Plantar Warts Buster

Plantar Warts Treatment Myths

2011-06-18T03:14:00.000-07:00

Treatment of plantar warts varies in many countries. But in every country, there are however treatments that are traditional and none scientific. Scientific treatment on plantar warts are expected to be effective and safe but these traditional and "mythical" plantar warts treatments can sometimes prove to be surprisingly effective as well.

Pumice stones are used to rub off plantar warts, salicylic acid to "dissolve" warts, incense or laser to burn warts, freezing the warts which is known as cryotherapy, and suffocating the plantar warts using duct tape. These are the most common and tested treatments to remove plantar warts or warts in general. The best thing with the plantar warts treatment methods mentioned above is that it is backed up by a science. But there are native treatments of warts which are quite hard to scientifically explain.

Let us learn some traditional and mythical ways to treat plantar warts from the many countries of Asia. Aside from plantar wart treatment, we will also discover some causes of warts. You may find these native plantar wart treatment methods funny but many claims it actually work.

How do you get plantar warts or what causes warts?

Rat Blood Can Cause Warts. Some people in Asia believe that touching the blood of a common rat can cause warts. It may sound scientifically correct but what is the relationship between blood and warts? Wart virus ( HPV or Human Pappiloma Virus ) is indeed contagious specially having your open or cut skin in contact with body fluids of an infected individual or object.

If so, rats could be the host of the HPV. This native belief about plantar wart infection isn't medically proven and minorities in Asia still believe on this myth about common warts or specifically plantar warts.

Touching Frogs. This is a common belief around the world. My mother used to tell us not to play with frogs when we were young because they can cause wart, but still we did secretly and never had warts. Frogs cannot be directly linked to having infected with warts. Some say that plantar warts are caused when you get your feet wet on a pool of frogs. Yes there is a truth there because warts virus thrives on dirty and wet areas but, frogs are not the sole cause of warts.

Blood of a Plain Colored Chicken. It is a popular believe in the Philippines and Thailand that warts are caused by touching the blood of a butchered plain colored chicken. Native chickens in Asia are of mixed colors and seeing a plainly colored chicken is rare and special. These special chickens are used for sacrificial offering to spirits.

Blood of the plain colored chickens are also pointed out to have caused warts on children playing with it. This is not true, broiler chickens are plain white and do you blame those chickens for your plantar warts?

These are some of the most popular myths about the cause of plantar warts or common warts. The culture in Asia is rich with traditions and myths. Plantar warts are no exemption to be excluded in Asian myths and beliefs. Below we will discover some traditional and mythical treatment of plantar warts or common warts.

Myths About Plantar Warts Treatment

Long and Thick Human Hair Can be an Effective Plantar Wart Treatment. Yes! hair is used as an effective plantar warts treatment. It is so odd to think that warts can be effectively removed by plainly using hair. My aunt strongly agree with this wart treatment as she had her raised warts effectively removed with her own hair. How did she able to remove the warts? Here's how.

Removing Plantar Warts Using Human Hair

1. First is to get three strong strands of hair and clean it with alcohol.

2. Have your warts cleaned with soap.

3. Tie your warts with the three strands of hair.

4. Tighten the hairs once in a while. Leave the warts "choked" with the strands of hair until it dies.

5, As the warts die out, rub the warts with pumice stones to completely remove it.

Removing plantar warts with tying strands of hair can only be used for raised warts but not for flat and sunken warts. This is just a myth about wart treatment and its up to you to follow the procedure above to remove the warts.

Let A Praying Mantis Eat the Warts. Funny how this little creature is used as a natural plantar warts treatment. Praying mantis eats flies and tiny insects and warts too?! Uhuhhh! many countries in Asia have these mantis' eat and remove the plantar warts away. It is discomforting to think that an insect if going to eat your warts but this method has been traditionally followed for hundreds of years by many cultural minorities. Painful wouldn't it? But many claimed that the insects' bite is minimally painful as compared to enduring a lifetime wart suffering. So here's how its done.

Praying Mantis to Feast on Warts

1. Capture live praying mantis. (Buy if there is available)

2. Wash your plantar warts with water and let it dry.

3. Hold the praying mantis as if it is facing opposite of the fingers you use for holding.

4. Let the mantis eat the warts gradually.

5. Do this on a daily basis until the warts will die out.

6. Rub the dead and dry warts with pumice stones to completely remove it.

Would like to try to have your warts eaten by a praying mantis? That is just how cultural minorities in Asia use as a plantar wart treatment.

Another traditional and mythical treatment of plantar warts is very very odd. I don't personally see this as legitimate and could never be scientifically explained. Traditionally, some people believe the power of nature to heal ailments and rejuvenate health. And removing plantar warts using this method may mean nonsense to the majority of people who are concretely aware of science. I hardly could believe this would work as my math teacher told me he got his warts removed by following the procedure below.

Lightning Strikes Can Remove Warts

1. This will only work during thunder storms and when lightning strikes. So just watch for lightnings to strike. Or just be alert when there is a chance of hearing a lightning strike. (I feel stupid when I am letting you wait for a lightning to strike)

2. As you hear a lightning strike,just TWACK your warts off three times.

3. Wait and your warts will die out in two to three weeks.

4. As the warts dry and die out, rub it with a pumice stone to completely remove the warts.

This may sound stupid but a lot of educated people claimed that they had their warts removed using this method. I myself doubt the efficacy of this procedure in removing plantar warts but why not try and you got nothing to lose in trying to remove your warts.

Effective plantar treatment relies on science. But traditional and mythical ways of removing plantar warts still thrives and being practiced world wide. The above mentioned plantar wart treatment may not be backed up by science, there are a lot of educated folks still believe its efficacy. It wont hurt you to try following the traditional methods mentioned earlier in removing plantar warts. And if you wont like to try, there are great products sold at amazon to effectively remove and treat your plantar warts.

Plantar Wart Treatment

2011-05-26T17:27:00.001-07:00

Plantar wart treatment - Why seek help? Warts are so disgusting that you may want to remove it immediately. Yes it is indeed disgusting and people tend to think that when you have warts, you are untidy and filthy. People will also stay away from your company knowing that having plantar warts is highly contagious. Resorting to finding the most effective plantars wart treatment is your best decision.

There are lots of “plantars wart” treatments but few are considered to be significantly effective. Some people often prefer natural medication other than surgical removal or similar procedures. Non natural plantars wart treatments are even expensive and unaffordable for most people having infected with it. Laser treatment and surgical procedures offers expensive treatment but claim to be the most effective plantars wart treatment.

Wondering why I am using “plantars wart treatment” here? It is because there are many people who mistakenly identify plantar warts are plantars warts. So let us leave it that way so people who are astray in searching desperately for a cure can still get the information they wanted. So what are the most readily available plantars wart treatment? Let us now sum up natural plantars wart treatment then we will be posting for the other treatment procedures later.

Here are the most controversial and claimed plantars wart treatments that are up to this day still being argued. I personally find one of these natural plantars wart treatments really effective. Sometimes, being desperate will lead you to try different treatments but just a mere caution, think of health safety FIRST.

Salicylic Acid - This medication is easy and quite cheaper as compared to the other forms of treatment. Salicylic acid slowly “eats” the plantar warts in time. That is why this type of plantars wart treatment will take about six to eight weeks to fully remove the plantar warts. The following is the common procedure in applying a salicylic acid.

- Clean your plantar warts with warm water. Have it soaped and scrubbed with pumice or similar material to remove the top layer of your wart.

- After having your plantar or plantar warts cleaned, dip cotton into your salicylic acid solution and directly wipe it on the warts. If another dipping is necessary, please do not use the same cotton.

- Cover your treated warts with clean gauze to have it protected against itching and rubbing with your other skin areas. This will prevent spreading of the plantar warts in the other areas of your body.

- Do the treatment thrice a day. Once in the morning, at noon, and before going to bed. Remember, constant treatment should strictly be followed to get rid of your plantar warts quick.

This is the best procedure to follow as other people just directly apply the salicylic acid to the plantar warts even without considering cleaning them. Follow this simple plantars wart treatment using salicylic acid and have your warts completely gone in about four to six weeks. Here is another popular plantars wart treatment that people consider so be painful and unlikely to leave scars and marks.

Burning - Burning the plantar warts might be an awful option for some people but desperate as they say, it is most likely to be a choice by most. Some uses incense, cigarette lighter, intensely heated metal rod, or even cigarettes. In burning plantar warts as a form of “treatment”, it will leave obvious marks. My plantar wart was removed by directly burning it. Incense was an ultimate solution that I finally got my nasty plantar warts removed. This may be a very painful plantars wart treatment or procedure but it sure did work for me. So here is how I removed the nasty plantar warts using incense.

- Clean not only the infected area of the skin where the plantar warts are located. Use warm water to soften the warts. Lightly rub the warts with a pumice stone or similar material to remove the callus or the top layer of the warts.

- Wipe the warts to dry. Prepare a lighted incense, a pail of water, and a scrub or a pumice stone.

- With the lighted incense and the ember glowing, dip it directly and burn the warts with the incense stick. You should feel the pain and smell the burnt skin (warts).

- After burning the warts, soak your infected foot with water and forcefully rub the warts off. It should start to bleed and feel so painful.

- If the “root” of the plantar warts won’t come off yet, repeat the burning process. As many would say, “No pain, No Gain”. Soak it again with water and forcefully rub the “cooked” warts, if a lump of white material is removed with tiny little hair-like materials comes off when rubbed, the root of the wart has just been removed. It should leave a small clean whole where the wart has previously lodged.

- Apply an antiseptic like iodine to avoid infection of the hole the wart has left. Cover it then with a clean gauze.

When done correctly though very painful, it should cure your warts in two to three days. I personally did this procedure and it has been almost two years since I had plantar warts. This plantars wart treatment may not fit for everybody, but I know there are lots of desperate guys and gals out there who are wanting to remove or get rid of the nasty plantar warts immediately. I know some of you are afraid to try burning warts and this next method seems to be perfect for you.

Duct Tape - Many doubt the effectiveness of duct tape as plantars wart treatment. Contrary to non controversial and non stereotype medication or treatment, duct tape seems to be ridiculed or doubted. Treatment for plantars warts using duct tape has long been accepted by many to be effective but some people who sell anti wart solutions tend to nullify or question the validity of the claim. So here is the procedure on platars wart treatment using duct tape.

- Clean your plantar warts with warm water and sulfur soap. Lightly rub the top surface of the warts with pumice stone or similar material to remove the outer covering of the plantars wart.

- Wipe it clean and dry.

- Cover the plantars wart with duct tape. Be sure that the duct tape should firmly hold on your skin and ensuring air is unable to get through the plantars wart.

- The duct tape should hold up to five days. As the duct tape will fall off, soak in your plantars wart in warm water and slowly peel them using a pumice stone. Again, cover it securely with a duct tape. Repear this procedure as the duct tape falls off. REMEMBER that we are going to soffocate the plantars wart.

- Do this as a routine and the plantars should disappear in 4 to 8 weeks. Plantars wart treatment using duct tape is very easy to do and is painless.

Now we know that we have cheap and easy options for plantars wart treatment, it is now your decision to choose which of the procedures above should you follow. These are all virtually free or have to pay few dollars to buy salicylic acid, incense, or a duct tape. Anyway, this plantars wart treatment may not be suitable for everybody so consult with a medical expert and ask for the most appropriate treatment.

Your Plantar Warts Mean a Lot

2011-05-25T04:57:00.000-07:00

Disgusting. That is usally the common reaction when somebody is asked to express how they feel about plantar warts. Indeed, plantar warts are awfully disgusting and humiliating. Though it may be hidden below your foot or toes, your confidence somehow degrades knowing that plantar warts are avoided by many. In some cases, plantar warts may be very painful and limit your work and activities. Immediate removal of the said plantart warts must me done. Though there are several methods and products sold online ( well others are free ), it is still best to have a skin care expert check the condition of the infection before considering for a treatment.

Removing your plantar warts may cost you a lot like burning the plantar warts with laser, or freezing it with cryotherapy, or even have the plantar warts surgically removed. These procedures or methods of removing plantar warts may be a bit expensive but it sure does work fast and safe. Plantar warts are also contagious and removing it is not only the solution but also for the prevention to even spread it. Scratching or rubbing plantar warts must not be done – it will only increase the rate of infection to the other skin areas or even to other people.

If in case you are infected with plantar warts, it is best not to infect other people. Try to keep the infected area have a sort of protection from being accidentally scratched or rubbed. You can cover it with a bit of a medical plaster or gauze. And also avoid non methodical treatments as you are tring to make yourself a guinea pig. Plantar warts need immediate attention as if they are left untreated, they might spread and make a “mosaic” of warts. Wouldn't it be a wonderful piece of art?

Having plantar warts means you need immediate help from a medical professional. It is best to have your plantar warts checked by a medical expert and consult for a treatment. And can you do home remedy to get rid of plantar warts by yourself? Of course you can but you must understand that your safety is at risk. The most common product for plantar warts home remedy is the use of salicylic acid. Applying directly to the plantar warts for several days or even weeks generally works with many people. Salicylic acid is cheap, readily available, and the most prefered choice of medication. Others also had sound success by covering their plantar warts with duct tape. The concept is to deprive the plantar warts from oxygen and will die eventually (of asphyxiation?).

Plantar warts may sometimes be a source of a laughing stock as to what happened to a friend. Where's how it happened. We had a party game of truth and dare and when he was dared to show his nuts, warts were seen. Until now, he is still on his prime being the “warted balls king”. The warts were not plantar but genital and still, a wart is a wart and no matter where it is sitting or hiding or how small it is - it is still a disgusting wart. Plantar warts are no different form any forms of warts, it is digusting and have to be immediately removed. I am not selling any product here but I suggest you must start finding a good treatment or solution to get rid of your plantar warts asap.

Plantars Wart – A Humiliating Experience

2011-05-24T05:55:00.000-07:00

Many people who hear the word warts would directly think of a person with little or no concern of health and cleanliness. “Warts” is closely associated with dirt and infection. This is the most common reason why some people do not seek medical help but rather choose to find self home remedies all by themselves. Plantars warts, genital warts, common warts, and flat warts are the most common types of warts that people may get infected with. But there are at least fifty plus more types of HPV infections identified.

Plantars warts may not be life threatening but are highly contagious. These warts may cause physical discomfort around the infected area and worse, on exposed and pronounced areas of the skin like on the face, hands, penis or vagina, chest and any other parts of the body that is clearly noticeable. People with plantars warts often keep these infected areas concealed and isolate themselves from the crowd to avoid or fear to face humiliation.

There was once a friend who shared his plantars warts sentiments to me and sought a solution. I'd like to share his story as you might be able relate it yourself.

John (not his real name) had a crush on our chess team mate Zara (again not her real name). Having plantars wart wasn't really a big deal for John – it's under his feet and Zara won't notice it anyway. So they became real close friends and began having some dates. Two weeks after, our team joined a local chess tourney and won as the champ then our coach decided that we will celebrating our victory in the beach. John didn't mention anything about his warts.

Late in the afternoon as we were about to go home, I heard John swearing all the way as we were walking and away from Zara. He eventually told me that Zara got disinterested and wanted to keep him away from her. It was a terrible blow for John and he blamed everything to his plantars wart. In whatever circumstances might have happened that made Zara noticed John's plantars wart is not our concern but rather how Zara reacted. I guess she's the type of girl who sees John unpleasant because of his warts.

That is a real sad story caused by tiny plantars wart. It may not happen exactly the same as John's but there might be instances that you might feel so bad because of your plantars warts. A job interview turn down, a sexual rejection, failed business venture, losing of friends, and many other things. Don't let plantars wart ruin your endeavors and opportunities. There are lots of treatments available online for you to choose from, but please consider if it is really effective and of course health safety if you will be trying to get rid of your plantars warts by yourself.

Planters Warts – What's with it?

2011-05-22T02:11:00.000-07:00

Do you really mean to say planters warts? You might want to say plantar warts. Anyway, you have found this blog because you are looking for a cure or just being curious about it. Planters warts or plantar warts may not be life threatening but the discomfort and pain that it cause can really make you desperate to find a way just to get rid of it. There are lots of products that claim to get rid of planters warts fast and painless. Yes some do really work and some also don't. So are you feeling a bit hesitant to try using those products? Let us find out.

Two months ago, I got nasty planters warts lining below my right big toe. At first, I just thought it was just a small lesion and suspected that those it was just a fungal infection. There was no pain nor any discomfort but I seem to notice some little black hair-like strands in it. Ignoring it for days but, just then when I was trying to jump, I felt a sharp pain beneath my big toe. Oh no, the fungal infection must have torn my skin! But then as I checked my toe, some little lumps like rotten cauliflower grew! Argh...it wasn't a plain fungal infection I guess...

So I did some “googling” and found out that the little lumps that grew were planters warts or appropriately plantar warts. My initial reaction was to get rid of it fast! There are many products and some procedures that claimed to be working but I need a more radical and faster way to get rid of planters warts. Removing planters warts may seem to be taking too long and a daunting task for me. There are two procedures which I think is really fast and surely effective, surgery and cryotherapy. I don't think I can't have this treatment as they are indeed costly but, I borrowed a concept from cryotherapy. Killing the planters warts down to its roots.

The idea that led me to a decision was then clear. Burning the planters warts! That treatment might be so painful but I desperately need to get rid of the planters warts as it is causing pin-like pain on my foot as I walk. An incense was used to burn the planters warts slowly. Once in the morning and also in the afternoon. A day after, a white solid lump of flesh-like material with little black hairs was removed and left a clean hole on the skin. The second wart was also removed down to its “root”. I was able to get rid of planters warts so fast!

Just as I was desperate in removing my planters warts, selecting a treatment whether it might hurt your skin or your wallet will all matter with your choice and determination. Aside from my odd procedure of manual burning, you might want to try some products or services sold online to remove your planters warts.

What Are Plantar Warts?

2011-05-17T01:31:00.000-07:00

Are you suffering from plantar warts and wanting to know about it and also learn the methods of getting rid of it? Yes I know you are and I once had suffered the pain and discomfort plantar warts can cause. Ok I know you want to know what a plantar wart is so I'l give you a short definition taken from wikipedia.

A plantar wart (also known as "Verruca plantaris") is a wart caused by the human papillomavirus occurring on the sole or toes of the foot. Plantar warts are usually self-limiting, but treatment is generally recommended to lessen symptoms (which may include pain), decrease duration, and reduce transmission.

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So as said, a plantar wart or plantar warts are caused by a virus ( HPV ) that thrives on the soles of our foot and in between the toes. Since these warts infect the outermost layer of the skin, pain and discomfort are the most common symptoms of having infected with plantar warts. You might also wonder why these plantar warts create a hard flower-like bulging material with black spots in and on it? The flower-like bulging material is actually hardened skin and the black spots that you see are hardened blood.

Where is the plantar wart's actual location? Just beneath the bulging material - deep in it. The so called "root or roots" of this plantar wart is buried beneath the bulging material and even grows bigger if left untreated. When this happens, it can cause terrible sores and extreme discomfort. This may not be life threatening but the pain and discomfort can surely make your life difficult. There are lots of medications provided in the market but only too few are likely to be cheap and effective.

How do you get infected with plantar warts? Plantar warts are highly contagious and can even survive even outside of the hosts' body - that is us. Having your feet in contact with moist and dirty surfaces can have you catch an infection. Repetitive and constant exposure of your feet to such condition can exponentially increase the risk of catching plantar warts. To make things simple, avoid walking or having your feet in contact with dirty and moist surfaces. Shoes with weeks-long soiled socks are perfect for breeding your planter wart pets.

How to avoid plantar warts infection? As said earlier, these tiny virus loves moist and dirt - so keep away from dirt and moist surfaces. There are also places which plantar warts love to hang out.

Public swimming pools
Foot rags
Your roommate's school shoes
Brother's smelly flip-flops
Shower room
Or just anywhere like having the mixture of ambiance of the "tropics" and "wetlands".

Remember that plantar warts are contagious so avoid rubbing your feet with your wart-infected friend unless you love having it. If in case you unfortunately got one, avoid rubbing and have it in contact with your other skin areas or else you'll have other places in your body be infected as well. You don't like that don't you?

What is then the most effective remedy for plantar warts? Do you want an affordable remedy or the expensive one? I know we all want the most affordable or yet the best, a free treatment for plantar warts. But let us first mention some costly plantar warts treatment which maybe you'll be interested at. Laser therapy, cryotherapy, immunotherapy treatments are best preferred by people who doesn't want to leave scars or with little scars after the treatment. There might be instances where people choose this type of treatment for the fear of losing a job or being detached in social groups. These treatments are very effective but, really expensive as well.

Darn yeah we can't afford it so how to treat plantar warts effectively and cheaply? You might have guess it right...uhuhh...a duct tape and salicylic acid. Yes this almost insane (would not call it real insane because it really does work!) though there are a lot who hail these wonderful treatments. Many have tested and tried these procedures and it really does work! I got rid of my plantar wart using a duct tape just two months ago!