Verrucas

A verruca (plantar wart) is a wart on the sole of the foot. It is the same as a common wart, but the weight of the body presses it into the foot, which can be painful.

 

Verrucas are slightly raised and circular in shape, with a thickened rim of surrounding skin. The surface may have black dots (‘pepper-pot’ appearance). There may be several verrucas or just one.

 

Sometimes verrucas form clusters of small warts, called ‘mosaic warts’ – these are usually painless. In children, verrucas tend to come and go quite quickly, but in adults they can persist for several years if they are not treated.

Like other warts, verrucas are caused by strains of papillomavirus. There is lots of papillomavirus around, and many people carry it on the surface of their skin. It does not cause any harm unless it penetrates into the skin, where it can take hold and cause a wart. This is most likely to happen if the surface of your skin is already damaged, with tiny cracks.

 

Most people believe that verrucas are caught in the changing rooms of swimming pools and the pool surrounds, but only one scientific study has shown that people who use swimming pools regularly are more likely to get verrucas. Other studies have shown no link.

 

There is probably plenty of papillomavirus around swimming pools, particularly in the shower area. However, you are very unlikely to get a verruca if your skin is undamaged. If you want to minimize the risk, wear flip-flops in the shower area.

Decide whether it really is a verruca. They are easily confused with corns and calluses, which are thickened areas of skin caused by friction. Corns are often seen over hammer toes and where shoes press on the little toe, but they can occur on the sole of the foot just below the toes. Look closely at the verruca, using a mirror and a magnifying glass if possible. Corns and calluses have normal skin lines (like the lines used in fingerprints) over them, but the surface of a verruca is slightly lumpy without lines. If you are not sure, see a chiropodist or ask your doctor.

 

Do nothing. Just covering the verucca with a plaster and doing nothing might be the best option, for the following reasons.

Decide who should treat it. Decide whether you should treat the verruca yourself, or whether you should see a chiropodist. Do not try to treat it yourself if you have diabetes, or if you already have a skin problem such as eczema. Most chiropodists advise against do-it-yourself treatment, and prefer to be consulted when the verruca is small and easier for them to deal with.

 

Keep your feet as dry as possible. Papillomavirus can spread through wet, soggy skin to form a patch of mosaic warts.

 

Relieve the discomfort. Stick a ring-shaped foam pad round the verruca to take the pressure off it. You can buy these from pharmacists and they are sometimes labelled ‘for corns’.

 

Salicylic acid paint, gel or ‘verruca plasters’ can be bought from a pharmacist. Before using the paint or gel, soak your foot in warm water for 5 minutes, and then rub the surface of the verruca with a pumice stone. Do not overdo it. Carefully apply the paint and let it dry. Cover with a large sticking plaster. Repeat this treatment every evening until the verruca disappears, which may take 12 weeks. If it becomes painful, stop the treatment for a few days.

 

Verruca plasters are convenient. They are discs soaked in salicylic acid that you stick over the verruca and change every day. Some have built-in padding to deflect pressure from the verruca. Before applying the plaster, soak your foot and use pumice to rub some of the wart away. Put a piece of wide adhesive bandage over the plaster to make sure it stays in position.

 

Silver nitrate (caustic) pencil. If salicylic acid does not work, you can try a silver nitrate pencil. In the UK, you can buy this from pharmacies without a prescription. It gently burns the wart. Use it carefully according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

 

A freezing aerosol is now available from pharmacies. It works in a similar way to the freezing treatment used by chiropodists and doctors, but does not reach the very low temperatures that their equipment achieves. Only one application is needed. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions carefully.

 

Try a herbal remedy from a health shop. It is difficult to know whether these are effective, because most have not been fully investigated in scientific trials. Tea tree oil, applied twice daily on its own or mixed with garlic juice, is said to have an effect. A tincture made from Chelidonium (the Greater Celandine) is said to be antiviral and to damage wart cells.

Do not try scraping it away with a corn knife. You could damage your skin and cause an infection. Also, the verucca will come back and others may occur nearby in the damaged skin.

Chiropodists can check that you have a verruca and not some other problem, and they offer a range of treatments, including freezing (cryotherapy). Freezing tends to be less effective for verrucas than for common warts, and can be painful. It may be a good idea if you have mosaic warts, because these do not respond very well to salicylic acid. If you have a really troublesome verruca, your doctor might refer you to a hospital dermatology department for treatment.
 

Written by: Dr Margaret Stearn
Edited by: Dr Margaret Stearn
Last updated: Friday, February 26th 2010

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Posted by Miley on 25/07/2010 at 03:30:54 pm

Heyya, I am miley and as you can see i am 10. I have had a verruca for gosh I am not sure how long and It's really painful when i wear certian shoes like high heels. I have tried freezing it with certian products, I have even gone to the expensive ones just to see if there is a difference. Still they won't go away! Plz help i dunno what to do :(

Posted by Garlic Convert on 23/07/2010 at 04:07:51 am

I ignored a wart/verruca on my big toe, which gradually spread into a large mosaic verruca over two-three years. I had limited success with the standard gel - the problem was having to apply twice a day, and if you lapse you're back to square one. However, garlic is working miracles. A thin vertical slice from the centre of a garlic clove is placed over the verruca and bound securely with elastoplast tape. Try to leave untouched for a few days in a row, then remove the bandage, rub the surface of the verruca(s)(with an emery board or similar) and make a new garlic bandage. There is a rather gross fetid smell, but it's worth it!! Beware: I once rubbed the verrucas too violently and my toe throbbed all night, but overall, the result is amazing. The verrucas blacken and gradually loosen so that you can pull them out. I don't know if it is the garlic itself or the tight bandaging starving the verruca of air - or a combination of the two - but it is really working for me.

Posted by 1234monkey on 22/07/2010 at 04:42:15 pm

my verreucas are spreading like mental!! i have 10 on one foot and about 6 on the other, should i try the banana skin remedy?

Posted by Andy on 22/07/2010 at 07:54:17 am

I have a verrucca on my finger (for about 18mths) and found loosely applying duck tape around the finger for 4-5 days a week has weakened it, also add a drop of tea-tree oil which helps too, its helped reduce it considerably. My Doctor says that there is something in the adhesive that the Pappiloma virus reacts to and reduces the virus strength. The only side affect suffered is a sore finger due to the lack of air and duration the tape has been around the finger.

Posted by Optional on 21/07/2010 at 08:13:47 am

i am struggling to determine whether it is a verucca or a corn? it is painful to walk on and is on the sole of my foot just under the toes. however i have another which is on the other foot however in the centre but not on the part of the foot which connects to the floor when walking. has anyone had a similiar problem? if so please write on the wall

Posted by hannah walsh on 20/07/2010 at 02:41:14 pm

now i know what to do and say to my doctor! i have had verrucas for 5 years now. it started off as just one now its about 9 in a cluvster and two seperate. then i got a wart on my finger and i froze it and that treatment worked but not at all for my foot. i have also tried to Bazzuca cream and that had no affect. so dont worry, just visit your doctor and he/she will tell you what you need or should do. Thankss :)

Posted by t wiz on 19/07/2010 at 06:41:38 pm

very usefull information and the comment were even more usefull.....read hundreds of the comments and have just now applied the duck tape, seriously hope it works because i have had these for years and would love them 2 be gone!!! no percriptions or over-the-counter treatments have worked....... hopefully the duck tape is a winner!!!!

Posted by Optional on 17/07/2010 at 02:16:57 pm

Ive had a persistent verruca (size of 5p piece) for approx 8 years, since then Ive developed 2 more smaller verrucas. Tried the gels, freezing sprays and pumice stone all to no avail. Recently bought Tesco's own 40% salicyic acid verruca treatment over the counter- much stronger than the normal gels which are only around 11.25% and even the bazooka strong stuff which is 25%. After reapplying every 2 days for 2 weeks the skin has peeled off and 2 smaller verrucas have now gone. The larger more persistent one is getting there so will continue treating until gone. Cannot recommend highly enough as I was beginning to think I was stuck with them!

Posted by Opt H on 16/07/2010 at 10:49:53 am

I have 16 of them had them fozen all at the same time yesterday they turned a bit burnt looking & some have been bleeding.Got up this morning & they now smell horrible I can't walk very well they are really sore.

Posted by Anonymous on 15/07/2010 at 01:53:56 pm

i had loads of warts on my hands for years when i was younger, mum took me to the dr and they said i had to have them removed, but the next day they completely disappeard! including a skin tag, which can only be removed.. so random. But now i have 5 verrucas on one foot and 1 on the other.. its so embarrassing, espesh when i go to my boyfriends house and i have no shoes on.. :(

Posted by me12345 on 09/07/2010 at 02:42:54 pm

i have had a veruca on my left foot on my big toe for few years and then one on my right foot on the side it can get really annoying in dance at school because we r not aloud to wear shoes or socks i feel really uncomftable its my friends birthday next week and she wants to go get pedicures but i have that thing so i want to find out how to get rid of a veruca in a couple of days I NEED HELP !!!

Posted by Optional on 09/07/2010 at 03:25:20 am

i suffer with a really big one on the ball of my foot, that has hardened off around it i have used lots and lots of methods all the creams been to the doctors they gave me the strongest bream they had...still there, i used the bazuka freezer thing and that did seem to take the severity out of them. think i may try the duck tape/plaster thing, im suppose to be having a pedicure on monday there is no way i will get rid of them before then after having them for years and years.

Posted by Krys on 02/07/2010 at 01:11:59 pm

Had 2 large verrucas on my foot for 2-3years tried lots of different treatments with no success, they can be quite painful sometimes. I have just put some duct tape on them after reading this web page. Fingers crossed I'll let you know how it goes.

Posted by Optional on 01/07/2010 at 08:47:35 am

I have several verrucas on the bottom of my left foot. I have been to see a chriopodist, and they have put acid on it. However I have noticed a blister has formed and is quite painful, what can I do about the blister?

Posted by Optionallinz on 30/06/2010 at 08:54:09 am

well we are all in the same boat with these little buggers ruinin our lives i have got 5 veruccas 4 on 1 foot and 1 on the other,i started with 1 and the spread whilst i was trying to cut them out with a corn knife they also spread to my fingers so USE GLOVES !!!! i have tried loads of stuff and no luck till i came across another site like this and heard about the vinegar and duct tape method i started it last friday and am amazed the 1 i am treating has shrunk and is turning black i will keep you all informed on my progress !!!be ware this method does sting but no pain no gain.

Posted by Optional on 29/06/2010 at 01:44:15 pm

very helpful thankyou

Posted by Optional on 28/06/2010 at 10:25:52 am

i have 5 verucas on my little toe :( please help!!

Posted by Anonymous on 26/06/2010 at 05:36:24 am

Hey , ive had verrucas for ages , but when my mum went to Africa , she brought home a verruca gel , called verrucae , its a small pot of brown gel , and its works wonders , all u can see now is my scars , so its great , really reccomend it.went away in 2 weeks of application.but it does smell. If you have small verrucas i would try putting a plaster over it leaving it for a few days and then ripping it off.voila.thanks.hope it helps.

Posted by Cat on 24/06/2010 at 12:38:32 pm

I have a verruca right in the middle of my right heel. I have had it for around 2-3 years. I have rarely used verruca gel, as it didn't help, and often forget. I would really appreciate a quick and effective way of getting rid of them. Thanks

Posted by Rich on 24/06/2010 at 02:33:22 am

Very helpful, saved a trip to the Doc.

Posted by Optional on 21/06/2010 at 07:37:59 am

Had verrucas for a number of years. Had various treatments, including freezing by GP. Still got them and am now having treatment by a chiropodist. Hoping for the best !!

Posted by Optional on 17/06/2010 at 01:15:28 am

hello I have 4 verrucas on my foot and have put on occlusal for three months and them i leave it for two week see would it going away and them put it on again for the last two weeks and still no inproved it i ring up chimporse and he wont taken them off so going to my gp today see what can he do so can anyone help

Posted by Jacqui on 15/06/2010 at 05:39:52 am

A few years ago, my daughter had a real problem with verrucas with approximately 20-30 on 1 foot and several on the other. i tried all the usual ointments from the chemist, these didn't work. She then received 6 treatments from our GP where he used cryosurgery to freeze them off, this was extremely painfull and had little or no effect. By chance I read in a magazine that covering the infected area with banana skin was a natural and sucessfull way of getting rid of verrucas. For the next 3 weeks I covered the soles of both her feet in banana skin and put socks over them to hold the skin in place and within days there was a noticeable difference, withinin 3 weeks both her feet where completely clear of the verrucas.

Posted by Optional on 13/06/2010 at 12:18:41 pm

i had a verruca a while ago and i used freeze treatment and some acid treatment and the cheropodist picked some of the verruca.

Posted by person no.1!hi on 13/06/2010 at 12:14:16 pm

hello this really helps!!!!!

Posted by Optional on 11/06/2010 at 12:19:21 pm

yes thanks very helpful. computer saved me having to go to doctor.

Posted by Lisa on 09/06/2010 at 11:58:55 am

Duo-Film is My answer. I have had like 2 big verrucas on my foot for some time now and Duo-Film.. Freezes the verruca and bring it out.. You apply it every day and night and once it starts comming out you are ment to file it away. It worked with warts too. Just apply it every day and night and within a month itl fall off.. Ask your doctor about Duo-Film!

Posted by Laura on 09/06/2010 at 05:58:27 am

Hi Ive read through comments above, I have had approximately 20+ Varuca's for over six years. tried every poshion, doctors and chiropodist. They havent always hert but of late are very painful. Can you advise a treatment please

Posted by Optional on 07/06/2010 at 11:15:26 am

i have had 4 verruccas on the bottom of my feet for about a year now and have used hard skin removal cream and various verrucca creams and plasters and nothing works! they just wont budge

Posted by April S. on 03/06/2010 at 08:36:49 am

I have rid all kinds of moles and warts, and even my daughter's head lice with tea tree oil! For the warts, i just took a band-aid and placed a drop of oil on the padding, placed it on the wart, and it disappeared in 2 weeks. You must use a fresh band-aid with the oil daily. I had a painful mole, and it fell off in 2 days. Trust me! You need to try it for all kinds of things. It rids foot odor, fungus, warts, head lice, etc.

Posted by Paul on 03/06/2010 at 01:57:19 am

Thanks for your usefull explaintion

Posted by Optional on 02/06/2010 at 03:41:30 am

i have a verruca for about 4 years now and they keep spreading. luckily i catch them when there little and i use the bazooka cream. but there is one that will not go away and it is big. ive tried a lot of things banana skin nail polish the freezing thing and numerous creams. i am worried because i heard verrucas are linked to cervical cancer and the immune system not being able to fight off that type of disease.......

Posted by Tony on 30/05/2010 at 02:21:02 am

I had one large verucca on my foot I was told to ignore it, but I then acquired one on a finger then on another finger. So I don't think you should ignore them. I tried all treatments, personal freezing kits (2), freezing at the doctors (2x), salicylic acid treatments (pads, liquid etc), celandine, thuja paint, homeopathic remedies, tea tree oil (this last made them grow even faster. Finally achirodist suggested 'Glutarol' - veruccas gone in three weeks after 3 years

Posted by Anonymous on 27/05/2010 at 09:32:04 am

Apply scholl hard skin removing cream everynight...done the trick for me...takes a few weeks though. Had suffered for 7 years nearly!

Posted by experinced12345 on 26/05/2010 at 06:53:29 am

LEAVE THEM! that is all i can say, i ahve had 2 verrucas on my right and two on my left for two years now and dieceded to get rid of them and got them frozen after that inbetween the 3 weeks healing time i'd hack them out with toe nail clippers :/ to get rid of them that is how they spread too other parts of your feet! So when i got to more i decided to leave them a volia! one cyro and there are nerly gone! Ducktape just put it over the verucca not around the whole foot if you are going to do that but just leave them alone, i made the mistake of not and they spread :) Hope i've helped, this site gaveme useful advice and i am happy to give stuff back, please i know what im taking about hacking spreads them, LEAVE THEM ALONE and aslo dont pick with your fingers because that spread them under your nails and you get them in your fingers! SO YER, BYE experinced12345

Posted by Cure Man on 25/05/2010 at 02:56:50 pm

CIDER VINEGAR IS THE CURE. Before you go to bed, soak a piece of cotton wall in cider vinegar, place on top of the verruca(s) water proof plaster on top and leave it for the night. Peel of in the morning and repeat over the next few nights. During the next 3-5 days my verrucas had dried leaving what looked like black scabs, i picked them out and hey presto, all my verrucas have gone (: well... apart from that really stubborn one you can never get rid of -.- but the method is simple and effective. p.s. if the entire verruca is not black, do NOT pick it.

Posted by Optional on 25/05/2010 at 12:15:57 pm

i had a verruca since i was 9 it has been annoying me it has made holes in my schools shoes and everything i am making a doctors appoinment and see what they say and more help i can have please

Posted by Optional on 24/05/2010 at 01:59:11 pm

i'm 21 nearly 22 and i've had my verrucas on the bottom of my heel since about the age of 7-8 i have tried everything and nothing works duct tape was good but it never stayed where it was meant to due to the nature of the postition of it. i'm very interested in tring the vinegar as that is now my last hope not sure i will be able to keep the plasters on tho as they will slip like the duck tape well hope this works cheers for the advice.

Posted by danii on 24/05/2010 at 08:13:52 am

ihave 30 verucas on one foot!!!! and about 18 on thye other one ive tried everythink to get rid of them but nothing happens they just keep on spreding :( plz help me

Posted by N/A on 19/05/2010 at 11:28:04 am

Hi i used to have about 40 of them on my foot i had to get an injection in my foot to numb it then they where burned and dug out with a spoon type thing it was VERY PAINFUL!!! and surpirise surprise i have them again i heard soaking them rubbig them and putting vanish on them is good but takes month im trying the banana treatment currently hoping for good results :/ good luck to anyone else with them hopeful some say we can rid them from this world =D

Posted by Susan on 18/05/2010 at 02:17:03 am

I have had veruccas for over 25 years and tried everything (cryotherapy, salcilic acid, silver nitrate, duct tape etc. etc.)The result was that they spread and proliferated. Now I have a large wart on my finger as well (only for ten years) Why are we constantly advised that the wart or verruca will go away of its own accord, that's patently not true!! I am very healthy otherwise.

Posted by Optional on 17/05/2010 at 01:01:16 pm

I just cannot get rid of them ive had them for 6 years now ,Can U help me please xxx xx x

Posted by Anonymous on 17/05/2010 at 11:29:06 am

I have had a number of verrucas, I left them for about two years and they did not clear up.Instead multiplied. I am very embarrassed about mine.

Posted by Miley. on 17/05/2010 at 11:17:02 am

I have 11 veruca's on one foot and 12 on the other, i have had them all over 2 year nearly, and they wont go away. They are growing even more. I don't know if their verruca's but they are little lumpy circles with little holes in the middle, some are starting to scab up on my foot and i'm worried because they won't go away, iv'e covered my feet with plasters, to keep them dry, but it still doesn't seem to be working, please someone tell me what i can do, as im only 14 and i don't want horrible lumpy feet at my age, thanks.

Posted by Optional on 16/05/2010 at 12:34:56 am

hi im only 10 and my mam is rubbing a banana skin on my verruca

Posted by AC, England on 04/05/2010 at 06:40:47 am

I have been told that using "duck tape" (gaffa tape) is excellent as it starves verrucas of oxygen and moisture. So, you don't have to buy expensive products that can cause a lot of pain. Also, soaking the affected area in vinegar for 15 minutes on a daily basis will also work wonders. My daughter had several on her feet and they kept on coming back, but none of the commercial products worked. After 2 weeks of daily soakings in vinegar did the trick! She was delighted even though she was only 7 at the time

Posted by PC o'connor on 03/05/2010 at 12:34:46 pm

good info

Posted by Alison on 01/05/2010 at 03:41:02 pm

I was surprised to learn that the patch of hard skin I had unsuccessfully been trying to treat on the base of my big toe was actually a verruca. Over a period of about two years it had grown to the size of a 5 pence piece. I purchased a well known verruca treatment but even after using it over and over again I could not get rid of my verruca. My son then advised me to saturate my verruca with cider vinegar and cover with a waterproof plaster. Repeating the process morning and evening. He had treated his own verruca this way and it had completely removed it within 5 days. I have been doing this for the last 4 days and it has made a marked difference to my verruca. At first it became raised and white. I can now see two concentrated patches (rather than little dots) of very black spots that have not been visable before, and my verruca is definitely shrinking. I am amazed at how effective the cider vinegar is, with the added benefit of it being a completely natural cure. I have every confidence that the virus has been "zapped" at last!

Posted by Ann on 29/04/2010 at 01:03:29 am

Looking for info on verrucas and whether treatment was needed for the one on my daughters foot. Thought the information you had here was great. Concise and easy to read and to the point. Thanks

Posted by Optional on 26/04/2010 at 09:14:07 am

What could i do with 36 verrucas.I have them for about a year what could i do to get rid of them

Posted by Optional on 21/04/2010 at 10:31:32 am

i am interested on comment regarding verrucas & HPV jab. My daughter (she is 18) has had verrucas for last 5 years and has tried every treatment with no positive results. When she had her HPV jab she came out in a severe rash on her face and has had this 3 times since. it seems that she is now having a severe reaction to lots of different things. I am concerned that each time her bodies reaction becomes more and more severe. Any ideas of how to manage this GP not interested?

Posted by Duct Taper on 20/04/2010 at 03:54:08 pm

Duct tape really works. Experiment with it. It took me about two weeks (some say 10 days). There was a mushy growth on top of the verruca and I picked it and revealed a hole like a volcano. A black dot in the middle, and after a bit of picking and squeezing, a tiny worm-like verruca surfaced just like a splinter would. Pick it out and that's it!! There was a hole left behind, I covered it with duct tape and a few days later it completely healed. No pain at all. Please give it a try. Better than anything.

Posted by Optional on 18/04/2010 at 07:56:50 am

its absolute rubbish whats said about not scraping them....my chiropodist did that to mine and even advised me to do it lightly every night....as long as its covered then it should b fine

Posted by Optional on 17/04/2010 at 06:41:39 am

I'v had my verruca (i think it is a mosaic verruca) for 4 years now, iv had it frozen about 3 times, one 3 years and 2 in the past two months, i had it treated yesterday and it has now started to blister, it is aching me to stand one and i wanted your opinion on what i should do, please respond

Posted by Optional on 12/04/2010 at 05:27:47 am

Have had verruccas for 3 years, no self treatment has worked , including the freeze treatment. They hurt. Despite this, own GP does not offer treatment, and referral to hospital (Large hospital in East Anglia) evoked a 'we do not treat on the NHS' response. Very poor response in my view.

Posted by Optional on 10/04/2010 at 11:38:44 am

I have had a verruca on the ball of my foot for 16 years. After its first appearance, the doctor told me to leave it alone. 5 years later I still had it and since then have tried every single treatment I have heard about, including many sessions of cryotherapy resulting in black, painful lumps falling out of my foot, Thulja, duck tape and nail varnish. I paid to go to a chiropodist and 2 years later, the verruca was still there. I now have to walk on the side of my foot as it is constantly painful and it's affecting my balance and putting stress on other parts of my body. I am at my wits' end. 16 years. Can anyone beat that?

Posted by Jamie on 09/04/2010 at 02:31:04 pm

I had my verucca since last october and it got worse, so I used all the gels and freezing products which just did nothing, I then visited a chiropodist in february and had it frozen. A few days later I took of my plaster and past of the verucca root came out attached to it and also blood spurted it out for a second. This happened 3 times but the foot still seemed sore. So i returned to have my foot frozen again and after the 2nd treatment I did in fact go at it with the tweezers as mine was a mosaic type one and the chiropodist had said it was rather large hence the pain. I must have tweezed out at least 20 to 30 different spine roots and several spurts of blood, i kept it covered up with the sports tape so it could'nt breath and now its healing nicely, i have removed all the black spots which were spines and the pain has gone completely and the skin is healing up nicely so I am hoping next month to go swimming and I am back in my heels!

Posted by Jason on 09/04/2010 at 01:37:38 am

I have never read such rubbish. Incidents of verruca's increase significantly at swimming pools, and you should always cover verrucas to stop them spreading. They can be treated and removed within a week; leaving them only makes them worse, and makes them spread. Dr Stearn needs to reconsider her choice of profession - is she actually a real doctor?

Posted by Optional on 07/04/2010 at 02:49:01 pm

my daughter haso lot of verrucas on her feet and has a bad reaction to the hpv jab. It ha affected her muscles etc. could this be linked??

Posted by :) on 06/04/2010 at 08:42:18 am

i have a verruca and i do alot of gymnastics,its so embarresin if i have to take off my socks...i allways feel ppl are talking about it or me,like i have tried wartner the freezing method three times and it just wont go away:( HELP ME!

Posted by Connor on 05/04/2010 at 04:32:49 pm

I used to be a regular swimmer and I have no doubt that this is where I picked up my verrucas. My feet are embarrassing and unsightly. I have a very large mosaic verruca on my right heel and the ball of my right foort. Also on both feet, I have verrucas on my big toes and second toes on the undersides and inner sides. The large mosaic verrucas have been there for years, they are verry stubborn and only seem to get worse. Recently they seem to cause game when playing sports or walking long distances. All my verrucas seem to survive freezing, acid, watching and wating etc etc. I did try to suffocate one large mosaic verruca. I thought I was making progress but then stopped as I thought I was causing more harm than good. Has anyone got any advice or tips? All I want to do is to get rid of them, it has got to the stage where I simply hate my feet. Can anyone help?

Posted by Optional on 05/04/2010 at 08:25:26 am

Hiya, I got a thing on my foot. It was round and slightly raised at first. Then it sort of popped and looked a bit like a volcano. Then dirt and fluff started entering it and I didnt know what to do. Soon it spread to the other toe and multiplied on the first toet o four. Six in total. Im going to see my health therapist to sort it out soon but what should I do meanwhile?

Posted by distressed teenager! on 04/04/2010 at 03:33:03 am

ive had a verruca on both my left and right foot for about 2 years now! its really getting me down because i can't get my feet out nfront of people & im due to be going on holiday in the nex few months. i honestly don't know what to do. ive tried many treatments and am currently seeing my doctor who has been freezing them. i've had 5 sessions of this treatment and still no change. can someone just explin about the ductape??????????

Posted by Optional on 03/04/2010 at 02:57:11 pm

i have a cuple and they are very sore

Posted by Shadi Sarieddine on 02/04/2010 at 09:10:22 pm

The information given was really very useful. I have had verucca treatment by a specialist who was using cryotherapy with no results. On the contrary, I seem to now have smaller neighboring warts. I will follow the advise given here of self treatmet. Plasters, the acid, teat tree oil etc. Hope I manage to get rid of them soon as it is both painful and embarassing having them.

Posted by Ben Wingrove on 22/03/2010 at 03:50:42 pm

Hiya I have had a verruca for over 3 year now I think and it's only got bigger and I afraid to tell my mum becuase she very strict wat shall I do and all they are doing is spreading around my foot shall I just leave it and will it disapear

Posted by Embaressed on 22/03/2010 at 03:42:44 pm

I am so self conscious of them! I can't walk around at home bare foot because I'm so embaressed and I hate wearing sandels and pumps out because I think my verrucas are obvious. And if I go to friends' houses wearing them then I have to try to avoid taking off my shoes. :(

Posted by Optional on 22/03/2010 at 12:42:34 pm

I have had a persistent verruca for about 3 years. I tried all sorts of treatments and in the end I went to the chiropodist to have it frozen. That treatment really worked and I havent had one scince. I fully recomend freezing verrucas as they are a pain and freezing is the best option. It may be a tad painful but it prevents future verrucas and you only need one frozen to rid both your feet and your hands from all other existing warts.

Posted by Optional on 21/03/2010 at 06:12:52 pm

Excellent article

Posted by steve on 20/03/2010 at 11:44:31 am

have what looks like a white lump on edge of white foot its sore to touch not sure what it is

Posted by Keith on 19/03/2010 at 05:16:35 am

I developed 2 verrucas on the ball of my left foot, about 1 cm apart, when I went on holiday in 1998. The first, went away on it's own about 1 month before I went on holiday to New York in 2008 (10 years later!). The other, which was originally the smaller of the two, has taken its place and is now huge. In the last 3 months I have had it frozen at my doctors office 3 times. Each time it seems to shrink, but it's very difficult for me to get time off work to visit the 'Wart Clinic'. I think I will try the duct tape. After all, I think it's a bit ridiculous to still have this verruca after 12 years!!!

Posted by Optional on 13/03/2010 at 02:42:43 pm

Had a lump on outside of heel which I thought was the result of a raised section on sandal. Used pomice stone and lump went but reapered 2cm away. I have now chased this lump using a variety of treatments. Every time I think I am winning it pops back up again. It is very itchy as it is developing and looks bruised. Any ideas.

Posted by Optional on 13/03/2010 at 01:38:41 pm

Been treating for 2 years

Posted by Optional on 08/03/2010 at 02:59:47 pm

Have had this pain at the tip of my toe for nearly 3 months now, have to believe it must be a verruca especially after reading the comments. Will try first the duct tape, already wrapped it round my toe, and then try nail varnish. My husband also said when he was younger and was working with cement, after a week of contact with it his warts disappeared. So I guess starving them of air must be the thing to do. Good luck everyone.

Posted by blondie on 07/03/2010 at 02:07:48 pm

i have had a lot of verrucas on both my feet for a year. I have got to te stage where i need to get rid of them, all i need now is a remedy :)

Posted by Warwick on 07/03/2010 at 03:05:01 am

I also have had one spread to many, I think I have 9 now. I have tried banana skin, garlic, sylic acid and soaking my feet in vinegar. I have sat and cut out as much of them as I can, but they just grow back stronger. One of them spread to my finger so I got angry and cut out as much as I could, then used rough sandpaper till I was covered in blood, and then put the sylic acid on it. Within half an hour I was almost screaming in pain, I attempted to wash out the acid but it had got into the blood vessels, it hurt like hell for about 2 days and then healed up. I was so happy it was gone. But I still have the other 8 or more on my feet. I decided to do the same, and cut and hacked them, then used the acid on them. Right now I cannot walk on them, but the acid has got right to the center of them and is going deeper, so in a day or two I am hoping that at least some of them are gone.

Posted by tata on 04/03/2010 at 12:00:46 pm

what treatment is the best to use if i want to get rid od it quick as possible ?

Posted by Optional on 02/03/2010 at 02:06:04 pm

I have 2 of the horrible things on one foot for 15 years !!! I have tried everything, even cutting them with a knife. My thought process was...that maybe my body might realise they are there. No luck! I am going to try the duct tape next. It looks like lots of people have been successful. Will keep you posted. I have found that Bazuka just melts my foot and turns it to glue. Yuk. I am so self conscious of them, I wish they would go away.

Posted by Optional on 26/02/2010 at 05:27:28 am

Someone please read this. Im 16 and have had veruccas for about 2 and a half years not. It started out with like one and now I have a cluster on my big toe, my heal and well really any where that there is pressure on my foot, oh and they are all on my right foot. Ive tried just leaving then but that didnt work, then I tried those acid pad things but they didnt really work. Then I tried the acid gel. When I put the gel on it turned into a kind of white protecitve coating and would not come off so it just made it look like my foot have a disease. I have reacently tried using the duck tape one but I use celotape so Im not sure If this will work. Sorry to be rambling on but my question is when do you know when the verucca falls out if you know what I mean. I thought the little black things were the roots but found out they are actually little bits of blood. So can anyone describe to be how big the root is and what it looks like.

Posted by xx on 24/02/2010 at 09:48:05 am

Hey guys im 13 and ive had my veruccas for 2 ish years , i get so embarrassed and i cant do anything like swimming cause people will see them , ah please help me.!!! ive got 2 on one foot and 2 on the other , but there spreading.,please help me , cures anything...

Posted by Annie on 22/02/2010 at 10:22:34 pm

I had a verruca on the ball of my foot for over three years. I tried everything I could get my hands on over the counter at the pharmacy - ointment, freeze spray, plasters etc to no avail. I went to my GP, who began weekly treatments of liquid nitrogen to freeze it away. After three months he threw his arms into the air and referred me to a dermatologist. The dermatologist used blister beetle ointment - derived from South American beetles (which are, incidentally, related to Spanish Fly). The ointment caused deep, painful blistering of the verruca but after four applications over eight weeks, I was finally free of the pesky thing! I experienced pain for a couple of days after each application but it was definitely worthwhile. My advice is not to put up with the verruca for too long. In the end, if it's stubborn, see a specialist and put up with the short-term discomfort. Now when the girls say "Lets all get a foot massage" I can join them!

Posted by Optional on 22/02/2010 at 02:14:31 pm

I had severe mosaic verrucas for over 4 years, tried all sorts of treatments, finally someone at work told me to try the homeopathic remedy thuja, I took the 30cc strength (weaker one) for around 2 months and 2 months later I am totally free of them! I was so desperate to get rid of mine and can't believe my feet are normal again!!!

Posted by Optional on 22/02/2010 at 06:59:39 am

I took one pill after a session with a homeopath which got rid of all my verrucas which covered both the soles of my feet and my palms. I had tried burning them off and freezing them but they always came back but I have not had a single verruca after taking that pill. And that was when I was about 11-12, now I'm 24.

Posted by becky on 19/02/2010 at 03:42:05 am

people keep saying duct tape but i dont understand do u mean put a piece over it and leave it or rip it of?!?

Posted by Optional on 17/02/2010 at 06:52:47 am

hello, i have now had a verruca on the bottom of my foot now for 6 or seven years, and it has spread onto my other foot, as im a dancer this is a nightmare for me and causes me great disconfort, also we have to take off our socks and i hate showing it in public, i have tried everything from getting it frozen at then doctors,tape, bananna skins for four months and is running out of ideas!will it ever go away! thanks

Posted by i_hate_verrucas75 on 12/02/2010 at 08:43:00 am

Hmm, now i wonder. Duct tape, gel, pencil, foam ring- I wonder which one would actually work? I may be going for freezing, but burning's out of the question. And I'm not inserting a damned needle in it! Can somebody the solution to this?!

Posted by d on 11/02/2010 at 02:08:00 pm

i have had thre varuccas on my heel for over a year tried gels and freezing but nothing seems to be working what else can i do i tried ringing the doctors but they just suggested treating them myself am going away with my wife soon and have booked a foot treatment but would like this cleared up befor we go please help

Posted by Anonymous on 08/02/2010 at 07:46:00 pm

Dear Readers tring to get rid of their verrucas. I have had a really painful verruca on the bottom of my right foot, and have been applying this gel-like thing from the pharmacy for almost 3 months now. Nothing got better... it was so painful I sometimes couldn't even stand up. Until I read this forum... OH MY GOD!!! Those people who wrote about using DUCT TAPE, THANK YOU!!! It has only been one day and it has improved drastically! DUCT TAPE IS THE ANSWER!!! IT DEFINITELY WORKS!!!

Posted by Emm on 30/01/2010 at 09:49:00 pm

about 5 years ago verrucas began growing on the sole of my left foot. I visited a chiropodist regularly who advised that they would clear eventually. however, more and more appeared and a huge cluster of them grew on the back of my heel which meant I could only wear backless shoes (but also exposed the ugly growth). after 18 months and with no improvement in the condition my chiropodist recommended I go to a homeopathic chiropodist. I received 4 marigold paste treatments over a 6 week period. all verrucas cleared up and I've not had any since. I would recommend marigold treatment to everyone.

Posted by elli243 on 28/01/2010 at 11:18:00 pm

My Child Have A Verruca And I Dont Know Wether To Send Her Swimming ? Will The Verruca Get Worse. ?

Posted by pat koo on 25/01/2010 at 10:32:00 pm

sole of painful feels like stone in shoe

Posted by Anonymous on 24/01/2010 at 05:15:00 pm

i have a verruca in the sole of my foot, i am using salicylic. it has started to bleed and is very painful, should i continue using salicylic? i have been to my doctor who used the freezing method which didnt work.

Posted by mary on 23/01/2010 at 07:37:00 pm

do i have 2 wear a plaster 2 go swimming and that's all?

Posted by Anonymous on 19/01/2010 at 10:14:00 am

try nail varnish everynight around the root.

Posted by Anonymous on 18/01/2010 at 06:00:00 pm

i can't keep my feet dry because i have to pray 5 times so i have to wash my feet five times. i must leave the water on to air dry or my purification is not accepted. thus that is why i have 3 verruccad on my left foot and 1 verruca on my right foot

Posted by Dean on 18/01/2010 at 03:53:00 pm

When I was 17, I had about 10 Planter Warts (Verruca) on my right heel. A doctor wanted to burn them off with some acid. I did not want that to happen. I decided on my own to stick a steril needle into the wart until I could feel it. I then lit a match and heated up the end of the needle until it start to hurt. I stuck the needle in each wart about three times. It worked and the warts went away in about a week and never returned. I later told a doctor what I did and he didn't have any problem with it.

Posted by Anonymous on 10/01/2010 at 08:32:00 pm

Im a 35 year old woman who had a verruca 2 months ago. I find the best way of dealing with them is to leave them to go away theirselves. Although make sure you dont walk around bare-foot as others could catch it.

Posted by Duck tape rules on 10/01/2010 at 06:15:00 am

I picked up 3 verrucas at swimming baths, 2 disappeared by themselves however, I've had one for almost 7 years. I'd tried Bazooka, Wartner, freezing, garlic and banana skins, none of them worked and ended up with huge blisters on feet due to garlic, recently i applied duck tape onto the verruca and it was gone in about 1 week. I now believe that duct tape could conquer the world and highly recommend it.

Posted by Anonymous on 08/01/2010 at 06:21:00 pm

Advice please- i have had problems with verrucas for over 10 years now. I have had them burnt, frozen, cut, homeopathic and every other treatment that has been available at home and via doctors etc. At present i have 21 over both feet. This includes a large mosaic one on my big toe. It is painful and very embarrassing. I am at a loss as to what to do. I have had previous mosaic verrucas go previously which i believe was down to my age this also included warts to my hands. Please is their anything else that can be suggested as recent cyro treatment has made them double the size and they are spreading again! Help!

Posted by Anonymous on 08/01/2010 at 10:34:00 am

i have what i think is a veruka but if i apply presure to it then its realy painfull.i do have a lump underneath the veruka i have tryed every medicine out there and nothink helps what can a doctor do ?

Posted by Anonymous on 08/01/2010 at 12:54:00 am

Hi I've a had a verruca on my left foot for several years now and I've tried wartner and it's just got smaller but not disapeard, I haven't had any more appear but I feel realy embarrassed about it and can't go swimming because of it. Please can you help

Posted by angelina on 04/01/2010 at 10:58:00 pm

i have one verucaon my right foot i font kno wat to do about it

Posted by Anonymous on 01/01/2010 at 06:06:00 am

o and don't try and pull it out they can be attached to veins, i did this to my son and he bled like a stuck pig

Posted by Anonymous on 01/01/2010 at 06:02:00 am

half a disprin (no need to dissolve)stuck directly to the varruca and covered with a plaster each nite (remove each morn) for a week thn a 4 day break then apply disprin again for another week. repeat if necessary

Posted by Anonymous on 19/12/2009 at 09:12:00 pm

my child has very bad verucas on the heel of her foot chiropodist says she must be reffered to hospital as its very deep any cures? other than banana?

Posted by Anonymous on 11/12/2009 at 03:14:00 pm

I tried all the treatments....do nothing, acid, freezing and I'm currently going to a Chiropodists and the traement is costly and the thing looks worse than ever!

Posted by malkom on 08/12/2009 at 11:57:00 am

HI I WANT TO SEE THE SYMTEMS OF VARUCCA CAN YOU UPLOAD THEM PLEASE. THNX

Posted by daianna:) on 08/12/2009 at 09:10:00 am

i've had one big verucca on my foot and 7 little ones arond it.I've had it for a year and it has been extremely painful and annoying! I've tried everything but it just wouldn't budge! i then went to a doctor and he told me to try scraping it off! It turns out i got rid of my veruccas by squeezing the little ones out. They woouldn,t hurt at all! Once i dealt with the small ones i had to deal with the big one! i, that night went in my rom and asked my dad to help me rip it out! I asked my dad to squeeze it as hard as he could so i could see more dead skin in my foot! While he was squeezing it hard i got tweezers and ripped it out! All the dead skin came out and i finally got the veruccas out! The best thing is that it didnt hurt at all!:):)

Posted by Anonymous on 07/12/2009 at 02:23:00 am

I've had a verruca on my left foot for about 6 years now. It's never hurt before though so I've not seen the need to remove it. however it's started to spread and I have loads on my foot now and it looks really ugly :( i've started self-treatment now but i reckon it'll take at least 3 months to go away :(

Posted by veru-kara on 28/11/2009 at 12:49:00 pm

I have 3 small verucas on my left foot, a few on my toes on my right and a big cluster of them on mt right pinky. They are not painfull but are v.ugly and i am embarressed to not wear socks around my friends and partner. What is the quikest most painless way of getting rid of all of them before someone sees them ? Thanks xx

Posted by me on 27/11/2009 at 07:19:00 pm

i was told by a foot surgeon friend of mine who is also a health freak that a big reason verucas dont heal or spread is due to lack of nutrition but mostly hydration, if you keep your hydration up and make sure you eat healthy most of the treatments will work. she is the foot surgeon so i hope this helps

Posted by phil on 23/11/2009 at 11:11:00 pm

hey folks thought id share my experience. i had terrible verucas for the best part of 2 years with no luck with any treatments. however unknowingly i got rid of them and i belive it was down to my routine of solid revision of 4 weeks for my degree. well studying didnt acutally solve it, but i wore loose fitting cotton material pumps. any airy shoe would do i guess! and the key ingredient i believe was tropical juice yup tropical juice (sunpride at that)! i was basically drinking a litre of it a day, whilst studying away. and low and behold when i checked them next (which was rarely, as they just made me depressed!) they had disappeard, now this could just be a coincidence, but it worked for me, so if all else has failed what else have you got to lose?. i think it may work down to high level of vit c intake. but hope it works for anyone who tries!

Posted by kurt on 21/11/2009 at 12:31:00 pm

it really hurts and i dont know how to get rid of it

Posted by DUCT TAPE on 19/11/2009 at 08:48:00 pm

2 WORDS DUCT TAPE !!!!!! COVER FOR A WEEK AND MIE WENT !!!!!!!!!

Posted by Madlin on 17/11/2009 at 11:05:00 pm

Have to Share this! - I have finally got rid of very painful verruccas on my foot after years of trying every treatment I could. I used AVOCA silver nitrate pencil - ordered from my local Pharmacy - every night for 6 nights, left it on - it goes brown - & after 6 weeks it rotted & came away! Its hard to believe but IT HAS GONE & was the easiest & least painful of treatments! Hoorah!

Posted by vicki on 17/11/2009 at 06:52:00 pm

i had verrucas all my life as a teenager.my mum spent lots on chiropody expensices then i read bicarbonate of soad was gud.mix in into a paste, cover the veruccawith plaster and reapply daily. theyd gone within a week!!!! what a relief but so frustrated my poor mum had wasted so much,money

Posted by Tony on 09/11/2009 at 09:38:00 pm

I have what I think is a veruca on the side of the big toe of my right foot. the whole thing is an 8th of an inch across and appears to have a slightly recessed white pin head at the centre the surrounding area is calloused skin. The whole area is painful when pressed. Has anyone advice they are willing to give me?

Posted by Karon Curran on 01/11/2009 at 11:02:00 am

I am a verruca virgin and have been wondering whether or not this thing on my foot that has been bugging me for about 2 months now is a verruca. I have now accepted that it probably is and having read through a lot of the comments - see that I am not alone in this embarrassing plight. Now to decide how to exterminate the little blighter - I am quite taken with the idea of strapping a piece of banana skin to my foot as it sounds very comfortable and soothing. Not too keen on burning it with acid or freezing it but may have to resort to these tactics if the bananas fail.

Posted by redsofas on 31/10/2009 at 10:27:00 pm

i have a very persistent verruca on my foot very small and not painful but will not go away no matter what i do!!!! very annoying.

Posted by unknown on 24/10/2009 at 11:43:00 am

i have 3 verruccas on my foot what can i do to get rid of it without my mum or any1 else findin out? money is no option.

Posted by caitlin on 18/10/2009 at 05:22:00 pm

i have sevral verucas on both feeeet and i have tryed gel and tht dosnt work and aerosals "buzuca tht veruca" but it hurts and i have had verucas for like 3 or 4 years now i dont no what 2 do help me plzx

Posted by Pink poppy on 15/10/2009 at 07:04:00 pm

Cover them with Gaffa tape!! I used this to treat my sons warts on his hands whihc got huge even tho i tried loads of things and went to the docs!! It stops the air getting at them and eventually they just disappear! :o)

Posted by unhappy dude on 10/10/2009 at 08:09:00 pm

my veruca has quite a big black spot on it.What should i do?

Posted by miss sarah jane lloyd on 07/10/2009 at 08:39:00 pm

ive had my verruca for about 5 years now,ive seen a chiropodist had it freezed and 6 times tryed stuff from health shop it just doesntwant to leave me and its so pain full when im in work standing up all day the pains i get through my foot what can i just really want it to go and never come back

Posted by Emma on 06/10/2009 at 11:57:00 am

I have something on my foot for maybe 2 years ar more, it doesn't hurt at all, i think it may be a verruca but it hasn't changed in size at all and it doesn't look disgusting or anything, not sure what to do... good advise on this website though, I mite just leave it :)

Posted by Dave on 04/10/2009 at 09:09:00 pm

I had over 20 verrucas on my foot and several warts on my hand, and hardly went out because of the foot pain. I tried this course and got rid of the whole lot in under a month!! multinetting.com/verruca.html

Posted by Maxx on 04/10/2009 at 12:53:00 pm

I have tried all of the above treatments although i have not seen a doctor(yet) and nothing has worked very well!! i have trouble walking and because i have had this for 10 years or more i am completely fed up now - bloody thing!!!!! :( Hobble hobble........... aaaarrrggghhhhhhh!!! :(

Posted by Nat on 02/10/2009 at 05:54:00 pm

I've got two very small verrucas on my big toe and i don't know how to get rid of them please could you give me some advice?

Posted by milliey on 29/09/2009 at 10:27:00 pm

i have had a verruca for about 8 yrs each yr its got bigger and bigger i been to the doctors a thousand time tried all different creams and nothing seems to work would love to find something that actually works!!!!!

Posted by anonymous on 28/09/2009 at 08:07:00 pm

i have a group of verrucas and then like several separate ones on the same foot but they aren't sore but somebody told me to wrap a banana skin around the verrucas and but a sock over it for the night and it may take two nights does this work?

Posted by Anonymous on 27/09/2009 at 02:00:00 pm

hi ive had loads of verrucas on my right food for years and they just keep spreading ive tryed, painting them , freezing then bazukaing them and using the pumis stone but their always their. can some one tell me how to get rid of them cos im doing beauty therapy and its sooo imbarressing!!!

Posted by Anonymous on 25/09/2009 at 04:23:00 am

I had a verruca on the bottom of both feet for a long time and they were really painful then I read that taping the white fleshy part of a banana skin to the verucca and leaving it on there, replacing each morning would work. It sounds crazy but after having these veruccas for years I decided to give it a go. Every morning I taped a little square of banana skin over the verucca with bandaid and left it there until the following morning then take off before you have a shower, wash and rub the area with pumice - it took about a week but the veruccas have completely gone - a painless remedy that really works

Posted by demilee on 20/09/2009 at 06:54:00 pm

i had one a little while ago and i ahted it i went to the doctor and got it burnt off i could not keep it on my foot any llonger i was using extra stength cream but that was not working so i went to the doctor i had tht for about 3 years and i strated getting more around it so i got them burnt to i got them from the swimming pool i started wearing a swimming sock on one foot i looked total wierd but i didnt really care ..... :) ;)

Posted by Anonymous on 18/09/2009 at 10:01:00 pm

My veruca is only a joungster, about 2 and half years old, I've had him so long I've given him a name "Vernon the Veruca". He is on the heal of my foot but does not cause me any pain. I've had six sessions with the podiatrist including one while on holiday in South Africa (as it's a lot cheaper there) couldn't walk for about a week and still the blighter will not go. Tried all the other treatments but Vernon just laughed at them, they just made a hole in my shoe. I've now moved on to burning and freezing - a bit painfull but nothing too bad. I'll endure a lot more to get of "Vernon the Veruca" the little B****D.

Posted by Anonymous on 16/09/2009 at 01:26:00 pm

ive had a verruca for nearly 2 years, dr told me to leave it alone but it was getting really panful so i tried bazuka type treatment, as mentioned below all it did was make the skin white and harden it. i went back to the drs a couple of weeks ago as working on my feet is agony and he suggested it may be infected so perscribed antibiotics. the course seemed to help but now im finished the stabbing pain is back. im going to try the corn pads and Salicylic acid if its not too expensive and let u kno how it goes. good luck everyone!

Posted by dan on 14/09/2009 at 09:40:00 am

This advice isn't very clear. DO Nothing and then listing freezing, acid plasters.

Posted by Irene on 09/09/2009 at 10:45:00 pm

I have been receiving treatment for a so called verruca for nearly 2 years now. I sought the advice of a chiropodist and paid him

Posted by sarah and desi on 09/09/2009 at 09:30:00 pm

i had veruccas as a kid... tried EVERYTHING!!! eventually was told to try vitamin e oil. ...cleared them up a treat. my daughter is 9 and just got 6 on her right foot, tried all over the counter remedies...then my mum reminded me of my youth. we r now trying the vitamin ed oil on her...will keep u posted...try it tho, its cheap enuugh. from health shops. xxxx

Posted by Anon. on 05/09/2009 at 01:25:00 pm

I haven't had verrucas for a few years but they came back when i was 12.I now have about 6 on my right foot as they spread.We tried Bazuka again but it didn't work, it just dried really hard & it went white making the verrucas very noticable. It made me very self conscious as we have to do Dance & Gymnastics bare foot at school. Today we tried filing them down & we got rid of the white bazuka & they look better. We then put on some tea tree oil and they are looking a whole lot better already, we are going to carry this on for a while. Hopefully this will work better than Bazuka, going to see what happens! Good Luck :)

Posted by Ayesha on 04/09/2009 at 01:35:00 am

I Have had Verucca on my foot for over a year and i have tryed almost everything and result was nothing and now i am think of going to see a doctor hopefully this helps. please let me know of anything that i can do to get rid of verucca. thanks

Posted by ann on 30/08/2009 at 09:59:00 pm

I have a cluster of verrucas 8 on the ball of foot just under the toes. I HAVE TRIED THE LOT . Even laser treatment,which cost me

Posted by ... on 29/08/2009 at 05:19:00 pm

do you have to wear a sock after putting cream on ?

Posted by dave on 24/08/2009 at 07:03:00 pm

ok so i got a larger one on my foot that for the last 8-9 months or so i been using compound w liquid wart remover which has been working good but it says dont use for more 12 weeks and im way past that point anybody got any exp with it drop a post ill check it ina couple days

Posted by jenny on 14/08/2009 at 11:42:00 am

helo, i have had my verruka now for 3/4 years and its not going! im only young and i sometimes wonder if it will go or not.I have tried everything from duck tape to freezing.I attended serveral doctors treatments including freezing and it seemd like it was nearly gone but because the pain was so bad i had to stop going for the freezing.The verruca came back.Im embarrased about it please help!

Posted by hirschy on 14/08/2009 at 02:04:00 am

I used to get loads of verrucas all the time, and it feels like u've tried every treatment going. Nothing seemed to work at all until the home freezing treatment came out. I found after using this that verrucas go within 2 weeks maximum. I have just got another verruca - my first for about 10 years which is annoying - but i'm going straight out tomorrow to get the freezing thing.

Posted by Barbara on 10/08/2009 at 12:26:00 pm

I have a verruca on my thumb & 2 on finger. Drs & Chiropodists won't touch. All really painful and handicap me tho thankfully left hand.Tried bazuca, freezing, duct tape, neat dettol. Will try some of other treatments you guys suggest.

Posted by Jayne on 09/08/2009 at 03:15:00 pm

I had a verucca right on the edge of my heel for some months and decided to treat it as became painful when I used a pumice to rub away hard skin build up. It appeared to have a number of black pin spots within it and was painful when pressure was applied. I used the Scholl verucca patches and they worked a treat. I replaced the patches after each shower and another rub down with the pumice and it was gone within a few weeks. I now have a small hole where the verucca was but presume new skin will grow over the area within a few days.

Posted by Anonymous on 07/08/2009 at 11:34:00 pm

can you get verucas on top of foot? i have something on the top of my footjust below ankle bone but central.

Posted by Anonymous on 06/08/2009 at 10:00:00 pm

Previously i had a verruca on my foot at the age of 10, but as i was young it cleared away. Now, since i have been going to the gym and swimming pool every day religiously, i have grown three verrucas, two on my left foot, and a big one on my right. It's so embarrasing and i've tried Bazuka, and picking it, it's started really hurting. Hopefully it will clear soon.

Posted by SLL on 03/08/2009 at 03:27:00 pm

I HAVE LOTS OF VERRUCAS AROUND THE SOLE OF MY FOOT AND ON THE LITTLE TOE AND DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!

Posted by Anonymous on 27/07/2009 at 11:29:00 pm

I had two verrucas and they were really itchy and perhaps my doctor did not know how to treat it. I saw a podiatrist and she aked me to burn them with (HNO3)nitric acid. After applying this I had so many sleepless nights.Now there is a wound inplace of a verrucae. I do not know what will happen.

Posted by Sacha on 27/07/2009 at 03:25:00 am

I look after a child part time who has heaps of these on his feet.I have been told that they are being treated, however would like to know if i should make him wear socks to prevent anyone in my family geting them?. Thanks.

Posted by Vech on 26/07/2009 at 06:54:00 pm

I have a cluster of these on outside of sole near toes. Only slightly uncomfortable. Corn plasters do the job but you do need to make sure they stay in the right place for a couple of days. Difficult when on the sole of the foot as normal walking, even round the house barefoot or in socks means the plaster moves a bit so other skin may come off but as with corns, it seems not to have done anything then a week or so afterwards, it just peels off taking the corn/veruca with it. Painless.

Posted by Lil Kid on 24/07/2009 at 05:43:00 pm

I had 4 verrucas before but they went within about 2 years but then i got bored and started playing with some nail clippers and i started clipping skin from the feet, a few days later it started healing and i saw little black dots in it, i thought it would go naturally but it didn't and became a verruca im using salicylic acid

Posted by A Person on 22/07/2009 at 03:22:00 pm

i've had a verruca for about 2 years, + i've had them before, but in a chemist you can get some paint stuff, it takes quite a while but it soon goes away. + if you've got some on your toes where it's likely to spread to another toe, don't mess around with your verruca, because that's what i did and ended up with several verrucas. but overall the paint stuff works best, it peels all your skin off, including the veruca, + is painless.

Posted by Anonymous on 21/07/2009 at 07:56:00 pm

i have had a big verruca on my foot for almost 2 years and bazuka cream and bazuka freezing didnt work so i got an appointment at my local doctors and they froze it.it is quite painful but i can feel it dying. if i could suggest any treatment i would suggest gettin an appointment at your doctor to get it removed

Posted by aj on 12/07/2009 at 02:37:00 am

had this verucca on my big toe its starting to go however i now have three on my second toe what should i do?

Posted by Curtis on 09/07/2009 at 04:47:00 pm

Have verruca for several years now. Tried Bazuka, home freezing, duct tape. Went to Docs for freezing, turns out they don't offer this service anymore! Was prescribed Verucar Gel, which is based on Formaldehyde, turns out the pharmacist no longer stock this. Now trying 50% Salycylic Acid paste from pharmacist. Put on first time last night and my foot is very painful, can hardly walk, hope this is a good sign. Was told to also boost immune system with slow release vit c tablets.

Posted by Heather on 07/07/2009 at 06:55:00 pm

I got severe veruccae when I was 14, wasted time at Drs with weak salicylic acid based treatments which did nothing, and they spread quite badly. Then went to a chiropodist who treated them with silver nitrate paste (and possibly another metal-based paste too, magnesium maybe, I don't remember). It was painful as they blister up, and required several treatments once a week for about 6 weeks, but it worked. I got another verruca when I was about 26, probably from the gym, and I've still got it. They are persistent little blighters. Last time I went to a chiropodist she said the same thing: freezing, salicylic acid etc probably won't work, the best way is several treatments with silver nitrate and dig them out (the chiropodist NOT DIY). This makes sense as hospitals used to sterilise surfaces with silver. When I can guarantee I'll be available for 6 weeks tx, I'll do it! Banana skin does seem to have an effect by the way, probably would work on young verrucae, you have to leave the banana on for a couple of days after it goes brown. Mykored is another product that does succeed in reducing the size but you have to remember to apply it frequently.

Posted by Paul on 06/07/2009 at 09:57:00 pm

I've had big nasty verrucas for about 10 years. I also tried everything... liquid nitrogen freezing, wartner, various salacylic acids, banana skin, garlic, acv, swiss army knife.. nothing works, they just kept coming back, and spreading. So 4 days ago, as a last resort, I had ELECTROCAUTERY SURGERY!! It's a fairly dramatic procedure. General anesthic. Then they burn the whole area with a soldering iron thingy, then cut out the dead skin. Lots of blood and big bandages. I can't walk, and probably wont be able to for a week or two. If this doesn't work I'm gonna have to declare war on some small european country. I'll keep you posted.

Posted by Anonymous on 05/07/2009 at 11:33:00 pm

i have RA and the side effect is that your immune system is compromised and causes veruccas and have been treated by a chirpodist for 6 months now one foot has almost cleared up by daily changes of duct tape on it and 2nd one has to have solactol but it to has improved a lot, important thing is to never walk around with bare feet and always cover the feet in shoes as you re infect every time you put shoes on if uncovered, roper treatment by a recognised chiropodist is in my opinion essential as they know what they are doing. I hope by end of the summer to be completely cured of these awful things, I caught them at a swimming baths but didnt know what they were until they had got a hold on me. Never go there now. Duct tape was the most succesful treatment in my opinion.

Posted by carol on 30/06/2009 at 01:19:00 am

Apple cider vinegar. I have tried gels, freezing at the docs and banana skins. ACV turned it all black but reallt hurt. I couldnt walk properly for 2 days.Not sure if it's gone but looking good. Go swimming people, cover with clear nail varnish and it won't infect others.

Posted by Anonymous on 29/06/2009 at 08:16:00 pm

i have a hudge one on my foot and it wont go its really annoying

Posted by rebecca on 29/06/2009 at 07:09:00 am

ive bought some pure tea tree oil and ive been putting some on my large verruca everyday in the morning and before bed, and i have been covering it with duck tape, ive seen a drastic change, and all the dots have nearly cleared up, but ive still got the puffy white bit, which is the bit i hate the most, it puffs up when wet, any ideas of how to get rid of it pleeeaaseeee???

Posted by Shirley on 28/06/2009 at 10:21:00 pm

I had veruccas when a child and got rid of them with Bazuka cream, but they don't make the cream now only gel. I have had a verucca for several years and have become so frustrated because the gel just sits on the top and dries so hard. I can't see how it can work, cos it doesn't sink into the skin. I have been crushing aspirin (salicycle acid, the active ingredient in bazuka)and mixing it in E45 cream. Its been taking a few weeks and consistency in applying it,but the verucca is getting smaller and smaller and I'm sure it will disappear completely if I persevere.

Posted by eddie on 26/06/2009 at 03:10:00 pm

i have had a verruca for a year and just recently anothe one about an ince frome the original has appeared. I play a lot of tennis to stay fit (i have diabetes) and the verruca is impeeding my efforts. My doc doesn't seem too bothered

Posted by its mee on 24/06/2009 at 06:54:00 pm

ive had a veruca on one of my feet for over a year or 2 now it just wont budge, ive tried gels and the freezing can stuff. I might go to the doctors and see what they can do. I have like 5 on one foot! it spreads and i hate it!

Posted by anonoymouse on 23/06/2009 at 09:06:00 pm

ive had verucas for around 3 years know and i hate them! ive tried everything possible and nothing is working, ive been to the doctores to get them frozen but it doesnt help at al, ive tried everything, i want to be able to go swimming. i have aroung 5 all on one foot and they are spreading to the other. im only young i just want rid of them please help, arghhhh !! x

Posted by anonamus on 22/06/2009 at 09:50:00 pm

Thanks you were really helpful. :D

Posted by laura on 18/06/2009 at 10:30:00 am

I have a huge phobia of feet and I went crazy when I found a small varucca on my toe. My lovley fella did a once only treatment that freezes it and now after only about a week and a half its on its way out. yaaaaay. I am so pleased as he had to pin me down to apply it. It was slightly uncomfortable, like someone holding an ice cube on my toe for 30 seconds, but its worth it to know that one treatment has worked and I dont have to worry about it anymore. I would highly recomend an over the counter freezing treatment. Also it saves me from worrying about spreading it to other people.

Posted by Debra in Sheffield on 17/06/2009 at 05:10:00 pm

Have tried everything on the verruca Ive had for 18 months. Nothing has worked. Someone told me they had success with applying the inside of a Banana skin?! I'll try anything...watch this space

Posted by Alex on 10/06/2009 at 10:09:00 pm

I have been suffering from extreme pain, on the heel of my right foot, for 8 months now due to a cluster of 8 verrucas. Tried every over the counter remedy and freezing treatment at my doctors. I used to be an avid mountaineer but couldn

Posted by Anonymous on 10/06/2009 at 04:38:00 pm

I had lots of verrucas on both my feet a few years ago now and tried various treatments, none of them worked. At the time I was working as a nurse in a private hospital and with my medical insurance was offered a course of radiotherapy at a Harley Street Clinic to get rid of them. I went three times and it got rid of all of them. Although now a few years later, i have two new verrucas. So annoying! Don't know what to do as don't have my insurance anymore!

Posted by Bex on 07/06/2009 at 03:48:00 pm

I had some verrucas for 2 years and i used SALACTOL on them, its not very expensive and they were gone within the week!

Posted by Anonymous on 05/06/2009 at 01:04:00 am

tea tree oil worked in matter of weeks on my 3 yr old massive 2 mosaics! Highly recommend it. Just dab it on every night neat.

Posted by Pat on 03/06/2009 at 08:10:00 pm

I wake up in the morning and go to get dress. When my feet hit the floor they are very sore.Is there anything I can get to to ease the sore feet I have.

Posted by sophia on 01/06/2009 at 09:21:00 pm

i have had a verruca for about a year and a half and thay have gradually spred into 2 more which means i have to treat 3 now. i first began to treat it with bazuca that verruca but it didnt seem to work so i started going to the doctors to have it frozen, i have been following this treatment for a long time now and nothing has happened. can anyone suggest any good treatments i can use that actually work please because its so annoying! thanks

Posted by caz on 27/05/2009 at 07:11:00 pm

I think I have plantar veruccas on my heel I counted 13 of them. Im worried it may be something else how can I tell. Ive had them for 3 - 4 years.

Posted by joanne on 27/05/2009 at 10:40:00 am

my daughter as 2 verrucas ive bought bazooka gel but asnt worked

Posted by alice on 25/05/2009 at 01:36:00 pm

I have had clusters of verrucas for years now they have spread and look really ugly. I have had courses of treatment and freezing! notheing works does anyone know something that does work ?

Posted by Emma on 24/05/2009 at 06:38:00 pm

I have had a rather large verucca for 2 years now. An other smaller ones have formed around it aswell. I have tried Using A freezing aerosol 3 times to get rid of it. It made it smaller but it never disappeared and i cant use it anymore times. I have also tried that bazooka stuff which goes over it, but that didnt work either. I have actually run out of ideas to get rid of it and i dont know what to do now. It's affecting my confidence so if anyone could please help me out i'd be very grateful.

Posted by leah on 24/05/2009 at 05:29:00 am

i think i have this. i dont know and i need help finding out. it has hard surrounding skin and a clear core with black dots it has small little lumpy things on them and it hurts when i walk i have to walk on my heels plz help. also if it is can i use the freze off wart stuff to remove it thank you

Posted by Vonnie on 23/05/2009 at 05:19:00 pm

I have a sore peice of skin between my little toe and the next toe. It hurts when I wear shoes and the toes are pressed together. there is no black middle part, it looks more like a mini volcano. Any ideas what it could be?

Posted by bubbles on 22/05/2009 at 05:51:00 pm

Ive j/ had a verruca frozen off today (22/05/09) and is really painfull! I have 11 verucas on my left foot (I no theres alot) including a massive one on my big toe, and, 6 on my right! Im having anouher apppountment in 2 weeks and im dredding it because it was that painfull. Ps. Dont leaave them i did that, im 12, and ive had them for nearly 3 yrs! Love'All Bubbles xoxo

Posted by Anonymous on 20/05/2009 at 03:58:00 pm

A lot of people on other websites suggest vinegar and duct tape. I have been doing this myself for a few weeks and although they haven't gone they are much smaller - it can be very painful though. This is the link http://moblog.net/view/128991/verruca-treatment It's very long but probably worth having a look at for ideas. There are an awful lot of people out there fighting these blighters! Good luck all Jane

Posted by memo on 10/05/2009 at 11:01:00 am

I had a verucca about thirty years ago - I thought the tiny black spot was a splinter under my skin - I hacked away at it with a pair of nail scissors and eventually when I pulled it out - along with what appeared to be a root about a cm long. Made me feel sick, Doc confirmed it was a verucca and I've never had one since then - get stuck in and dig the blighters out!!

Posted by Anonymous on 07/05/2009 at 08:19:00 am

I have had 2 verrucas for more than a year now and it is very painful to walk. When i walk, I have to walk gimpishly, and it is very embarrasing. What should I do?

Posted by lauren on 18/04/2009 at 03:44:00 pm

i have a verruca and i going to see if it goes away in time i hope i have chosen the best way and just to leave it alone

Posted by Anonymous on 17/04/2009 at 12:24:00 pm

my verruca really hurts i tried treatment but that dont work HELP

Posted by Anonymous on 14/04/2009 at 09:50:00 pm

I had verrucas for several years. I tried salicylic acid, bazuka, tea tree oil, patches, several courses of freezing at my Doctor's, cutting them out etc, etc but they kept returning. My Doctor recommended anything that could boost my immune system. Eventually I completely stopped drinking alcohol, improved my diet and started doing more exercise. Drastic I knowm but the verrucas disappeared of their own accord without any other treatment. I guess it is possible for your body to fight the virus. I'm a moderate drinker, but those lifestyle changes did the trick. I guess regular alcohol consumption was depressing my immune system.

Posted by jacqui on 14/04/2009 at 12:07:00 pm

Ive had verrucas on both feet for years never really bothered me, then last week the pain was so intense around the one near my big toe. Ive tried gels but they just seem to aggrivate it even more. Can anyone help???????

Posted by sore feet on 13/04/2009 at 02:54:00 pm

Hi, I've got 2 patches of mosaic verrucas, one on each foot which I've had for 3 years.I've tried laser (cryo), freezing, acid and then in desperation I had them cut out of my feet under local anaesthetic.....but guess what 6 months later they are back with a vengence!!! I'm now going down the homeopathic route using thuja which I'm applying topically and drinking (it tastes vile.....)has anyone else tried this???

Posted by Katie on 11/04/2009 at 02:26:00 pm

ive had a verruca on my foot for almost 3 years and it just wont go away. ive tried wartner and boozoca that verruca also duck tape plasters. i went to the doctor who gave me a scalpull to help get rid of it and it seems to have no effect i really want to get rid of it because i get really self concious of it. i havent been swimming for 3 years because im so embarrased of my foot any ideas what i should do please x

Posted by Frederick on 09/04/2009 at 09:53:00 pm

I haven't treated my verruca because i don't want everyone to know. I have had them for 1 and a half years and am really fed up with them.

Posted by Frederick on 09/04/2009 at 09:49:00 pm

I have had my verrucas for 1 and a half years now and they haven't dissapeared. What shall i do?

Posted by Hopeful Helper on 07/04/2009 at 10:17:00 am

Kathryn - don't rub the verruca so much. It shouldn't bleed when you're carrying out treatment!

Posted by Brenda Sinclair on 06/04/2009 at 08:21:00 pm

The best remedy for a verruca is bicarbonate of soda and lemon juice. Mix a small quantity of each to a watery paste and using a toothbrush rub over the verruca. The pain disappeared in 4 days and the verruca vanished after 4 weeks.

Posted by laura on 06/04/2009 at 06:08:00 pm

it started off with one verucca and now i have several on my both feet! it is quite tender to walk on and sometimes my feet feel numb, its really wierd. i dont want to tell my mum. what is the best way to get rid of them. x

Posted by Kathryn on 05/04/2009 at 08:38:00 pm

My daughter has had a verruca on her foot for about two years. The only problem we have is the bleeding. After we have rubbed it down and put on cream, it bleeds for days. how do you stop the bleeding???

Posted by fedupwithit on 05/04/2009 at 07:44:00 pm

I have had a verruca for nearly 30 years! I think I've got rid of it with the over the counter stuff, like scholl verruca removal pads and deep freezing spray, then back it comes a few weeks later. :( I've tried everything over the years, including tea tree, banana skins, duct tape and nail varnish. It's so painful, like standing and walking on a sharp stone. Now I'm trying something different I read in a book called "Everything you need to know about everything". Dip a PINK headed match in hot water to soften, then rub it on the verruca. Cover with a waterproof plaster. I've only just started doing this and it stings a bit for a while, so it must be doing something! I don't have a clue why this should work, but I'll give anything a go. Fingers crossed! *Watch this space*

Posted by Jos on 05/04/2009 at 01:31:00 pm

Why do doctors not just arrange to have the verruca cut out?

Posted by Speaking from exerience on 05/04/2009 at 01:25:00 pm

I am using a salicylic acid gel - ones a day after showering. it is destroying to veruca cells layer by lay as it comes away in flakes of skin. They say not to use it too many times but you have to to get to the root. its making a small deep hole in my foot but it is painless. once to veruca is totally gone, i will stop using it and the skin will heal. its important to keep it covered though because the common virus can only em-bed itself in damaged skin. Picking it up from swimming areas is a myth, there is no scientific proof - it is just speculation

Posted by Laura on 04/04/2009 at 12:11:00 pm

I have lots of verrucas on both feet, one patch of mosiac. I have had them for about 8 years and hate them! My doctor told me when I originally got them that no treatment works & they would go of their own accord! yer right!I tried home freezing and wartner I purchased whilst in the USA & another cream equally as useless sold here in the UK-though I think these may work for newer smaller ones. I have now had a course of 4 laser treatments which have shrunk them but not got rid of them & not the miracle cure it claimed ie that it would put the virus into your system & your body would at last recognise the virus & attack it, then they would disappear of their own accord! Now they are onto cryo and the filing and acid between treatments!It is also painful a day or so after the treatment. Help it sounds like it is never ending & at

Posted by gobby on 03/04/2009 at 02:56:00 pm

had mosaic verruca for about 3 years now tried everything new doctor has told me to leave them alone if they are not painful and they will go eventually, might try teatree!!!! or nail varnish !!!

Posted by lovena on 01/04/2009 at 02:12:00 pm

hi i have a verruca since nearly 6 month now and it is getting really nasty. i was using duofilm bt it didn't work for me and the pharmacist recomend me to have it remove by a doctor.i would like to know the possible ways of him doing so and around how much it might cost. p.s i have a very sore feet is it normal?

Posted by Holly on 01/04/2009 at 02:09:00 pm

i got a verruca. get rid of it plzzzz! mann my bf dunt liikkee it fam

Posted by A boy from England on 31/03/2009 at 10:38:00 pm

This has helped me but I am pretty sure it's a verruca and I had more than 2 years more like 5

Posted by Anonymous on 31/03/2009 at 07:48:00 pm

I have a verruca I have started treatmentis is it still infectious can I go swimming can I go in the jaccuzi

Posted by Stephen on 28/03/2009 at 03:52:00 pm

I have had a nasty verruca on my left foot for at least 25 years and it feels as if a pebble is in my shoe. I have tried gel, verruca plasters and freeze aerosol to no effect over the years. I have recently managed to pull the darn thing out root and all and apart from a bit of blood loss and soreness it appears to have done the job. I have been to the medical centre for advice and been told that it may come back. Watch this space.

Posted by Anonymous on 21/03/2009 at 11:11:00 am

I've had mosaic verrucas since I was 6 (I'm now 20) and been fobbed off many times by doctors saying cryo doesn'n work and to keep using bazuka etc etc. This was obviously very expensive, I wouldn't like to guess how much my mum and me have spent over my lifetime! As well as this I've tried duck tape, nail varnish, etc etc but they seem to be quite deep. I've finally been referred for cryo and had 3 treatments so far, and they do actually seem to be shrinking. Whether this is due to the fact the nurse also advised me to dab lemon oil on them after bathing every day I'm not sure because I had never tried lemon oil before starting the cryo, but whatever, it seems to be having some sort of effect. Has anyone tried the treatments advertised on the web like "warts no more" and "active cure"? Obviously they have lots of raving testimonials but I'm always sceptical, especally for that price.

Posted by KN Subra on 19/03/2009 at 07:44:00 am

Hi, I need some advice friends. I was a regular runner for even 20 miles a week. Last four months no way i can run because of this terrible verruca. I have tried so many things until now. Starting from verruca gel, discs and cryo. I have tried cryo for 3 times so far with a gap of 12 days in between, each time ended with more pain, initially looks like the verruca is disappearing but comes back with vengeance again. Any suggestions, I heard about the tea tree oil against virus. that is going to be my next try. Any suggestions are welcome.

Posted by Anonymous on 15/03/2009 at 10:49:00 pm

Hi, I had a verruca for years and tried everything, bazuka, cryotherapy, ductape, it is all nonsense, unless its for a child, it won't make a bit of difference so save your money. I got mine removed by the doctor with local anaesthetic which is painful but means the doctor can cut the thing off. Sounds drastic but it is totally effective. Just ask for minor surgery.

Posted by Ella Coombes on 12/03/2009 at 09:00:00 pm

I have long suffered with verrucas since i was 13 sometimes not so bad but lately all my left foot is covered i have tried everything but they don't go. So i went to my GP she advised me to try duct tape it stops the verruca breathing and as a last resort i gave it a go and it's made a great improvement it might take a while though it wont happen over night.

Posted by Anonymous on 11/03/2009 at 01:51:00 pm

i have had 3 verrucas or about 4 years, i have tried a lot of different things, my doctor says it will go away, but it is very painfull!! can anyone help me? thanks

Posted by Anonymous on 08/03/2009 at 10:49:00 pm

i have had several varrucas for about 5 years now, they are incredibly embarrassing and i'd do anything to just get rid of the things! i've tried so many different things and my doctor refuses to help me saying that i'd have to go private if i want help. can anyone reccommend what to do next? thanks

Posted by ME on 07/03/2009 at 12:33:00 pm

Can you get Verrucas between the toes..??

Posted by al on 05/03/2009 at 12:01:00 pm

for 2 years I bazooka'd them, froze them, put stuff on them, plasters and whatever.....then I used pure Tea tree oil twice daily and the swines have gone!!!(2 months, I used about 10ml only of the oil all in) YAY!!!!

Posted by marzia on 04/03/2009 at 12:38:00 pm

I have a large verruca on the side of my foot and after many treatments is still not going away. It is not painful bu is not a very nice sight. I tried everything even duck tape but nothing seem working. Chiropodist told me I can't have it removed so looks like I have to keep it for ever. Not very helpful he has been. Any suggestion-advise will be useful. Thanks

Posted by embarrassed on 01/03/2009 at 02:40:00 pm

i have lots of verruccas and iv'e had them for years about 4 to be more precise, i have gym 2 times a week and find it embarrasing iv'e been to my doctors and they always say it's nothing to be embarrased about but it makes no difference, i still feel embarrassed. i have tried loads of diy products and i have even tried having them frozen which didn't work for me, i'm fed up of dreading gym and getting down about them, i hate fighting a constant battle. please help!

Posted by Holly's Mom on 26/02/2009 at 10:31:00 pm

My 4 year old daughter had a small verrucca on her toe. Tried to get rid of it with bazuka gel, where you have to also rub it with emery board - which she hated and screamed the place down.She wouldn't let me get near it in the end.Couldn't carry on like this so took her to doctors. Doctors gave us Verrugon gel - just put a bit on every few days and cover with a plaster. Skin goes white and then falls off. Repeat this process after about a week skin came off with verrucca attached! Great - problem solved for her.But I have had a verrucca on my heel for about 2 years now. I have tried bazuka - no good, I am now trying my daughters cream. But not really working for me.I have the white skin but it doesn't fall off, maybe as I am walking on it. I am now rubbing it, picking it etc... I just have a really sore foot. Don't know what else to try now. Might try duct tape next - it worked on a wart my mom had! Then banana skin....

Posted by Anonymous on 26/02/2009 at 09:39:00 pm

can you get verrucas on your fingers

Posted by Anonymous on 24/02/2009 at 08:45:00 pm

In response to Lady, I tried using the a freezing treatment called Bazooka that I bought from a pharmacy but it didn't work...I tried 3 times, which was the limit or so it said on the box, but it didn't work at all, so I wouldn't recommend it...the chiropodist I saw afterwards told me they rarely worked because they don't get to the freezing temperatures that the cryotherapy gets to.

Posted by Lady on 19/02/2009 at 05:29:00 am

can someone tell me is freezing a good way to treat verruca? i've had verruca for almost 3 months now.. at first i thought i stepped on a sharp object, but after visiting the dr, he said that its verruca.. i've never heard verruca before.. is freezing okay?

Posted by Anonymous on 17/02/2009 at 08:23:00 pm

Well I have a Verruca For ages and Have tried Every thing, Its embaressing Because I can't Were High heals Beacuse it hurts My Foot! I've tried Creams and I am going for it freezing, But the doctor said it might not work! I cant't go swimming as often as i did:( I am going to try Plasters But if not i don't know what to do!

Posted by Anonymous on 17/02/2009 at 01:14:00 am

Have mine just 5 years. I had baby there in April 08 and my chiropodist thought they'd go but sadly no! I think what my problem is I'm too over anxious about them. Their more ingrained in my brain then in my feet! I want to try for another baby later this year and would love to be rid of the horrible stupid things before I do so. I've tried all over the counter stuff, have had them frozen off twice, tried the banana skin, even holy water(!) and now I'm attacking them with a small surgical blade trying to cut the little blighters out!

Posted by Anonymous on 13/02/2009 at 10:28:00 am

I am having cryotherapy for a verruca on the ball of my foot. Between weekly session, I soak my feet and file down the hard skin around the area with a footfile, and then dab a bit of Lemon Oil onto the wart. My nurse said that this would soften the skin, making the verruca more vulnerable. I then rub body lotion on my feet, which is recommended after exfoliation, dry them thoroughly and put a nice warm pair of bed socks on. It's quite laborious but it's working well and now my feet are nice all over! The nurse did say that 1 in 3 verrucas returns after treatment, does anyone know the best way to avoid reinfection? Do I really have to throw out my shoes and socks!?

Posted by Anonymous on 05/02/2009 at 11:37:00 pm

i used a gel that turned into a plaster within 5 days the verruca and the root was on the plaster, painless. go to your doctor for it.

Posted by Alex on 03/02/2009 at 07:36:00 pm

Instead of using pumus stones which are usually useless, Pedegg is a great tool to get the skin off. i filled down a verucaa within 2 weeks and never seen it again :D

Posted by Mother on 30/01/2009 at 08:37:00 pm

Any help for 6 year old boy who will not let me near his verruca to treat it. I have tried to file it down for him nice and neatly then used Freeze verruca & wart, this didnt work. Now he wont even let me near it so I cannot file it down, its hurting him. Now I am just apply some Verruca gel, this doesnt seem to be doing anything. Please help its effecting his Karate !!!

Posted by murphy on 28/01/2009 at 10:22:00 pm

any ideas as to treat a verruca on a 4yr old boy who wont let you near it ,without a fight .its quite sore and is on the bottom of his toe .look forward to any help ,many thanks

Posted by Alex on 22/01/2009 at 07:43:00 pm

I have a mosaic verucca and have had for approx 12 months. It looks like there are approx 100 veruccas on the ball of my foot which is now very painful to walk on. I have used over the counter products and none seem to work. How do i get rid of it once and for all.

Posted by hyu on 22/01/2009 at 09:57:00 am

to kill a verruca on the foot paint the wart with clear nail polish . this causes the wart to suffocate and die re apply the polish for about 2 day s you will find it will dry over and it can be scraped away

Posted by verruca hell on 21/01/2009 at 12:44:00 pm

i have had a verruca on the near end of my big toe for around 5 years. i have been to the docters and tried freezing and scraping but this had only either been painful and not worked extremely well. therefore i suggest a waterproof cream which can be found in wilkinsons and superdrug only, its in a blue cardboard protective box. i hope this helps as i cannot remember the name because my verruca has since gone whilst using this cream.

Posted by Jan on 16/01/2009 at 06:58:00 pm

As a swimming teacher I come across many veruccas and warts. A remedy which has worked on myself, my children and many friends has been to rub the wart with a garlic clove twice a day. The wart is usually gone within 2 weeks.

Posted by Anonymous on 11/01/2009 at 12:49:00 pm

I first noticed that I had a verucca about a year and half ago i wa wondering weather or not it was to do with me going to karate because we train in bare feet so there might be somebody with a veruca and not covering with a sock etc. so first of all i left it be to see if it would just go by itself but even more came so obviously when i first realised i had a verucca i put a sock on my foot so i wouldn't pass it on. i have got quite a lot especially on the ball of my foot but now ive got them on the side of my big toe too. and ive used bazuka gel and i must admit they have gone smaller but then they just get bigger and to be honest i'm not sure if all of them are veruccas because they haven't all got a black spot in the middle of them. but i'm too embarresed to go to the doctors. They have to go because its embarrsing and i cant go swimming with my friends either.

Posted by riversong33 on 10/01/2009 at 10:51:00 am

A no-fail remedy for verrucas [{Plantar warts] is duct tape! Leave it on for as long as practical, and then file down or clip away the loose dead skin. (I even very carefully use a scalpel.) Once the root or core has been reached, it is gone! And it doesn't take 2 years, either.

Posted by Anonymous on 08/01/2009 at 02:39:00 pm

Hi I had verrucas for years on my palms and my foot. I had also tried several treatments in the past and had no results but recently, I have found a solutions to the problem and want to share it. I bought the boots corn removal plasters (salycilic acid) and used them on my verrucas. I changed platers every two days and had to use more that five plasters on certain stubborn veruccas. The skin with the vericcas just fall off and I have got rid of two already. 5 plasters cos about 1.69 and they are cheap and work great. good luck.

Posted by Holly on 03/01/2009 at 01:29:00 am

I've had a verruca for over 2 and a half years and i was told not to treat it, but they are bigger than ever, so i went to the doctors to get treatment and they have shrunk alot they still aren't gone but if you are going to do the do it yourself method asked to be prescribed Salactol collodion. Trust me, it's good stuff! All you do is soak your foot in warm water for 5 minutes, and then rub the surface of the verruca with a pumice stone then let it dry.

Posted by Anonymous on 01/01/2009 at 11:02:00 pm

Wartner - brilliant stuff - That and 8 visits to Doctors who froze the area - It takes serious time to eradicate, that being said, once gone throw out all socks, shoes etc...expensive but the only way..

Posted by fedup on 01/01/2009 at 11:33:00 am

I've had my 'verruca' for 18 years!! It on on the right underside of my toe next to my little toe on my right foot. I'm sick of it so much!! I've had it cut out 3 times, and burnt out 2 times. It grows back. It is so painful in the wet/cold, like a toothache. I'm so tired of it. I've tried all herbal remedies, banana skins, you name it, i've tried it. It thickens with skin, getting larger, and larger. I can pick off the topmost layers of skin, but could never cut or damage in any way as its pure agony. If anyone treads on my foot I suffer in agony. I hate the horrible parasite. Anyone got some advice please. I am 100% genuine in that I have indeed had this that many years.

Posted by embarrassed on 30/12/2008 at 10:12:00 am

I started with one verucca and didnt worry about it until they started spreading. About 1 year later i have 8 'mosaic veruccas' and i can see where some others are starting to get bigger. I really dont like them and have tried everything!!! can someone please suggest something...

Posted by Anonymous on 28/12/2008 at 08:57:00 am

I got a verucca about 5 years ago. I tried treatments, but nothing worked. After a few months I had several veruccas on each foot. I was told by doctors they would eventually disappear, but they haven't. Using banana skin overnight was recommended by a health professional. I am currently doing this and they seem to be getting better...worth a try!!

Posted by embarrased on 18/12/2008 at 09:55:00 pm

i went swimming and like 2 weeks later i got 2 verrucas...qhwnever i washed my feet i put them in my shoes becasue i didnt wanna walk around bare foot...they usually natural dried because i didnt want to touch my towel on my verrucas then my body ....now i have 16 verricas 'mosaic verucas' and now i know why :'( and my doctors try to freeze them but because they are cheapskates they used an empty bottle so it did nothing...wastemen

Posted by Anonymous on 18/12/2008 at 01:14:00 pm

i have a verucca for 9month already and i go to a chiropodist for check up and freezing,my 1st verruca was gone it is near my toenail but now it grows under my feet and it is worse because they are all 7.Sometimes i trim it myself.Im really tired of it,some of my friend want me to put herbal medicines but im afraid maybe it will get worse.