Wart

[EMC45]

Had a few when I was a kid. Bit them off or dug them out with a pocket knife. Had one on the tip of my middle finger while I was in Haiti with the Navy. Used a mini pair of pliers to pull it out. Kept scraping it off and it kept coming back. Not until I got the root out did it go away for good. My daughter has one right in the middle of her palm. She dug at it and it went away. Came back in about a month. Need to get to the root.

[starbits]

When I was a teenager, long long ago, I removed a couple warts by heating the head of a pin red hot and burning the wart out. No nerves in the wart so just stink and sizzle at first. However getting the root was not fun. Wouldn't recommend it, but it was fast and effective.

Starbits

[Blacksmith]

Had one burned off my foot as a kid the doc used something like a soldering iron but he numbed it first wasn't bad. Had one on my thumb a few years ago and that one I dug out myself. I sure wish I had known about stump water instead.

[JeffinNZ]

I started with the salicylic acid last evening. Will keep on it.

Have lots of 'dry ice' at work. Might be worth a crack if nothing else.

The black powder is looking attractive!

[dagger dog]

Jeff,

I wonder if you should use FFFFg FFFg FFg Cannon or Cartridge, or maybe Swiss 'cause it doesn't foul as bad ? I wouldn't reccommend Pyrodex if you're around a lot of water, might get some corrosion around the toenails !

Mods you can move this to the BPC or ML forum if needed!

[376Steyr]

Maybe it was just a coincidence, but this worked for me once as a kid: Paint the top of the wart with nail polish. This cuts off the air to the wart. Maintain the coating for about two weeks, until the wart scabs over, and then peel the polish and wart off, which leaves a small divot in the skin. It has the advantage of not being painful or overly dangerous.

[Plate plinker]

Stay away from freezing. It's ineffective and painful. Burn it or try to asphxiate the thing.

[firefly1957]

Jeff i have had two warts in my life i tried everything above except the laser and xrays what eventually worked was the sap from a milkweed plant if i remember correctly i put it on twice a day and covered with a bandage. This cure came from either Paul Harvey or a news paper article.

[Flinchrock]

I just grab them with pliers and cut them off with a razor. Had a planters on my foot that felt like I was pulling it out all the way to my knee. That one hurt real bad!

That's what I do, I use my "made from a straight razor" patch knife.

[geargnasher]

Sounds like a plantar wart, I'd follow Scottiemom and Mk42gunner's advice. Those things are shaped like corkscrews and go very deep, the topical stuff isn't going to do much good.

Gear

[GaryN]

I had a plantars wart in the arch of my foot when I was little. It was about a half an inch across. The doctor cut it out with a knife after he deadened my foot. Didn't feel too bad after the shot. I did have a large divit in my foot for a while until it healed.