get rid of a verruca!

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Polly
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My young son has got a verruca. Are the over-the-counter remedies any good or does anyone have a better idea? Sorry if I've put this in the wrong place but we really wanna get rid of this thing! :(
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  • aussielle
    aussielle Posts: 705 Forumite
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    Bazuka gel from the chemist shifted son's
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  • scattycat_3
    scattycat_3 Posts: 509 Forumite
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    Miss Aussie, sons? :-X
    Moi....? ;)

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  • aussielle
    aussielle Posts: 705 Forumite
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    Mrs Aussie .....2 teen sons  :o ;)
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  • scattycat_3
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    Hormones/testosterone :o :-X
    Moi....? ;)

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  • aussielle
    aussielle Posts: 705 Forumite
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    overload

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  • robnye
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    Bazuka gel from the chemist shifted son's

    is comes in a white box..

    if that dont shift them after a week, try the extra strength one (yellow box), cos that has killed of my eldest daughters, she had six in a 2 inch cluster
    smile --- it makes people wonder what you are up to.... ;) :cool:
  • Savvy_Sue
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    Scholl corn plasters have the same stuff in them as their verucca plasters, but a stronger dose, so I use corn plasters on my occasional ones. Husband uses Compound W on his more frequent ones, stinks to high heaven. On the sons, I ignore them and they go away, eventually, but then they don't seem to hurt them, whereas I remember excruciating pain when I was young!

    If they (the veruccas, not the offspring) are troublesome and OTC remedies don't shift them you can take them to GP. I don't know if they still freeze them off. Be warned, if they do, that IS excruciatingly painful for a short while afterwards!
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  • stoofusfc
    stoofusfc Posts: 20 Forumite
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    As absolutely daft as this sounds, I heard on BBC radio fivelive that tea-tree-oil combined with banana skin is supposed to work. I think that you have to tape the skin of the banana smeared with tea tree oil and then cellotape it to the bottom of your foot....................bazuka gel it is then. ;)
    Waddle you do eh?
  • System
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    I used that Wartener stuff from the chemist as minime had 5 verrucas on one foot. At first i thought i had wasted my money as it took ages to do something but they dropped off after about 10 weeks. Left a great big hole in his foot too. :o
  • Polly
    Polly Posts: 898 Forumite
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    Bazuka it is then. Thanks to you all. :)
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