Plantar Warts and Duct Tape

Warts are small tumor like solid blisters, that appear on hands, feet, and other body parts. There are different types of warts, such as genital warts, common warts, flat warts, and plantar warts. To get rid of these ugly and painful warts, there are many wart treatments. You can remove warts by resorting to home remedies or by going for some wart surgeries. The plantar wart on feet can be easily cured by some simple home remedies, such as, applying aloe vera or herbal oils and pastes that prevent the growth of wart. You can also buy salicylic acid over the counter in a local drug store and apply it on the wart. This prevents the wart from spreading. Duct tape wart removal is also an affordable and effective wart treatment. Plantar wart duct tape therapy helps you get rid of the wart in just a few weeks.

Plantar Warts and Duct Tape

Plantar wart is basically a type of skin infection, caused by HPV microbes. They basically occur on the foot when you come in direct contact with the virus. The HPV grow in a humid and moist places, such as locker rooms and swimming pool areas. To know how the duct tapes work, it is important to know how the virus spreads. The plantar warts look like a cauliflower, and feel like rough skin. When you apply duct tape over the affected area, it prevents the wart from spreading and it also kills the existing virus.

Duct tape is basically a pressure sensitive tape and it acts as a pressure sensitive adhesive. Plantar warts duct tape became a common treatment since 2002, when a medical researcher announced that, duct tape application can cure warts. Since then several studies have been conducted to see the relationship between plantar warts and duct tape and the medical science is still debating over this issue. Application of duct tape stimulates the immune system to eliminate the virus. As I mentioned earlier, if you paste the duct tape tightly around the wart, it prohibits the wart from spreading further and the existing virus dies, as it is deprived of any movement or growth. The duct tape keeps the virus away from moisture, which is an ideal environment for virus. Hence, this results in stunting the growth of the virus. This is how plantar wart duct tape works.

Plantar Wart Removal with Duct Tape

Now, you must be wondering, how to get rid of warts using a duct tape?Just follow the simple steps mentioned below and get rid of plantar warts.

• First you need to wash the affected area with water and antiseptic lotion and then dry it with a cotton cloth.
• Once the area is completely dry, take a duct tape and cut it into a small piece. Cut the duct tape in a way that, it covers the wart entirely. Paste the duct tape tightly around the wart.
• Now, keep it like that for 7-8 days, if the wart is of the significant size. If the wart is smaller in size, then keep the duct tape for 4-5 days and if it is way bigger, then you may need to keep it for 10-12 days.
• After the prescribed days are over, remove the duct tape carefully. If you are lucky enough, the wart will come off with the duct tape.
• But if the wart does not come off, you need to again wash the affected area with water and antiseptic lotion and gently rub the wart. It helps in removing the dead skin and dead wart from the affected area. Then dry the area again and place a new piece of duct tape for few more days, depending on the size of the wart.
• Keep doing this, until the wart is completely removed. Once the wart is removed, wash the area with water and antiseptic.

Plantar wart duct tape is an effective plantar warts removal method as compared to other plantar wart treatments. However, if the warts persist for many days, then it is advisable to visit the doctor.