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[goldensrbest]

I have one on my foot,anyone ever had one?

[itsmagic]

Yes when I was a teen I had one and at that time they cut it out. When my daughter was a teen and had one the dermatologist put acid on it over the course of several appointments.  

[lulu2]

My sister had one when we were kids.  I remember endless trips to the doctor with acid peels.

I have a friend who had one a few years  ago.  She went to a podiatrist and it still took numerous trips.

[Krimpette]

I remember (not so fondly!) those acid treatments when I had this malady as a child.  Not fun!

[Jacie]

I did, back in the 6th grade. Used Duo Film on it and it came out eventually. Never to return!

The palmer warts I got on my fingers were burned out.

[colliegirls]

Yes, I have, more than once.  All i can say is, no matter what you do, it takes a long time for it to go away completely.

[SeaMaiden]

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@goldensrbest wrote:

I have one on my foot,anyone ever had one?

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@goldensrbest  Yes. I had on on the instep of my right foot. I was about 10. I guess I had pain when I walked on it.....can not remember all the details.   The doctor did some kind of freezing it and burning it off and out.  They tend to go deep and have roots....if you do not get it all out it could grow back....and if you leave it, they tend to spread.  It only hurts a small amount when they remove it...they numb it up real good. 

[Tinkrbl44]

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@SeaMaiden wrote:

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@goldensrbest wrote:

I have one on my foot,anyone ever had one?

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@goldensrbest  Yes. I had on on the instep of my right foot. I was about 10. I guess I had pain when I walked on it.....can not remember all the details.   The doctor did some kind of freezing it and burning it off and out.  They tend to go deep and have roots....if you do not get it all out it could grow back....and if you leave it, they tend to spread.  It only hurts a small amount when they remove it...they numb it up real good. 

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@SeaMaiden

Yikes .....   I didn't know they have roots ....  do you happen to know what caused them?

[Scooby Doo]

I've had several in my life.  My advice is to go to a foot doctor and get it taken care of as soon as possible.  They don't go away by themselves and they grow deeper into your foot and that makes it more difficult to remove.

The last one I had took several treatments and got to be very painful to walk.

The over the counter stuff doesn't get to the root and it will grow back.

These warts are a virus in your body and they can be spread to others in your home.  You should wear socks and don't go barefoot until it's taken care of.

[mistriTsquirrel]

I tried lots of things to get rid of mine at home.  I probably spent at least $100 on freezing kits, tried various salicylic acids for wart removal, tried the duct tape method, super glue, I can't remember what else.

The only thing that worked was apple cider vinegar.

I used apple cider vinegar, soaked a piece of cotton a little bigger than the wart, squeezed the excess vinegar out of the cotton and taped the cotton over the wart using waterproof first aid tape.  I would do this in the evening.  Then I would remove it in the morning so that I could put my work shoes on and go off to work.  (If I had a day off, I'd just leave it on.)  The next night I'd scratch away the dead surface cells with tweezers and repeat the same process with the vinegar.  Eventually the vinegar ate down to the roots and killed them.  There was some discomfort while I was doing this, but it wasn't like I had to take a pain reliever or anything.  I knew I'd gotten to the roots when I saw what looked like little dark slivers or threads under my skin.  Once I was able to scratch the dead roots out of my skin (using tweezers), I knew I was done.

My foot looked gross over the course of treatment (pits where the ACV had been applied, and white and yellow skin around the area, from the ACV).  However, my foot has healed nicely, and you cannot tell I ever had any plantar warts.

@goldensrbest