Stubborn Warts - Beyond Topical Treatments (Freezing, Duct Tape, Compound W)?

My boys have had them and my oldest when he was about 10 had probably 10 of various sizes on his hands. We tried everything. We finally had to take him to the dr for something else and they froze them off. a few went away with that the others we ended up having them burnt off. My youngest had one we had frozen at the dr. I think a lot of them don't react to over the counter methods. The main thing is they can not pick at them when they are open wounds. That's how they spread most of the time.

Hi J B,
I can tell you this (and I know it's a different type of wart) but my son had a plantar wart on his foot.
The podiatrist wanted to make an appt for surgical removal and GUARANTEED me if I tried the topical patches (salycic acid patches--about a buck will do O. wart treatment) that I'd be back and he'd need it to be cut out.
That was about 2 years ago. After his bath/shower, we cut a disc, put it on his foot & covered with a band aid. Repeated every night. It took about 2 weeks but it worked and it has not come back.
You might have better luck with the patches than the liquid stuff.
Good luck!

My daughter had warts on a couple of her fingers and we just finally got rid of them. At least I am keeping my fingers crossed that they don't come back! It took about 2 years of going to the doctor and getting them frozen. I think it has something to do with your body building up immunity to them. I know when I was in high school I had plantar warts on my heels really bad. I kept going to the doctor for treatments. Then one day they were just gone, but it took a couple years. My body had finally built up the immunity.

Your doing the right things just keep at it.

My daughter had a wart on her hand. Then it turned into 2, then 3, then 4 warts. The doctor told us to buy the Compound W freezing kit. We tried it, but the warts came back. Then we tried the Compound W patches. The warts left, and came back. Then she got 5 warts! The doctor said he'd have to burn them off, but she got hysterical when she found that out.

We tried tea tree oil. We tried apple cider vinegar. We tried putting nail polish on the wart to suffocate it. We were fighting these warts for at least 6 months!

Right around that time she started swimming classes. She swam every day for 4 weeks. After the 3rd week of swimming, she came running in. "Mommy! My warts are gone!"

Evidently the chlorine from the swimming pool killed the warts!

So--maybe the solution is to take your kids swimming every day! LOL!

I wish I had a good solution, for you. We did try everything and the swimming did it. The warts never returned!

You can't boost the immune system with a single vitamin (such as C, or anything else) or herbal treatments (such as echinacea) - the body needs a balanced supplement with many vitamins & minerals. Every vitamin, trace element, phytonutrient, etc., works in the body in conjunction with every other one - so the partnership and balance are critical! You can't find that in the health food stores but there is a company that manufactures something here in the US. It's used all over the world including in feeding stations with really compromised kids. The company connects you with a trained nutritional consultant to help you. If you want to go that route, I'll help you.

I'm glad the other poster has had good luck with Flintstones, but I wouldn't give my kid something that says "keep out of reach of children" - I'd use something with NO warning labels and that I'm sure is not outsourced and manufactured somewhere else.

Trying to mix & match various ingredients and playing "kitchen chemist" yourself is really impossible to do well. Most people are just wasting their money buying commercial vitamins. 80% of the population supplements, but would you say 80% are healthy without illness or immune issues? Nope!

I've gotten rid of a huge number of viral issues (colds, flu, chronic bronchitis) by doing comprehensive supplementation. Haven't been sick in 5 years, my doctor is thrilled. My husband has had quite a number of warts and other skin issues disappear, and he's never been sick either.

Talk to a Naturopath about taking L-Lysin. Adults can take 4 pills 3x a dy for viruses such as warts and cold sores/canker sores. There is Oil of Oregano (liquid) that is good for cold sores, etc. I read that it's an antifungal. You just need a few drops and then wrap the warts. Oil of O should cause the vessels to decay and go hollow by treating the wart about 2-3x. They should be gone in less than a week with Oil of O. You can also take capsules, but the liquid directly on the wart will probably give you faster results. Again, you can ask a Naturopath to get the best advice on how much, how often, liquid or capsule, for a child.

Good luck!

When I was in 2nd grade I had a plantar wart on the sole of my heel.
We kept going back to the Dr (over several months) but it started burrowing in deeper.
Finally it was too deep for the Dr to dig at it anymore - it was growing down almost to my heel bone.
They sent me to a radiologist and they zapped it with an xray (a little different from taking pictures - no film was involved) - and THAT finally killed it off for good.

From what I understand, warts being a viral infection like herpes (in fact warts come from the HPV virus), you can never fully rid oneself of warts completely. They will come and go. The topical treatments may make them go away for a bit, but as you've discovered, they will more than likely come back. That is also what we have found in our house; my husband has had a wart on his finger dry iced off and burned off (I believe), plus has used every other idea out there (duct tape, etc.)

Mine had them for 4 - 6 months on both hands on his fingers and between. We took him to a dermatologist who froze them and said come back in a week. Two days later they fell off, no marks. We went back to the doctor asked if we had brought the same kid back. "he looks like the same kid, but there is no trace of any of the warts".

that was back in 2004, and the warts haven't returned.

My kid takes a Flintstones vitamin daily.