New medical study shows "Duct Tape More Effective than Cryotherapy for Warts"

[astro]

I ran across this and thought it might be of interest

Duct Tape More Effective than Cryotherapy for Warts

Intro

Common warts (verruca vulgaris) are a common problem among patients who present in family physicians’ offices. Although a significant number of warts will spontaneously resolve over two years, patients frequently request treatment to clear their skin of the lesions. Treatments such as cryotherapy, acid preparations, laser therapy, heat, and tape occlusion have been used in the management of warts, with cure rates ranging from 32 to 93 percent. However, most of these therapies are expensive, painful, or labor intensive. A few small, nonrandomized trials have studied the use of tape occlusion in wart treatment, with one study reporting cure rates of approximately 80 percent. Focht and associates compared the effectiveness of cryotherapy with duct tape applied to common warts

[Long_Time_First_Time]

@astro

I ran across this and thought it might be of interest

Duct Tape More Effective than Cryotherapy for Warts

Intro

Just about anything will successfully treat a condition that goes away on its own.

[Gorsnak]

I bet that study was funded by 3M!

[Cat_Whisperer]

Duct tape - great for everything but ducts!

[Alice_The_Goon]

Gee, I’ll have to show this study to the derms I work for that treat warts all day long. And the woman with the compromised immune system that has been coming in once a week for the past five years to treat the warts on her fingers. I’m sure they will all be eternally grateful to me for providing this valuable information to them. I might even get a promotion! :dubious:

[alice_in_wonderland]

@featherlou

Duct tape - great for everything but ducts!

Am I the only one who, up until a few years ago, thought it was “Duck” tape?

[ShibbOleth]

@alice_in_wonderland

Am I the only one who, up until a few years ago, thought it was “Duck” tape?

You were right.

Duct tape, also known as duck tape, is a strong, fabric-based, multi-purpose adhesive tape, usually silver or black in color, although many other colors, including transparent, have recently become available. Duct tape is usually 1.88 inches (48 mm) wide. It was originally developed during World War II in 1942 under the name “Duck Tape” as a waterproof sealing tape for ammunition cases.

Duck Tape, not just for taping your duck.

[Auntbeast]

@featherlou

Duct tape - great for everything but ducts!

And this never ceases to amaze me.

[gonzomax]

Had a wart on my knee for years when I was a kid. I got rid of it by crushing an aspirin and band aiding it to the wart. In a week or 2 it was gone never to return.

[Alice_The_Goon]

@gonzomax

Had a wart on my knee for years when I was a kid. I got rid of it by crushing an aspirin and band aiding it to the wart. In a week or 2 it was gone never to return.

We do sometimes use salicylic acid in a Eucerin cream preparation to treat warts, so I can see how that would work.

I personally prefer to use nitric acid and phenol, 'cause when you apply one to the other, the area turns black, hisses and smokes, and it’s really neat to see. A couple months ago, one of my coworkers was pouring both of those acids out, as they were expired, and one of the bottles was mislabled, or something, and KABOOM! I wasn’t there that day, but kind of wish I had been. She wasn’t hurt, but the floor and the area around the sink will never be the same.

[Muffin]

@featherlou

Duct tape - great for everything but ducts!

It is a very effective form of birth control.

What?

[Mangetout]

Take off and nuke the wart from orbit; it’s the only way to be sure.