Plantar wart WILL NOT GO AWAY

[slang23]

Ok I have had this wart on the ball on my foot for years.  There are a few and now they are large and thick.  It must have roots an inch deep at this point.  I should have just let it be but I have seen about 10 doctors for it (derms and dpms).

I have tried
-Doctor applied acids
-Dozens of doctor freezings
-many self freezings
-Candida antigen injections
-Duct tape for months
-Aldara
-50% salicyclic acid (self applied)


The only thing that seems to be left is bleomycin which my doctor is unwilling to do.  She said I could be left with a hole in my foot.  She says the only thing she can think of is trying many candida shots (we only did 1 injection a week for 5 weeks - the standard) or do a combination of salicyclic acid (to thin the skin) and aldara (which may have had problems with absorption before).  

Does ANYONE have an idea?  has anyone tried bleomycin>  I would like to avoid simple/homeopathic stuff --- I think this is WAY beyond that

[Perrsnickety]

Okay they may not be roots literally but chill out when people dont use the correct term for them. Whatever the things are that hook deep into the pores of the foot feels like ROOTS! So naturally, people without medical terminology bakground, call them roots. They are viciously attached to the skin underneath the outer layer of the foot so they make it horribly painful to be removed. I was a competitive diver for 15 years, walked on wet decks and locker rooms thousands of times, always wore deck shoes, sometimes they just happen and they really inhibit your life. I've had over 25 professional treatments of them an they never get less painful so the 'ROOTS' that get removed are just that, deep, strong, binding, black, spreadable, growable, nerve filled, blood filled roots. I could cut into dry skin pretty deep anywhere on my foot and it wouldnt hurt, you start pulling and cutting on those roots and i feel like someone is pulling nerves from my brain through the bottom of my foot. Maybe im just in pain or maybe im just mad at your stupid comment, let people describe what it feels like to them. If it feels like roots, that's a description and they want to hear advice for it so effff off

[sarahs1822]

I have been treating these little suckers for years unsuccessfully!
I've tried literally everything and i couldn't take it anymore.  Today i went to the podiarist and he prescribed me with a prescription i think aldara. He said that if this hasn't worked within three weeks he will do surgery with a laser.  The surgery will leave a wound he said, but im betting on the fact that he is only going to get the large cluster, not the other little warts that aren't fully showing. Anyone actually had this done sucessfully please let me know.  This is one of the most annoying/ embarrassing things ever!

[ralphie189]

I’m sure some will want to discredit this, but I had a tough case, and I know how it feels to want to get rid of them, desperately,  and it worked for me.  I had tried everything, and happened to be visiting with an Old School doctor on a totally different issue.  At the end of our visit, he asked me if there was anything else I wanted to discuss, and so I half-heartedly said “yeah you could help me get rid of these things on my feet”.  He looked at them and said “those are plantar warts…I can tell you how to get rid of them, but you have to follow it to a T.  If you don’t then it won’t work.  If you stick with it, then it WILL work.  He then gave me the solution....(which I blindly followed, equally parts excited that he had the cure and that I was so desperate to find a solution).  Well it definitely worked, and here is the solution…to be followed to a T.  

1) Soak your foot in water, as hot as you can take it, for 10-15 minutes.
2) Let dry for 5 minutes.  Apply Saliacilic Acid gel onto the area, then Duct Tape over to fully cover (over-cover by at least an inch to fully seal).
3) Live as usual, Shower as usual, but leave taped area alone for 3-5 days.  
4) Remove and repeat #1.

It takes about 3 to 5 weeks, and the area does get sore, more toward the end (because the Saliacylic acid is eating away at good tissue around the wart too).  The pain is minor.  Then at the end, I pulled off the duct tape, and the wart was hanging onto it...pulled completely out of my foot...there were tentacles on this wart and they were moving (or maybe I was moving them as I hauled them off).  I'm not kidding.  Disguisting.  Must have been the "roots" that some folks claim they don't have.  Anyway, it left a tender "hole", and some very slight bleeding, but I put some neosporin and a bandaid on it and kept it cleaned and it healed back just fine.  My foot shows no sign of anything...no scar, nothing, and it's been five years now and no sign of recurrence of the wart.  I know you will think this is crazy, but it worked for me and I am SO happy.      

[Mel232]

A million thank you’s Ralphie!!
This worked for my very large plantar wart on the Ball of my foot. It took 8 weeks and the first 2-5 were VERY painful but persistence paid off and 12 weeks later there is barely a sign. I might add I paid $1,500 to 5 podiatrists and a dermatologist specialist over 12 months to no avail. THANK YOU!! Pls try this method (I used Bandaid Elastolast Ridgid strapping tape instead of duct which would stick in this awkward sweaty spot). I’m currently treating my 12 yr old daughter who no doubt caught from me!! Thanks again you champion, changed my life x

[jacinc2]

Here is my take.

I have been fighting a large planters wart on the right palm of my hand.

I put everything you can think of on it.

Medical Dr freezing and the same as you have and here is what I discovered.

First let me say.  Everyone is correct on that, there is no roots.

Warts are a type of HPV.. which has many, many strains...

The reason it chooses certain parts of your body is not known... but what is known is that it chooses parts that have a lot of nerve endings... that is why it is so painful to cure.

I have been getting good results with an old home method, but you must do it for at least one month...and some times a little longer... so you have to be paitent.

Here is what I did.  APPLE-CYDER-VINIGAR, COTTON BALLS, HARD AS NAILS CLEAR NAIL POLISH, PUMICE STONE AND BAND AIDS.

1.PUT THE VINIGAR AT NIGHT WITH A COTTON BALL (ONLY THE SIZE OF WART) COVER WITH BAND AID.
2.WASH HANDS WITH THE VINIGAR IN THE MORNING AND PUT THE NAIL POLISH THROUGH THE DAY SO YOU WON'T ALLOW AIR TO SKIN, ALLOWING YOUR OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM TO SEND HELP TO AREA.
3.RUB PUMICE STONE ON IT BEFORE YOU DO STEP (1) AGAIN TO TAKE OUT DEAD CELLS.
So far it seems to be working.  It has reduced a lot in only one week.
The vinigar will cause pain(nerve endings).
I am a scientist at heart and have examined it closely. It will alway try to grow skin upward as if it needs oxigen so make sure the nail polish covers on it and around it.

Hope this helps....

John.
P.S.  A substitute for the vinigar is to use a thin slice of garlic that covers the entire wart and then put the cotton on top, then the band aid... but be careful.. garlic is very powerful and can litterally burn you.

good luck.

[pinkishrabbit]

The whole ongoing debate about "roots" on this is so stupid.
Whatever you call it, you are all referring to the same thing. Stop battling semantics.
I have a plantar on my foot. I thought it was a callous for a long time because I used to be a ballet dancer and had many callouses and blisters.
But now, years later, my feet are fine but I realized the plantar was still there and not a callous. So I am doing what my friend who is med school did to successfully rid himself of one a few months ago. Slowly pulling it out with tweezers and using a 12 week at home freeze off everyday. It involves a lit of blood and some pain. And a little patience. But it works. And involves no dr.

[brd011]

i had a large plantar wart on my foot with a lump of dead skin around it. i used to shave it off with a double edged razor blade to try and minimize the callous and discomfort from walking on it. i got sick of it and left it for six months - the wart has been there for about 7 years. recently after noticing that the large lump of skin was back and starting to hurt when i walked on it i decided to try something different. i poured rubbing alcohol directly into the dry cracky mess of dotted skin and could tell it was seeping into the moist white crumbly wart tissue below the dead skin. i forced the rubbing alcohol in and was quite surprised when it started feeling numb inside my foot with a discomforting feeling - not so much pain, but a slight vibration feeling or tingling. it went way in about 5 minutes. now about a month later and i swear to god the wart is steadily dying. it feels like my body is finally trying to fend off the virus and the wound appears to be magically shrinking. give it a try and ill update with results. - just make sure you have not had any recent cuts or bleeding because that would hurt like hell. good luck!