Any advise on home fix for Planters warts, short of a pocket knife? Any idea's would be appreciated.

Thanks

Bigger shoes, and good inserts. Lotta comfort in a good insert, bro. Night and day.

Soak your feet for 15 minutes on hot water (bearable temperature of course). While standing on the feet, rub cotton between the toes, removing dead skin and rash. Soak for 10 more minutes after removing the dead skin. Soak the feet 2 times a day if severe infection and when it's itchy.

Go see a foots doctor.

Go to the store and get some of that home wart removal stuff and some of those little stick on wart donuts to stick around it. The donuts'll help cushion the area around the wart, taking pressure of it while the removal stuff does it's job. Worked for me.

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I had problems with my feet for years cutting corns and calouses.
Sorry for the spelling.
My camp in Vermont is near where a natural spring comes down the mountain that's rich in natural minerais. I went swimming there a few times and tubing too. I haven't had a problem with my feet for a decade now. I just peeled the corns off. The calouses came right off my feet too. I figured it's the cold mountain spring water with the minerals.

If you have and running springs nearby try it.

With warts my grandmtther would take a penny make the sign of the cross on it and say a prayer. She would give you the penny and if you didn't spend it the wart would go away. She bought many of my warts as a kid.

I believe the cold spring mineral water will kill warts too. There is no blood to keep them warm so they have to just peel off.

Planters warts can be only be removed in layers. Scrape with a sharp knife or razor blade to remove as much as possible. Cover with Duct Tape. It can help. If you reach a point where there is a "ball" left it may be the core. Once the core is gone the problem should go away.

Warts do have "parent" warts and when the parent is gone the others may disappear too.

They do bleed a lot so be careful.

snubbyfan is suggesting Corn pads - they can reduce direct pressure.

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

You can get salicylic acid felt patches over-the-counter at the drug store...the same exact stuff your local podiatrist uses. Your cut little patches out according to size and place them over the plantars warts. Change the patches every day. Then, take a scalpel or sharp knife and gently scrape the dead wart material off. Keep repeating the process until everything is cleared up.

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First recommendation, go see a podiatrist; true plantar (not planter’s) warts are caused by the HPV virus and can be dealt with but recurring lesions are very likely calluses that have built up over bone spurs (which is why you need to see the Physician to tell the difference).

Second recommendation is a good set of orthotics, I basically walk for a living (did over 1850 miles last year) most things I can skimp on but I will pay for good shoes and good orthotics.

I am currently wearing a pair of Belleville 700 combat boots (made in the USA unlike Danners and Corchrans) and a Dr. Schol’s “Custom” orthotic and my feet hurt some but that has more to do with my weight than the shoes

Belleville Boots - Home

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I had them when I was a teen back in the 60s
the Dr. burned them off with a "cauterizer" around that time I got some on my knee they came off the same way. That was 50 years ago treatment methods and meds may have changed. I was in a Military school so that was good for a couple of weeks of "light duty" no parades or marching!
Steve W

I've heard soaking them in hot water, as hot as you can stand, for at least 20 minutes per day will work. It's gotta be at least hot tub temp's to work though.

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Thanks to all of you, what a great group.

Used to use a pair of side cutters on my one wart


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My physician removed the only one I've experienced when I was 12.

He removed the dead skin around the core, swabbed some salve on it and said in a couple of days the core would fall out when washing the wound.
3 days later it came out. A little encapsulated black pellet.

Also, working construction, having to walk long distances climbing over re-bar, concrete forms, mounds of dirt and debris as I got older I noticed the bottoms of my feet would ache about 1/2 thru the day. So, I took to wearing two pair of socks w/high quality insole inserts and the soreness went away.

I buy the insoles given to Diabetes Patients at the VA. Aetrex walking, running inserts. Amazon sells them. $20

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Its been about 55 years ago, when I was in high school I got one and had to go to a foot doctor about 3 sessions to remove it. I remember asking him what would happen if I didnt get it removed. He said it would continue to grow through the foot and come out on top! I recall it was a painful process.

Danner Acadias ARE made in USA. Not all of their footwear is though. I wear Acadias and they are awesome.

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