How to remove a wart, verruca or corn with duct tape

I know this is probably my most disturbing and disgusting blog post to date (and probably ever) but I wanted to give my views on an old wives tale I had heard.

It's probably best if you aren't eating whilst reading this. For your viewing pleasure I have NOT included any photos though!

This is by no means a scientific study, and I am not a doctor, and please, if you do try this and have an adverse reaction, stop immediately and if irritation continues, go see a doctor. If you have an allergy to latex or band-aids/elastoplasts, then this method might not be for you as it often contains the same stuff!

So, if you have a wart verruca or a corn you may want to give this a go! I had a corn between two of my toes and although it was relatively tiny, it was causing me a LOT of pain! I went to see a chiropodist and she gave me some cushioned things that slip over the toe to protect it, which doesn't really solve the problem, but it did mean I could wear my climbing shoes. I went to see my doctor and he gave me some verruca treatment which involved filing down my corn with a pumice stone, which sounded WAY too painful! He said to try this for FOUR MONTHS and if it was still there, he'd consider freezing it off. FOUR months of pumice stone sanding? No thanks!

On my way home from the docs, I remembered something I'd heard about duct tape and warts and verrucas. The doctor had told me that the treatment for all three was the same, which is why he gave me a verruca treatment for mine. I decided that before trying the pumice stone and PAIN method, I'd try the duct tape.

How to:

● Cut a length of duct tape, enough to cover your wart/verruca/corn and maybe long enough to wrap round your toe or whatever, to help hold it on

● Stick duct tape on, covering your wart/verruca/corn and press lightly round it to try and seal it so it becomes air and water tight. Don't wrap your toes up too tight though, don't want to stop the blood flow

● Change your duct tape for a new bit every few days. Your toe or foot might look a bit like a prune, but bear with it for a while

● I didn't take mine off in the shower or for bed, I left it on 24/7 until half way through the second week when I took it off to replace it with a new bit.

(Sick buckets at the ready)
I pealed it off and the corn came off with it! As disgusting as it is, this method was much faster and completely pain free compared to the method my doctor told me.

Feel free to give this a try, let me know if it works for you! You may need to keep at it for a couple of weeks but that is not as long as most over the counter treatments