[kj] OT - WARTS N' ALL...

[Neil Perry]

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On 28 June 2012 23:39, Pagan <scotgothwitch at sky.com> wrote:


> Liquid nitrogen.  I had a wart for a couple of years in my teens.  My GP

> kept telling me to buy over the counter remedies like Compound W but

> nothing worked or if it did, the wart would be back in a matter of

> days/weeks.  After trying everything, I asked the pharmacist what they

> recommended.  He promptly went mental that my GP hadn't referred me to the

> wart clinic (especially as the wart was on my face and you shouldn't use

> any of those treatments on your face).  He told me to insist on a

> referral.

>

> Got my referral, doctor came in with a thermos of dry ice, stuck in a long

> cotton swab, touched it to my wart, less than 2 weeks later it was gone.  I

> never needed a follow up appointment and the wart never came back.  Not

> sure if that's an option for wart removal where you are but might be worth

> looking into.

>

> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:33 PM, sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>> WWGD?

>> Anyone know of a quick way of getting rid of a wart on a finger. The

>> over-the-counter stuff seems to take too long (Compound W = weeks/months).

>> I am about to try the "duct tape" cure but even that can take several

>> weeks, it seems. And I can't afford to pay a clinic or hospital to zap it

>> away. I figured with musicians (and otherwise digitally competent) being on

>> here, y'all may have quicker ways, say, if you were on tour and you got a

>> wart.

>> What Would Geordie Do?

>>

>> Thanks.

>>

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