shaped charge round the ankle will do the trick, might smart a bit mind!!!
Didn't read the other posts prob already mentioned but:
Duct tape does work, as does salicylic acid. In both cases, you get rid of the dead skin with a pumice stone, then apply fresh duct tape or a coating of the acid. Repeated daily, will take several months. There's no fast solution really, and if you scrub too hard and bleed, you are back to square 1. Verrucae are caused by the HPV virus.
@ carlphillips both feet including nerve blocks and follow up consultations? Where are you base? email in profile...
ankle blocks unnecessary and overkill ime( depends on VP site of course) local infiltration at VP site is quicker uses way less LA and less traumatic for you, if you have had it done then no worries, just wait it out we have a very good success rate with needling, and I hope you do too. if you have any questions you can email me.
@star fangled nutter, don't worry about bleeding, it bound to happen and certainly won't affect any outcomes in a negative way.
I had dozens spread over the bottom of both feet when I was about 8 or 9. My dad went to work over the course of a few evenings with a scalpel and tweezers, dug what roots out he could find and within a week or so every single one of them had disappeared. Hurt like hell as I can remember but well worth it, haven't had any now for 20 yrs or so.
verrucas don't have roots BTW
Keeping them air tigh is apparently good , would explain ducktape success .
allthepies, after looking it up I see you are correct.
My dad believed them to be roots and to be honest I never questioned it but the black bits appear to be the bleeding inside of the verucca. Always knew the old man was full of * 😆
Anyway, digging the b**ds out still worked a treat.
I know you need the virus to actually have them appear but I reckon it's stress that gives them life, so to speak.
Stress can weaken the immune system, hence viral infection.
I got rid of a wart on my finger with hydrochloic acid when I was a chemistry student.
Was quite pleased it seemed to die pretty quickly. But then the whole section of skin just seemed to die too. It was pretty small only like a 2mm circle but it went pretty much all the way down to the bone.
It wasnt that painful but the cold couldnt half get in there.
Now I just have this white lump there.
