Wrapped In Duct Tape

Strange as it may sound researchers have found that duck tape is effective in treating warts.

We’ve all heard about the various uses of it. From fixing your plumbing to fashioning a prom dress, this tape seems up to the job, no matter how tough it is. However, the uses of this tape has expanded to a medical device. Researchers have found that it is effective in treating warts.

Common warts occur in millions of individuals each year. They are simply a an overgrowth of skin caused by a virus that infects the skin and the result are warts. While they are more common in young children and adolescents, adults can be affected by them, as well. Common treatments of these warts include salicylic acid, liquid nitrogen (also called cryosurgery), and surgical removal. However, it is now becoming a more common treatment for removing warts as medical research has proven it to work.

With the study that was done,  tape treatment was compared to cryosurgery. Of those treated, 85% of the tape treatment of warts were effective compared to only 60% of the cryosurgery. While this treatment caused minor skin irritation and sometimes the tape was difficult to keep on, the result was that this treatment was very effective in removing warts.

To treat a common warts, a small piece of  tape should be applied over the wart and worn for six days. On the sixth day, remove the tape and soak the area in water before you use a pumice stone or emery board to scrape the area. The following day, apply the tape, repeating the six-day routine of soaking and scraping. This treatment can be done until the wart goes away or up to two months, however, research indicated that if there was no response to the treatment within a few weeks, the  treatment would probably not be effective in removing the wart.

When it was first discovered, nobody could have guessed just how big it would become. The uses are many and now we’ve added one more as it is effective in treating warts.