How To Get Rid Of Plantar Warts

Highly touted for it's vast array of healing properties, this all natural substance produced by Honey Bees to protect the hive has been successful in curing plantar warts for some.

Make sure you purchase the extract (as shown below) and not the capsules. Simply apply this sticky, pasty substance to the wart and allow to dry. You can use a hair dryer to speed the process if desired. Cover with a bandage or gauze and tape. When we first started using bee propolis we saw some rapid progress, but then the growth of the wart took over.

Many others have said that bee propolis worked extremely well for plantar warts. Healing times will vary and like in our case, was not successful even though we still use Bee Propolis for a host of other applications with great success.

This method has been used with success by some sufferers of plantar warts.

Simply soak the affected area 20 to 30 minutes per day in Apple Cider Vinegar. Then soak an appropriately sized piece of gauze in ACV and tape to the wart, preferably before bedtime so the bandage remains in place.

Healing times vary according to each individual case and for some, this method is ineffective.

We successfully use ACV for a plethora of applications and did try it on my husbands plantar wart, but sadly with limited success.

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Curing plantars warts with duct tape has been successfully accomplished by many who suffer from these warts. We tried it and had some success, particularly when we applied Tea Tree Oil and then covered the wart with duct tape.

Unfortunately, the wart came back, resurfacing in the form of several new warts, bigger and badder than ever. This was tremendously discouraging after fighting the one big wart for so very long and thinking we had finally won the battle.

However this is just our story. Many others have seen success with using duct tape to remove a plantars wart.

Some people have claimed that by using finger nail polish to smother the plantar wart, it begins to fade away after a time, eventually going away.

We didn't try this method, so can't speak from experience, but others have seen success with using finger nail polish to remove a plantar wart.

I am happy to say that other than a mild and brief experience with a plantar wart in middle school many, many years ago, I've not been afflicted by this villain.

Unfortunately, my husband can't say the same. He suffered from a PW for five or six months. He describes the pain as excruciating and from what I observed from him, he wasn't embellishing one bit. He had a PW on the heal of his foot that grew to about the size of quarter. Never one to run to the doctor, we began trying different over the counter treatments and quickly abandoned those for a variety of home remedies.

After several different attempts at killing the wart, he was finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel by using the Duct Tape method along with a poultice of Tea Tree Oil and baking soda. The pain was all but gone and the wart was beginning to subside.

Just when he was beginning to feel he had turned the corner, out of nowhere five new warts appeared to the left and the right of the original wart. He claimed the pain was much worse with these new wart and from his discomfort and facial expressions, it was obvious he was in agony. I almost cried just by watching him. He was just beginning a badly needed vacation and had planned to take it easy and relax for that week. Instead he was miserable. Not only was the pain making his life challenging, just thinking about the set back of more warts was enough to send anyone over the edge.

After a few days of misery, I got to thinking about new cures to try. He really didn't want to visit a doctor and suffer invasive methods that might or might not work. That's when a light bulb went off about using essential oils synergistically. I remembered reading that when you combine the appropriate essential oils together, their properties draw off each others strengths to become more powerful and effective.

I felt we had nothing to lose and everything to gain by trying this so I came up with the following blend. The relief from the pain, according to my husband was immediate. Within a week the warts began to shrink, the pain was gone and the dead skin began to peel off bringing out new healthy skin. After two weeks, the area where multiple warts had previously resided was a non issue, but we still applied the synergistic blend each night before bedtime. We were a little apprehensive about a recurrence after the last episode so we continued to apply the blend for a total of eight weeks. Finally after almost six months we were relieved and elated to say no more plantar warts!

Here's another home remedy I've heard of, but not tried. Take a banana peel and apply it to the plantar wart. If necessary, tape it to the affected area.

You can also try using a potato instead of the banana peel.

Others have seen success with both of these methods.

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After spending hours on the Internet reading and trying various remedies, I believe there probably isn't one definite fix for every single sufferer of the nasty warts. I think that everyone is different and sometimes it's a matter of finding the right cure to eliminate the warts for good.

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