29 ways to get rid of warts
1. Grey duct tape
You can simply cover your warts with grey or silver duct tape to kill your warts by suffocating them!
Black electrical tape or gorilla tape will probably work just as well but…
- Grey duct tape was used in studies where using tape was successful at getting rid of warts &…
- Clear tape was used in unsuccessful studies but…
When using duct tape to get rid of warts…
- You'll keep your warts covered up for as long as you can for at least 6 days and then…
- You'll remove the duct tape, soak the wart in water and then…
- You'll file it down with a nail file, emery board or pumice stone and then…
- You'll leave whatever is left of the wart uncovered for about 1-to-2 days and then…
- You'll repeat this process until the wart is gone.
Tip: You can also place Salicylic Acid on the wart before you put duct tape over the wart to get that extra wart killing power!
2. Go bananas
Warts are partly caused by you being low in potassium so basically that means by simply eating bananas and other foods high in potassium you can get rid of warts within 2 weeks plus…
- Increasing your intake of potassium will limit the chances of your warts coming back after you've gotten rid of them and…
- You can also rub banana peels or potatoes (another food high in potassium) directly on your warts and…
- Some people have even gone as far as crushing and rubbing potassium pills
on their warts.
3. Apple Cider Vinegar
The main reason why Apple Cider Vinegar
You can make a foot bath soaking your feet in the apple cider vinegar to quickly get rid of those stubborn plantar warts or the warts on your feet and for any other warts…
Dab a cotton ball with apple cider vinegar and then use some waterproof medical tape (that is about 1 inch thick) to tape it to the wart.
4. L-Lysine
Just like potassium, L-Lysine
Taking L-lysine supplements or eating more foods that are high in L-Lysine like tuna, salmon, beef, chicken & yogurt will help to both prevent and get rid of warts.
5. Take immune boosting herbs
You can take immune boosting herbs like Astragalus
6. Basil
You can tape crushed basil to your warts using waterproof tape, medical tape or cover it with a bandage and you'll want to keep doing this everyday for at least 1-to-2 weeks until the wart is gone.
Basil works because it has several antiviral compounds that will kill off the wart.
7. Aloe
Take the juice from an aloe vera plant and apply it to your warts. The malic acid contained in the Aloe will get rid of the warts.
Once you've placed the aloe juice on your wart, cover it with a bandage and do this daily until your wart is gone.
8. Get more Zinc
Taking 600mg of zinc
Once your immune system function has improved thru the use of more zinc in your diet you are less likely to have the warts come back.
9. Garlic
In all the successful studies done on wart removal using garlic…
- It's been proven that you get the fastest results by applying the garlic oil or extract directly on your wart covered up with a bandage overnight to remove the wart within 1-to-2 weeks but…
- If you apply the raw garlic itself or the oil you should be able to completely remove your wart within 2-to-6 weeks because of the antiviral, antibacterial & antifungal properties in garlic and…
- You can also just simply eat garlic or take garlic capsules to fight off warts.
10. Castor Oil
Castor Oil
11. Lemon Oil
Lemon oil is a disinfectant that will help kill the HPV virus causing warts plus…
Lemon oil has a high concentration of d-limoen which helps breaks down warts and to get rid of warts with lemon oil…
Just place a few drops of lemon oil directly on the wart 2-to-3 times per day.
12. Nail Polish
Nail polish works the same way that duct tape does because after you coat the wart with clear nail polish 2-to-3 times per day…
You will cut off the oxygen to the wart suffocating it until it goes away within 2-to-3 weeks.
13. Chalk or superglue
2 more things you can use to cut off oxygen to your warts is chalk or superglue so…
- Just rub your wart with chalk until it is colored completely in chalk and with superglue…
- Apply the glue until the wart is completely covered and repeat daily until the wart is gone.
14. Pineapples & Papayas
Pineapples & papayas have enzymes that will actually dissolve and eat away your warts so…
- You can soak your warts in pineapple or papaya juice or…
- You can directly place the pulp of a pineapple or papaya on your wart with a bandage for at least 2 hours.
15. Vitamin C
Take a paste made from crushed vitamin c tablets and water and apply it to your wart covered with tape because Vitamin C is acidic enough to help remove warts &…
Taking Vitamin C
16. Snitch on your warts
You can let your body know you have warts so it can build up enough antibodies to destroy the virus causing the warts and to do this…
- Ice a wart for about 5 minutes and then…
- Sterilize a needle and poke it into a wart several times &…
- You only need to do this to one of your warts because…
- Once your body knows about one it will take action against all your warts.
17. Bring the heat
You can use a heating pad on your warts for 30 minutes at a time 2-to-4 times per day to get rid of warts but make sure you don't use too much heat and don't go over 140°F (60°C) and…
Soaking your warts in hot water also works & soak your warts in hot water with some apple cider vinegar added for faster results.
18. Spit on them
Before you brush your teeth, drink or eat in the morning spit directly on your warts & rub it in everyday because…
The saliva in your spit contains chemicals (like histatin) that speeds up wound healing which will also aid as an antiviral agent to fight warts.
19. Your Diet
You need to maintain a diet that helps boost your immune system by avoiding processed foods and including more natural, organic & unprocessed foods in your diet and as you already seen on this page…
Get more potassium and zinc in your diet as well because studies show a good immune system will help prevent warts from reoccurring and keep them from spreading.
20. Patience
Warts aren't harmful and they should go away on their own untreated after 6-to-18 months and no matter what method you choose on this page outside of surgery…
Its going to take at least 2-to-6 weeks to get rid of warts with treatment.
4 Over-The-Counter Methods
21. Use Salicylic Acid
Salicylic Acid will easily get rid of your warts because its a keratolytic which basically means it dissolves or breaks down keratin and keratin is the protein that warts are made up of so…
The best way to use Salicylic Acid to get rid of warts is
to simply use wart removal products like Compound W
22. Use Aspirin
The main ingredient of Aspirin is Salicylic Acid so Aspirin is basically a form of Salicylic Acid you can eat but to use Aspirin to get rid of warts…
- You just crush the Aspirin up into powder and then…
- You mix it up with just a few drops of water and then…
- You place it on your wart and then finally…
- You'll cover it up with a bandage or some sort of wrap and leave it on overnight.
23. Freeze it
You can freeze your warts with products like Dr. Scholl's Freeze Away Wart Remover
24. Betadine
Betadine has antibiotics in it that will kill the virus responsible for your warts so to get rid of warts with Betadine…
- First you need to wash the area with warm water and make sure it's completely clean and then…
- After it dries you can apply the Betadine and then cover it up with a bandage leaving it on during the day or overnight but for faster results…
- You can apply betadine twice a day.
5 medical treatments
It is generally recommend that surgery be used as a last resort for wart removal unless your warts are very large, uncomfortable or very painful because even with expensive surgery There is always a chance you could have a reoccurrence of warts
25. Aldara
Aldara (or imiquimod) is an expensive treatment administered by your doctor that stimulates your immune system into fighting off your warts.
26. High grade freezing
This treatment is many times stronger than Over-The-Counter freezing kits like Compound W Freeze Off where your dermatologist may use liquid nitrogen to freeze off the wart at an extremely low temperature of -320°F or -196°C whereas…
Your at home freezing kit will only get as cold as -70°F or -57°C.
27. Burn them off
Lasers or electrical burning (cautery) can be used but scarring is highly possible with these methods.
22. Excision
This is basically where the wart is cut out in a painful procedure and scarring will most certainly be a result.
28. Injections
Injections of candida (or yeast) or bleomycin (which is a chemotherapeutic agent used in cancer treatments) are effective wart treatments.
29. Other prescription medications
You can have your doctor prescribe you podofilox (Condylox), trichloroacetic acid, 5-fluorouracil cream or cantharidin.
How to prevent warts
- Strengthen your immune system with diet & exercise (see # 19), cut back or stop smoking & drinking alcohol and along with getting enough Vitamin C, Potassium and Zinc &…
- Make sure you also get enough Vitamin A, B, E, L-Lysine and selenium in your diet and if you currently have warts…
- Do not pick at your warts because this can cause the virus causing warts to spread making you get more warts.
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