DD (7) has one of these on the bottom of her right foot - kind of right in the middle of her foot. The pediatrician diagnosed this on Friday. It's been on her foot for a while, but has recently gotten a little bigger, and it's starting to hurt her. The ped. said we could try to use some of the OTC corn remover pads to put on it, but warned us that these things are very hard to treat and get rid of. But he said that some of the other ways to get rid of these can be somewhat.. "unpleasant." (his words)

Anyone have any advice with this? BTW, for those that have read my posts about my child w/ the allergy testing - this is the same kid! She is a little anxious about the wart and getting rid of it..

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
Suzanne

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my son gets these every year. i use Compound W wart remover on it. I apply it once or twice a day and it takes about 2 weeks for it to come off (comes off in 1 chunk....ew). he's never had one come back in the same spot (he's had 3 total).

I had 1 on each foot at the same time when i was in 7th grade (got them from swimming class). I had them cut out and burned. They haven't come back, but let me tell you...having a needle stuck in the bottom of your foot is NOT a pleasant thing to go through. I screamed. Good thing I was the last patient of the day.

Good luck.

All I can tell you is how they got rid of mine and that was around 35 or so years ago now. I don't really remember it being that painful but the doctor took an ice cube and numbed the area and then took something that looked like a soldering iron and burned it out. It took a few rounds of the ice and then burning it but I never had another problem with it.

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Compound W wart remover works like a charm. You do have to follow the directions and soak/scrub the area and be careful to apply only to the wart but other than that, it is easy. Stuff smells REALLY bad though.

my daughter had one and the Dr used something, ( its been so long ago I cant remember) to "burn" it off. she said it didnt hurt. I will ask her when I get to talk to her again and see if she remembers what it was. it never came back after he did this.

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I had one and I swear that thing lasted almost a year! It eventually "grows" out. Towards the end my dr. saw it and said I should scrub it with a pumice everyday after showering (when it is softened) to kind of slough(?) it off... Cookie

My son had one a couple years ago. I ended up using a combination of the Dr Scholls plantar wart pad sets (they have a tiny pad with medicine and a larger pad that helps to pad the area) and duct tape. The duct tape was recommended by his pediatrician, who said that he could burn it off but to try other methods first as the burning is not the most wonderful feeling (using dry ice to burn it off).

It eventually did fall off, all that nasty dead skin, after a swim class. Poor kid was freaked out by it and refused to throw the dead skin away. We had to keep it for a few months in a ziploc bag, and finally it disappeared.

You could google duct tape for plantar warts and get information on it. I agree that they are painful. My son was not amused his.

I had a plantar's wart on the arch of my left foot at 9yrs of age. My mother took me to her dermatologist, who shaved the wart with a razor blade weekly, until the seeds had risen towards the surface. Once the seeds were within reach of this dr.'s 1 inch long fingernails, she dug into my foot and ripped or scooped out several seeds. The area healed nicely, but encouraged me to wear shoes everywhere I went.

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My son has several. He has had them over the past few years. Right now there are 3 on the bottom of one of his feet. I HATE them! We have tried treating them ourselves with Compound W, but it is a long process and hasn't always been successful. We have also gone to the MD and had them frozen with the nitrous oxide. That method is painful for my ds. It also gets costly as it usually takes 3 or 4 treatments and I have a $20. co-pay each visit. They never get completely removed and then seem to come back ever stronger. They are really stubborn. We have also tried the duct tape method, but maybe didn't stick to that diligently enough. We just got a referral to a dermatologist. Need to make that appointment but ds is afraid.

I had one in my early 20s (about 12 years ago) and had to have it removed using the freezing method at the foot doctor. Although that process didn't hurt that bad, it was quite sore for a few days afterward and I wasn't supposed to walk on it (if I recall correctly). They are quite painful. I let mine get really bad before I did anything about it, though. I didn't have insurance and didn't know what it was.... Luckily, one of my friend's moms was a nurse and her friend was this doctor so he did this for me for free. What a break! I feel bad for your DS. I hope you get rid of it soon!

I had a plantar wart about 7 years ago and the dr. used the secretions from a japanese blister beetle to take care of it after everything else failed. It worked, but it was quite painful for a day or so. I thought he was nuts when he ordered a pair of crutches for this treatment, but he said "trust me, you will need these for a short while". He was right. The wart was very deep and you would not believe the crater that resulted on my foot. It healed pretty quick though. Here is nome information about this type of treatment. It isn't witchcraft, hocus pocus or holistic medicine. This was a specialist that I was sent to by my military primary care dr.

Generic Name Brand Name
cantharidin Cantharone, Cantharone Plus

Cantharidin is a chemical derived from the green blister beetle.

How It Works
Your health professional "paints" cantharidin on your wart and covers it with a bandage. This is generally painless. The cantharidin causes the skin under the wart to blister, lifting the wart off the skin. When the blister dries, the wart comes off with the blistered skin. You may feel some pain when the skin blisters. When you see your health professional again, he or she will remove the dead skin and the wart. If the wart isn't gone after one treatment, you may need another treatment.

Why It Is Used
Cantharidin is sometimes used if salicylic acid or freezing a wart with liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy) has not successfully eliminated it.

Cantharidin should not be used:

On people with diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, or other circulatory problems.
On moles, birthmarks, unusual warts with hair growing from them, warts on the mucous membranes, or open wounds.
In combination with another chemical agent.
On or near the genital area.
How Well It Works
Cantharidin may be effective against some warts that are resistant to other treatments. After the wart is gone, there usually is no scarring.

Side Effects
Cantharidin may cause:

Tingling, itching, or burning within a few hours of applying it to the skin.
Very tender skin for 2 to 6 days.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)

What To Think About
Cantharidin can be used to treat warts that are resistant to other forms of treatment.

Cantharidin is not well-researched or widely used.

Although cantharidin does not hurt when it's applied, the resulting blister can be painful.

Cantharidin has a low risk of scarring.

Here's what finally worked for my son -- After getting out of the bath or shower, take a clean nail file and gently rough up the surface of the wart (you can also use your finger nail, loofa sponge, anything that will rough it up a little). Put some Compound W (or something similar) on it and cover it with a piece of duct tape (yes, duct tape). Leave the duct tape on as long as you can -- a few days is best, but my DS was 6 at the time and would only leave it on over night. You can repeat this multiple times until the wart goes away. We only needed to do it twice for DS and it worked like a charm.

Before that, we had tried pretty much everything -- most every over the counter product available, freezing them off, etc. A new pediatrician finally recommended the above method and it worked great.

Sarah......mom to Jason & Devin

I had one on my left foot when I was about 13 years old. (years ago!!) We tried everything.........also did what the family doctor told us to do. Put nail polish remover on it. Didn' help. Probably made it worse.

It was very painful. We finally went to a podiatrist down in the City. He told me it was from a constant irritation on my foot. And I do remember having something round in my shoe under all the padding. He did the surgery in his office. The worst part was putting the needles into that sensitive area so he could cut it out. He said it was the largest he ever saw with a huge root system. There was quite a hole in my foot when he was done! He took pictures of it from different angles and said he was going to use it at a podiatrist conference he was going to. He was excited about it. ugh!

The sad part was he told me not to get it wet and we were going to Florida that week. I tried bagging my foot and went into the pool...........of course it got wet!

He also gave me huge liquid pills to take. Told me this would help me heal. I think they were actually large doses of Vitamin E. Like someone else, he also had me use crutches for the first few days. It was too achy to walk on.

It did eventually heal. I do remember once in High School......a year or two after the surgery.....I was sitting in class and felt the needles again. I almost screamed out loud. Like phantom pain I guess.

To this day, tho, it can still be tender and I have a large red round scar there. I would never be able to use something rough on that part of my foot.

Get it taken care of tho. If there's a large root system like I had....I doubt it'll go away on its own. I got to watch TV in the surgery room while the Doc did the surgery. That helped keep my mind off of it somewhat.

Hi all, thanks for everyone's replies. I went to the store today and bought the Compound W and the duct tape - I was very surprised by how many people use this and it worked. So tonight was the first "treatment" of it. DD asked me if the Compound W was going to hurt and I told her of course not - I was thinking, even if it DID hurt, she would MUCH rather have this than some of the other methods of getting rid of these!

Cross your fingers for us that this works... I will use this diligently every night until it goes away!

Thanks so much everyone - this board is really the best!

Suzanne

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My daughter (11) had several of these a few months ago on her feet. I bought the over the counter Wal-Mart brand stuff for plantar warts (it says that on the package). It was only $1.XX. We used it twice a day and it took about 4 weeks to get rid of them. You have to be sure and get the dead skin off and in the trash as it is contagious still. They are VERY contagious! You need to bleach your tubs and bathroom floors, etc. Also clean the hardwood floors if the chid has walked on them barefoot. I made my daughter wear socks until they were gone. Luckily no one else in the house got them though. They are so gross. I could hardly stand it all. I read that is has could be from a poor immune system or just being run down so I made sure to give my dd vitamins daily. I read about using duct tape, but we would just put bandaids on them.

I don't know about the poor immune system or being run down. Of everyone in the family, DD eats the healthiest, has the most varied diet, and takes vitamins daily (as we all do). Nobody else (knock wood) has gotten these, and since this appeared in the summer, when it was *SCORCHING HOT* here, we'd all been walking around barefoot. (I do keep a very clean house, but I'm not cleaning it daily.)

I've noticed, since starting the Compound W/duct tape treatment, that some dead skin has been appearing. I guess that's normal? I'll keep it up as long as I need to.

Suzanne

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I read that online on several of the MD sites about the immune system possibly being compromised as the reason for them appearing. I did notice around the time my daughter got them that she was sleeping a lot, just tired all the time. She goes barefoot all the time and I was really afraid my other kids were going to get them (especially the baby on the floor all the time) but they never did. She had spent the night a few weeks before they showed up at a little girls house, maybe that's where they came from. They used the pool in the subdivision there so who knows. They are terribly gross though, I sure do hope to NEVER see them again here, ha ha. Yes, the white skin (like you've been in the tub forever) is normal wherever you put that wart stuff your skin will do that. Speedy recovery to your child too...

So do you go to a dermatolgist or a podiatrist for this?

Yes, the dead skin is normal. At least it was with my son too.

The skin around the wart dies also, because the wart is attached to it.



Those warts look all nasty, don't they? Like you can see the veins they feed on and stuff. When my son lost his, it looked like a jellyfish upside down, you could actually see the little "feelers" that were embedded into his foot.

My son had one and I honestly had no idea what it was until the school nurse called. I thought it was just a blister or some sort. Anyway, I bought the Compound W, soaked his foot and then applied it every single night for a week or so then covered it with a regular bandaid. One night when I took the bandaid off, the whole thing just came out. It was gross, but it hasn't came back and his skin healed up nicely.

Plantar Warts I read are a form of Herpes and are contracted from walking around barefoot in locker rooms, public pools, gyms, etc.