i have a huge one on my arm, the freeze off shit at the store didnt work so now im thinking razorblade + dr scholls

11/28/2007 2:05:16 PM

First!

11/28/2007 2:06:11 PM

You know what would work best? Go to the doctor and have them do it.

11/28/2007 2:06:37 PM

my question is, what is the best long term solution..^ yeah i know that is but there isnt time in my schedule right now and its just one pesky wart

[Edited on November 28, 2007 at 2:07 PM. Reason : .]

11/28/2007 2:06:42 PM

I had one on my finger for a long time. I'd cut it off and put salicylic acid in the wound, but it kept growing back. Dry ice it or go to a dermatologist for the liq. nitrogen.

... or burn it off with a lighter if you're feeling bold.

11/28/2007 2:07:54 PM

just nom it off

11/28/2007 2:07:59 PM

let the dermatologist freeze that sucker

sometimes it takes more than one or two trips

I had one that was about the size of a pencil eraser on my right index finger. It took 3 or 4 trips to freeze it off. That was a really painful ordeal.

11/28/2007 2:08:14 PM

^ yea mine is the same size as that

11/28/2007 2:08:46 PM

it's a virus. Sometimes they come right back, sometimes you won't see them for years.

I just go to the doctor, they numb it and cut it off, pay the $15 co-pay and be done with it. Heals up in a few weeks and you're good to go.

If you just use the over the counter stuff chances are you're not getting 100% of it out, which means they'll grow back within a month or so. The Doc cuts out like a half-marble sized area and gets it and all it's roots.

Ya, the freezing and the acid both SUCK. Sometimes takes 2-3 treatments, hurts like a $(*&%($* and you don't get any pain meds (although if it's cut off you really don't need them, just an aspirin or something.)

[Edited on November 28, 2007 at 2:10 PM. Reason : add]

11/28/2007 2:08:54 PM

you could also try those wart-a-ma-drops. like you paint it on the wart and eventually it falls off. don't know if it works for huge warts though

11/28/2007 2:09:21 PM

salicylic acid ^ did not work for mine.

i think the technical term for the cutting is called "pruning"

They froze mine the first visit. The skin died. When i went back each time they pruned it AND froze it.

[Edited on November 28, 2007 at 2:11 PM. Reason : ...]

11/28/2007 2:10:30 PM

finger warts suck, the arm one won't hurt much to get removed

11/28/2007 2:11:01 PM

Quote :

"..^ yeah i know that is but there isnt time in my schedule right now and its just one pesky wart "

just make time for it - you know you can, and it'll be worth it

11/28/2007 2:12:16 PM

hahaha youre seriously right i just really dont wanna make time for it, guess i have to.......does the student health center do the freeze off thang

11/28/2007 2:13:00 PM

Cutting/making it bleed will make it spread. I had two on my thumb one time. I went to the derm and she gave me pills that people with genital warts take and I had no warts within a week. It gets rid of the virus that floats in your body than just topical junk so you will have no more.

11/28/2007 2:13:07 PM

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"gets it and all it's roots"

haha, a wart isn't a tree, it doesn't have any damned roots

[Edited on November 28, 2007 at 2:14 PM. Reason : &]

11/28/2007 2:13:41 PM

^

Quote :

"There are no roots. If you see roots when you remove a wart it probably means that you didn't get it all the first time and need to go back for more of the wart."

Well now I know. Thx!



Those are just blood vessels - I call them (erroneously) 'roots'


[Edited on November 28, 2007 at 2:28 PM. Reason : pic]

11/28/2007 2:27:05 PM

fuck you for making me look at that

11/28/2007 2:29:52 PM

^whats wrong with that? It's just a wart...

11/28/2007 2:30:44 PM

i'd rather watch 2girls1cup than glance at that picture again

11/28/2007 2:32:20 PM

nice pic, but a little too much on the close up

11/28/2007 2:32:52 PM

11/28/2007 2:33:37 PM

yea, sorry bout the close up - it's just a direct link from the doc's website.

11/28/2007 2:35:11 PM

i just gouge mine out with a razor blade, hurts like hell, but it gets rid of em, cut around the edge, then rip the whole thing out

11/28/2007 2:54:38 PM

^interesting... I just can't bring myself to do it when I can pay $15 and get it done with the numbing stuff.

Do you sanitize the blade with alcohol or lighter?

11/28/2007 2:59:26 PM

sanitize?


as many cuts and wounds that i get, i never get a damn infection, so much blood comes out, the bacteria cant get in

11/28/2007 3:13:06 PM

that's some good civil war mentality right there

i think i had a wart on my thumb when i was younger...i chewed it off

11/28/2007 3:15:28 PM

^^ if you cut it right it should bleed very little. use an xacto with a new blade. cuts flesh like butter.

11/28/2007 3:16:32 PM

^^I've heard of this chewing off... any other confirmations of success?

11/28/2007 3:29:26 PM

^^ utiily knife ftw, and big ones have a lot of blood vessels, they will gush

11/28/2007 3:32:36 PM

^ as we can clearly see from the pic

11/28/2007 3:38:32 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wart

11/28/2007 5:28:06 PM

yeah i might just drink alot tonight and take matters into my own hands


its more fun that way anyway

11/28/2007 6:10:39 PM

i'll cut it out for you

[Edited on November 28, 2007 at 6:31 PM. Reason : not really; i ain't touchin' it]

11/28/2007 6:29:39 PM

i used to have a big one on my knee. get a garlic clove, cut up a piece into little bits, put it under a band aid. it will take the wart layers off and end up killing it. takes a little while, but works. you can take garlic pills also.

11/28/2007 10:44:50 PM

I swear do what I say and you will not have another

11/28/2007 10:50:59 PM

cut a potato in half, rub the wart with the two raw ends. rubber band the halves back together, and bury it somewhere.

OR, rub a penny and the wart, find a witch, have her bury the penny.

11/28/2007 10:53:00 PM

i actually had 2 that were about the size of an eraser but i took care of them last night

12/4/2007 10:10:12 AM

yikes.

12/4/2007 10:35:26 AM

Duck Tape all the way.

12/4/2007 11:10:25 AM