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Hi Walt
My 17-yr-old son asked me to schedule him an appointment to have two warts burned off of his skin, one on his shin and the other on the outside of the palm of his hand. Is there some alternative to burnoff? Couldn't get into the Archives to research this.
Thanks!
Johnelle
In Reply to: Warts on leg, arm posted by Johnelle on September 21, 1999 at 11:41:19:
Hi, Johnelle.
Guess it is time to start an archive about warts.
It has been generally accepted by conventional medicine, for nearly 100 years, that self-hypnosis is the most reliable way to rid oneself of multiple or recurrent warts.
The stories in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are examples. Every medical meeting that has a booth about warts mentions this as the best way. When even conventional medicine says this-----
With only 2 warts, I would be tempted to just burn them off.
However, if your son wants to avoid the procedures and the resultant permanent scars, he would be as capable of this as anyone else. Only children between 11 and 14 are likely to be so sure they already know everything that they are less capable of learning self-hypnosis.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Warts on leg, arm: Archive about warts? posted by Walt Stoll on September 22, 1999 at 18:45:38:
Oh boy, this is going to be hard to convince my son to do! But I'll print out your post and see what happens. I'll keep you posted if he is receptive! Thanks, as always.
Johnelle
In Reply to: Re: Warts on leg, arm: Archive about warts? posted by Walt Stoll on September 22, 1999 at 18:45:38:
I have one plantars wart. Couldn't find an archive on self-hypnosis. How do I go about learning it?
In Reply to: Re: Warts on leg, arm: Archive about warts? posted by Johnelle on September 22, 1999 at 19:22:16:
Johnelle,
Most physicians who know about this (All do but most don't want to bother with something that takes time and insurance won't pay for.) don't even bother telling the person what they are doing. I can recall, early in my practice, painting the warts with methyline blue (an indelible stain that would have to wear off) while muttering the incantation that the wart would come off as the blue disappeared. I never had it fail. In essence I was creating a mind set in the individual (self-hypnosis) of expectation.
Most people do not want to be bothered about why something is working they just want the wart gone. Nowhere else is the truism that "illness is an opportunity for growth" more evident.
Walt
In Reply to: Would this also work for plantars wart? posted by Ann B on September 22, 1999 at 20:26:50:
Sorry, Ann.
A plantar wart is a different breed of cat mainly because it gets walked on. Perhaps if one used a double cornpad on it to remove the walking pressure, one could do this. I have never tried it.
Knowing what I know now, I would probably have send people to the self-hypnosis instructor for this but I have never done so. Considering the destructive ways we MDs have for treating plantar warts, it would be nice to have a better way.
You could call the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis at 2200 East Devon Avenue #291, Des Plaines, IL 60018, (847) 297-3317 for the closest certified self-hypnosis instructor.
Let us know how you do if you try this.
Walt
In Reply to: Would this also work for plantars wart? posted by Ann B on September 22, 1999 at 20:26:50:
Hi Ann,
Take a piece of white bread and soak it in vinegar. Tape this over the plantar wart with masking tape every night. It really works!
Linda J.
In Reply to: What works for plantar warts posted by Linda J. on September 24, 1999 at 08:38:07:
Wow, Linda!
I had never heard of that one before. I hope everyone who tries this will let us know if it works. What do they have to lose by trying it? Even if it is belief that does it, it will be a new bit of understanding for me since I have not seen belief work for plantar warts yet.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Would this also work for plantars wart? posted by Walt Stoll on September 23, 1999 at 12:25:12:
Just saw another possibility at drug store. Called "Dr. Scholl's Clear Away Plantar" pads, salicylic acid wart remover. Has anyone ever used these?
I've had two plantars warts removed in my life. One was burned off with liquid nitrogen 30 years ago but the burn went too deep and I spent three days in the college infirmary followed by a week trying to make it from one class to another on crutches. Once it was gone though that wart has never come back nor caused any further problem. An astounding medical success story?
The second was removed surgically 17 years ago, and that spot on my foot has never been comfortable since.
I'm going to try to get this off without going to a doctor.
In Reply to: Re: Would this also work for plantars wart? posted by Ann B on September 25, 1999 at 15:55:54:
Hi, Ann.
Your story neatly brackets the breadth of complications of removal of plantar warts. Frequently the cure is worse than the disease.
People will find that the Dr Scholl's remedy will not live up to its promise. This kind of thing has been tried many times before. IF that is combined with NO weight-bearing (accomplished by a double layer of cornpads--the ones with the hole in the middle--to make sure that there is NEVER any weight on the wart itself) it really has a chance of working.
Walt
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