Best cure for verruca removal

[The jiffle king]

I've got a couple of stubborn verruca's on my foot which are stopping me doing as much sport as I would like/

Anyone found a great solution? I've seen lots of adverts for natural oils which get rave reviews but real world experience is always better if anyone has a pearl of wisdom

Thanks

[QJumper]

I'm sure there are much better methods today but, many years ago, as a kid I had verrucas. Two of the methods I remember being used were some kind of blowtorch, and dry ice.

[The jiffle king]

I'm hoping things have moved on from then and was really looking for a cream recommendation if there is one

[blue_haddock]

The jiffle king said:

I'm hoping things have moved on from then and was really looking for a cream recommendation if there is one

My solution back in the day was an ice cube and a scalpel.

Not pretty but it didnt come back

[dbryder]

A tiny piece of duct tape covered with micropore worked for me, where no chemicals did. It took a while though.

[Juan B]

As a kid I remember having a couple that would not go away for like a year or more. I think eventually some kind of antiseptic tape/ sealed plaster thing done the trick.

[ChevronB19]

dbryder said:

A tiny piece of duct tape covered with micropore worked for me, where no chemicals did. It took a while though.

This. My mum was a chiropodist, so used to slice the swines out, but what she always recommended to people too scared of that was duct/tank/elephant tape. I did it myself and it works.

[The jiffle king]

Thanks, I think I'll try the tape option rather than cutting it out

[bangerhoarder]

Salicylic acid containing gels should work. Can take a long time to really work deep into where the virus is actually embedded, but in the meantime the dead area above it should be much less painful.

Bath/shower, apply, remove dead skin, repeat.

[mrtomsv]

Keep it soaked in apple cider vinegar using a small cotton swab and tape. Any similar strength acid will probably work, but the internet loves the magical properties of ACV.

It works very quickly if you keep it wet the whole time for a few days. The first 1 or 2 days won’t seem like anything’s happening, but day 3 or 4 it will swell up and become a bit painful. Just when you’re getting sick of the pain on day 4 or 5 ish, it will suddenly stop hurting as the nerves are dead. After that it can be fairly easily removed, leaving a crater behind. I’ve found at this stage it’s pretty important to go back to keeping it soaked in ACV for at least a few more days to stop any virus traces from forming a new wart.

I’ve used this method maybe 10 times since teenage, 40 now, never failed!

[beedj]

I had two on the ball of my right foot for over 10 years, and tried all of the suggestions above, and others. I got used to putting up with them and good at managing the hard skin with a scalpel, but the root cause remained, until… last year I heard about 'Swift Treatment'

I was sceptical but thought I’d try it - and incredibly both verrucas were gone 8 weeks later after just two treatments (c.£60-70 per treatment as I recall). Treatment was quite painful but totally worth it after suffering for >10 years!

[craigjm]

Try bazooka first and if that doesn’t work get their frozen and removed

[DaffyT4]

+1 for the apple cider vinegar. I tried everything else and was reluctant to believe the internet but it worked! Soak a bit of cotton wool and secure it in place with a large plaster, replace daily. Might need a couple of weeks.

[Squadrone Rosso]

Freeze it with lighter gas, carve it out with a sharp Swiss Army Knife (after cleaning it).

It’s been a while since I’ve done that but works for Corns too.

[addey]

I had a monster veruca that hung around for years, eventually reaching the point that I could literally feel it going all the way through my foot to the bone! Tried bazooka and some other treatment and neither did anything. Having read somewhere that you needed to basically "aggravate" the veruca to get your body to react and get rid of it, this is what I did:

- soaked my foot in the bath and used a pumice stone thing to scrape off any dead skin
- dried my foot then used a needle to jab the veruca repeatedly
- poured some vinegar into a bowl and soaked the veruca for about 10mins

Did this 2 or 3 times a week for a couple of weeks and it was gone. Be aware different vinegars have different acidity levels, higher is better!

[NorthDave]

Also a fan of the vinegar method. I tried everything available over the counter and nothing worked.

I bought some vinegar in bulk and soaked my feet a couple of times. The verruca turned black and fell off - painless and efficient!

[Dave Hedgehog]

this worked well for me

https://www.bazuka.co.uk/treat/extra-strength-trea...

[Lotobear]

Silver nitrate - though Mrs Loto (a retired NHS podiatrist) always used to say they will go away on their own left long enough

[Cotty]

The jiffle king said:

I'm hoping things have moved on from then and was really looking for a cream recommendation if there is one

I had them frozen out as a kid, bloody painful to get the big ones

A quick look on the NHS website suggests that its still an option "freezing the verruca using liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy)"
But creams, plasters and sprays from pharmacies is probably you first choice
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/warts-and-verrucas/

[Slow.Patrol]

My Mum made me wee in a bowl and I had to soak my foot for 15 minutes everyday.

It was gone in a week.

Ever since I have peed in the shower and then puddled for a few seconds before turning on the shower.

I've not had a verruca or athletes foot since.

If you look at a lot of antifungal and verruca creams, the chief ingredient is urea.