. They are usually colored, ranging from medium brown to dark blue-black, unlike warts which are generally skin colored or whitish. Moles are skin lesions formed by a type of cells known as melanocyte. Their dark color is due to a high concentration of melanin, the same pigmenting agent which makes our skin go brown in the sun.
What is the best way to get rid of warts?


What is the best way to get rid of warts?

There are many, many methods to remove warts, either at home or professionally. Professional methods are obviously more expensive and not always more effective than home-based ones. Methods used by professional dermatologists typically include electrocauterization, laser surgery or simply cutting off the wart with a scalpel. If you decide to treat your warts at home, you should be prepared for a fairly long-term procedure. It can take months, even years for warts to disapear completely, and even then it is possible that they might re-occur in the future. Below you can find some of the most popular and effective home remedies for wart removal. Cleanliness and dilligence is the first moto!


Best home remedies for wart removal

The duct tape method is probably the most effective home based method for removing warts. Even medical specialists recognize its effectiveness.
The banana peel method is very similar to the duct tape method, except that you use banana peel instead of duct tape. Simply apply the inside of a banana peel over the wart and stick it on. Every day rub the wart with a rough instrument, such as a pumice stone or emery board, wash it with soap and water and dab it with alcohol. Let it dry, then apply a new piece of banana peel. Follow this procedure for a week, and you should see the wart gradually grow softer and smaller, until it eventually disapears. You can speed up the treatment by applying a drop of grapefruit, papaya or pineapple extract before you cover the wart with banana peel.
The apple cider method is also considered quite effective and consists of rubbing the wart with apple cider and covering with a bandage, for at least one hour per day, until the wart goes away.
Crushed garlic may be used to cover the wart, then bandage it, for seven nights.
The raw potato method consists of rubbing a piece of raw potato (skin side out) on the wart, several times per day, for a few weeks.

What about removing moles?

Moles are an entirely different story from warts. Apart from the fact that they are caused by a virus and are definitely contagious, warts are totally harmless. In the case of moles however, there is always a possibility, however remote, that they may be, or may evolve into cancerous growths. I would strongly recommend that you have your moles inspected and removed by a qaulified dermatologist rather than attempt to remove them on your own. At the very least, before you do try any natural method for treating them, you should be absolutely sure that they are not malignent.

Natural removal of skin tags

What are skin tags?

Skin tags are small skin growths like soft fleshy flaps. They are skin colored or slightly darker and they sometimes hang from the skin held by a small fleshy stalk. Skin tags are fairly common and unlike warts, they are not caused by a viral infection and are not contagious.

The specific causes of skin tags are largely unknown, but it is generally aknowledged that they grow on regions of the body where skin regularly rubs on skin or clothes, such as armpits, neck, groin and eyelids. Obese or even slightly overweight people are also more prone to skin tags than others.

As skin tags are totally harmless and non contagious, there is no need to remove them if they do not bother you. Sometimes, skin tags can be annoying however, as they may get snagged in zippers, jewellery, pet claws etc, or shaved off while shaving for example. This may cause pain, bleeding, swelling or minor infections. Also, skin tags on the eyelids may sometimes interfere with seeing properly. In such cases, it is best to consider removing them.
Skin tags are small skin growths like soft fleshy flaps. They are skin colored or slightly darker and they sometimes hang from the skin held by a small fleshy stalk. Skin tags are fairly common and unlike warts, they are not caused by a viral infection and are not contagious.

The specific causes of skin tags are largely unknown, but it is generally aknowledged that they grow on regions of the body where skin regularly rubs on skin or clothes, such as armpits, neck, groin and eyelids. Obese or even slightly overweight people are also more prone to skin tags than others.

As skin tags are totally harmless and non contagious, there is no need to remove them if they do not bother you. Sometimes, skin tags can be annoying however, as they may get snagged in zippers, jewellery, pet claws etc, or shaved off while shaving for example. This may cause pain, bleeding, swelling or minor infections. Also, skin tags on the eyelids may sometimes interfere with seeing properly. In such cases, it is best to consider removing them.


How can you remove skin tags?

You can have your skin tags removed professionally, by a dermatologist. who will usually remove them surgically, using a scalpel, or electrocautery (an electric needle to cauterize them), or laser. However, skin tags are really easy to remove at home, by yourself, in a totally natural way, using one of the methods described below.

Before you try removing your skin tags on your own however, you should start by making absolutely sure that your skin growths are actually skin tags and not something else, such as warts or moles. If you are unsure as to how to identify them, it would be best to visit a specialist. Also, I would strongly suggest that you do not try to remove skin tags that grow on your face or eyelids. You could cause scarring, and you don't want to do this in such a visible place.



Remove skin tags naturally

The easiest and most straightforward way to get rid of skin tags is to cut them off, using a pair of scisors with sharp blades or a nail clipper. The smaller the skin tags, the easier and less painful this is to do. For larger skin tags, you may want to numb them somehow, before cutting them off, eg by applying some sort of local anesthaetic or an ice cube, at the very least. Make sure you disinfect the area around the skin tag and sterilize your equipment before performing your home operation, eg by rubbing it with alcohol or passing it through a flame.
Another way is to cut off the blood supply to the skin tag, by tying a piece of thread or dental floss around the "stalk" for a few days, until it dries up and falls off.
After removing your skin tag, disinfect the area around it to prevent any infections. You may notice a little bleeding or irritation after removal, but this is normal and should go away soon if you have done everything properly.

Removing moles and skin tags

Removing moles

Moles are tricky, as they are the most likely out of the three types of skin growths examined here to be or develop into cancerous growths. Before you attempt any sort of home treatment to remove skin moles, you should be 100% sure that they are not cancerous. Never, ever, ever attempt to remove a cancerous mole on your own. You can have your moles removed by surgery, but there is one problem with this option: if the moles are not cancerous, their removal is generally considered cosmetic surgery. As a consequence, most insurance packages will refuse to cover the cost of the operation. Mole removal surgery is quite expensive and if you have a large number of moles that you would like removed, this could turn out to be a rather expensive choice.

There is a number of home remedies you could try to remove moles. Be careful with moles on your face though. You could cause scars which might even be worse looking than the mole itself!

Sour apple juice Take the juice of a sour apple and dab your mole three times daily for approximately three weeks. Eventually, the mole will become lighter in color and disappear.

Baking soda and caster oil Mix the two ingredients together until you have a paste. Apply this on your mole every night before going to bed and wash it off in the morning with soap and warm water. Repeat this process for a few days and you should see your mole shrink and eventually disappear.

Onion juice Apply the juice to your mole every day for a couple of weeks.

Apple cider vinegar Apply some to your mole,and cover with a clean bandage overnight. In the morning, wash your mole with warm soapy water and let dry. Repeat for around ten days, until the mole falls off.
Text module Give your module a title Titles can only be one line, so keep it short Give your module a subtitle (optional) Enter your text below. (optional) Moles are tricky, as they are the most likely out of the three types of skin growths examined here to be or develop into cancerous growths. Before you attempt any sort of home treatment to remove skin moles, you should be 100% sure that they are not cancerous. Never, ever, ever attempt to remove a cancerous mole on your own. You can have your moles removed by surgery, but there is one problem with this option: if the moles are not cancerous, their removal is generally considered cosmetic surgery. As a consequence, most insurance packages will refuse to cover the cost of the operation. Mole removal surgery is quite expensive and if you have a large number of moles that you would like removed, this could turn out to be a rather expensive choice.

There is a number of home remedies you could try to remove moles. Be careful with moles on your face though. You could cause scars which might even be worse looking than the mole itself!

Sour apple juice Take the juice of a sour apple and dab your mole three times daily for approximately three weeks. Eventually, the mole will become lighter in color and disappear.

Baking soda and caster oil Mix the two ingredients together until you have a paste. Apply this on your mole every night before going to bed and wash it off in the morning with soap and warm water. Repeat this process for a few days and you should see your mole shrink and eventually disappear.

Onion juice Apply the juice to your mole every day for a couple of weeks.

Apple cider vinegar Apply some to your mole,and cover with a clean bandage overnight. In the morning, wash your mole with warm soapy water and let dry. Repeat for around ten days, until the mole falls off. characters used (10,000 limit)

Removing Skin Tags

Removing skin tags at home is very easy and relatively painless, depending on their size. Removing a skin tag will not cause more to grow. Skin tags are generally caused by skin rubbing on skin, so there is no correlation between removing a skin tag and others growing in its place. Eventually, skin tags, especially small ones, will fall off on their own, especially if their stalk is twisted or snagged, thus cutting off the blood supply to the skin tag. Also, contrary to moles, it is Ok to shave off a skin tag by mistake!

Removing warts

Warts can be removed professionally, through surgery, laser surgery, electrocauterization or cryotherapy. However, if you have a lot of warts or if they tend to reoccur often, this may prove to be a very expensive option.
There are many home remedies which have proved extremely effective for removing warts. However, you should never attempt to treat genital warts on your own, as you may cause harm to your genital area by doing so, and you should be extremely careful in treating warts on your face, because you could cause scarring.
The best way to avoid warts is prevention. Unfortunately, once you have the virus that causes warts, you can never get rid of it. It will tend to resurface whenever your immune system is compromised. In order to prevent warts, you should improve your immune system. Secondly, since warts are contagious, you should take care to avoid touching your warts, since this could transfer them to other parts of your body, you should avoid touching other peoples' warts and you should not share personal belongings such as towels or shoes with other people.


Text module Give your module a title Titles can only be one line, so keep it short Give your module a subtitle (optional) Enter your text below. (optional) Warts can be removed professionally, through surgery, laser surgery, electrocauterization or cryotherapy. However, if you have a lot of warts or if they tend to reoccur often, this may prove to be a very expensive option.
There are many home remedies which have proved extremely effective for removing warts. However, you should never attempt to treat genital warts on your own, as you may cause harm to your genital area by doing so, and you should be extremely careful in treating warts on your face, because you could cause scarring.
The best way to avoid warts is prevention. Unfortunately, once you have the virus that causes warts, you can never get rid of it. It will tend to resurface whenever your immune system is compromised. In order to prevent warts, you should improve your immune system. Secondly, since warts are contagious, you should take care to avoid touching your warts, since this could transfer them to other parts of your body, you should avoid touching other peoples' warts and you should not share personal belongings such as towels or shoes with other people.

Duct tape to remove warts?

Ok, I know that you are probably thinking this is another web scam, tricking you into doing or buying something absolutely worthless, but please, just wait a second before you navigate away from this lens, in your quest for a "serious" way to remove warts at home. I assure you that unbeliavable as it may seem, duct tape has been found to be more effective in wart removal than most other home based methods, even some professional-medical methods such as cryotherapy (freezing the wart using liquid nitrogen)!

As a large number of people claimed that duct tape was highly successful in removing warts at home, a group of researchers headed by Dr Dean Focht of Cincinati Children's Hospital Medical Center decided to conduct a study, at the Madigan Army Medical Center. The research study initially involved 61 patients aged 3 to 22 years, although only 51 out of them completed the experiment. Results showed that out of 26 patients treated with duct tape, 85% succeeded in getting rid of their warts, while the corresponding success ratio in 25 patients treated with cryotherapy, was just 60%! Impressive wouldn't you say?
Introduction, Contents & Discovery ToolIntro TextTable of Contents new!Related LensesLens Intro Title Lens Description Ok, I know that you are probably thinking this is another web scam, tricking you into doing or buying something absolutely worthless, but please, just wait a second before you navigate away from this lens, in your quest for a "serious" way to remove warts at home. I assure you that unbeliavable as it may seem, duct tape has been found to be more effective in wart removal than most other home based methods, even some professional-medical methods such as cryotherapy (freezing the wart using liquid nitrogen)!

As a large number of people claimed that duct tape was highly successful in removing warts at home, a group of researchers headed by Dr Dean Focht of Cincinati Children's Hospital Medical Center decided to conduct a study, at the Madigan Army Medical Center. The research study initially involved 61 patients aged 3 to 22 years, although only 51 out of them completed the experiment. Results showed that out of 26 patients treated with duct tape, 85% succeeded in getting rid of their warts, while the corresponding success ratio in 25 patients treated with cryotherapy, was just 60%! Impressive wouldn't you say?

How do you remove warts using duct tape?

There are two ways to use duct tape for removing warts at home.



Method # 1: Cut off a length of duct tape sufficient to cover the wart and some of the surrounding area. Stick it on and leave in place for six days. On the seventh day, take off the tape and soak the wart in warm water until soft. Use something rough such as a pumice stone to scrape the wart. Leave the area to dry overnight and the next morning cover it with a new length of duct tape for another six days. Repeat this procedure until the wart has been eliminated. Depending on the size, hardness and age of the wart, the whole process could take from a couple of weeks to a few months.

Method # 2 Start by applying some salicylic acid to your wart, before going to bed at night. Salicylic acid softens the skin and facilitates dead cell removal. You can easilly buy it over the counter. Let it dry for a couple of minutes and then apply a piece of duct tape over the affected area. Next morning, take the tape off and repeat the whole process. You should do this every day until the wart has been eliminated.



An important tip for success!

Make sure you buy the heavy duty silver grey duct tape. It has been reported that for some reason (maybe because it has a thicker layer of adhesive) it is more effective for wart removal that the transparent or multi-colored kinds!

How does duct tape work?

There are two theories as to how duct tape works to remove warts:
•The duct tape abrades the skin, facilitating the removal of dead cells, thus gradually removing the wart in the process.
•The duct tape irritates the wart, thus somehow activating the immune system to attack the virus that causes the growths.

How can you remove moles, skin tags and warts?

The first step to removing warts, moles and skin tags is to identify them. Although we may be confused into thinking that all these horrid embarrassing growths on our face or body are more or less the same, the truth is that warts, moles and skin tags have very different causes and should be dealt with in different ways.
Warts are small lumpy growths, almost like a cauliflower in shape and texture. They typically grow on fingers or toes, hands, feet or legs, but can be found anywhere on the body. There are almost 10 varieties of warts, including common warts, flat warts, plantar warts and genital warts. Although harmless, warts are caused by a viral infection and are contagious. They can also be quite embarrassing, and painful, since they may get irritated and bleed, depending on which part of your body you have them.
Moles are usually hereditary. They are not contagious and are not caused by any sort of virus. There is no reason to remove them, unless they tend to get irritated and bleed as a result of rubbing on clothes or interfering with your daily routine such as shaving. Naturally, some moles can be really ugly and hairy and if they grow on your face or other visible part of your body, you may wish to remove them for cosmetic reasons.There are ... main differences between moles and warts:
- Warts are generally skin colored and rough in texture, while moles are almost always darker (medium brown to blue-black) and smoother.
- There may be hair growing out of moles while warts are almost always hairless.
-Warts may look shiny sometimes, while moles have the appearance and texture of normal skin.
-Warts may disapear on the own eventually, while moles can only be eliminated through surgery or specific treatment.
-Warts can be quite painful, contrary to moles.
Skin tags are neither warts nor moles. They are generally not contagious, unlike warts and almost never develop into cancerous growths, unlike moles. They are not caused by viral infections, and are believed to be the result of skin rubbing constantly on skin or other surfaces such as clothes or jewellery. Skin tags are probably the most harmless of all three kinds of skin lesions and there is no reason to remove them, unless they bother you for cosmetic reasons or by getting irritated and bleeding.
As warts, moles and skin tags may sometimes look similar to an untrained eye, it is very importnat to ask for a professional diagnosis before you attempt any sort of treatment on your own.