Warts: Older Child
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Facial Wart
Asked by A.H. from Washington DC
on March 11, 2008
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My 6 year old daughter has a wart above her upper lip...her pediatrician said to get wart remover and that should do...but all of the wart removers indicate DO NOT USE...
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- I want to 2nd the duct tape suggestion. The reason this works is that the duct tape stimulates the body's immune response. It may or may not work for your daug...
- Hi A., Like everyone else, I would take your daughter to the dermatologist. My sister had one above her lip and it was frozen and has not come back (it's been 3 ye...
- I think your best option is to take her to a dermotologist. My daughter had warts and they can do an in office procedure to remove it.
2 Y/o with Wart on Hand
Asked by K.L. from Bellingham
on December 14, 2010
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My 2 year old daughter has what appears to be a wart on her hand, right in the crease where her ring finger meets her palm. It is fairly large, she picks at it occasi...
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- I would talk it over with the dr especially if it is shiny
- don't use anything toxic! i used to type medical transcription, and the doctors always dictated the same disclaimer "regardless of treatment, warts may persist, recur,...
- Our 6 year old had a huge wart on his knee for about 2 years. We were afraid to self treat it mainly because we didn't want to hurt him and in my experience it didn't ...
Wart on Foot???
Asked by J.M. from New York
on August 18, 2011
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today i just noticed a perfectly round bump on my 6 year old daughters foot. it looks kind of like a blister but isnt on top of the skin like a blister. it does prot...
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- Sounds to me like it is a plantar wart. That means that the wart grows down into the body instead of out creating a lump on top?? I had one on the palm of my hand an...
- My kids each had a wart on their feet, but I took them to a dermatologist, not a podiatrist. The dermatologist took care of it.
- My 9 year old daughter had one. She didn't tell me for a while. One day I noticed that she was walking a bit funny (it was on the bottom of her foot). She said that ...
My Daughter Has a Wart :(
Asked by R.P. from Orlando
on May 18, 2011
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My 7yo daughter has had a bump on the underside of her wrist for a while now. At her well visit I asked the doctor about it and he said that it is a wart. He said we c...
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- Google how to use duct tape to remove a wart!
- I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO USE ALL CAPS TO ANSWER THIS ONE!!!!! Ok, I'll stop, but dang if I don't have a n easy effective answer for you. When I was a kid I had a wart o...
- My seven year old daughter had four frozen at the ped. office. It was not painful at all. Some people react better to freezing and some do well with over the counter...
Wart Removal
Asked by N.S. from Chicago
on October 3, 2010
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We told our 9-year old that she was going to the doctors next week to have some warts removed and she's been freaking out ever since! She can't sleep at night because ...
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- My only comment is I would never tell a young child about any type of medical or dental procedure in advance of the event. It's just setting them up for fear/anxiety. ...
- It has been a long time since I have dealt with a wart, but are you suppose to put a band aid on them? I know it helps prevent picking, but I thought it needed to dry...
- Freezing them off hurts. I have yet to find a doctor who has any real sympathy for the children. When I was a kid, I had several frozen off, and they numbed the are...
Wart on Bottom of Foot
Asked by M.T. from Chicago
on September 23, 2009
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My 10 year old has 2 warts on the bottom of her foot. She has been to the doctor twice and they put this liquid on the wart. She is not suppose to walk on her foot for...
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- My friend told me she coated her daughter's warts (she had several) with fingernail polish every night for about 2 weeks and they disappeared completely. Can't hurt (...
- M., I have had one for a while now. Tried the duct tape, no luck, tried taping an aspirin to the bottom of my foot (worked the one other time I got one) but no luck. F...
- M. We had the exact same problem in our household with warts on the bottom on feet. We had to go back for a second application of the topical wart treatment. I w...
Surgery for Plantar Wart
Asked by D.P. from Pittsburgh
on November 12, 2010
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Ok--My son (7.5) has a mosaic plantar wart on the ball of his foot.
Today I took him to a podiatrist as recommended by our pediatrician. The podiatrist describe...
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- I had a lot (6 on one foot, 8-9 on the other) of major plantar warts from the time I was 5 until I was 15-16. I had them removed, tried the duct tape trick, freezing t...
- How big is a "big one"? I have had Plantar warts on my feet of all sizes on and off since I was 13. I've had them removed with acid and with burning/freezing. Sometime...
- I had one that big (if not bigger) on the heel of my foot and then a smaller one on the ball of my foot (both at the same time). I was a teen then but I do have small...
Getting Rid of Wart on 10 Yo
Asked by L.M. from San Diego
on July 3, 2008
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My 10 yo son has a rather large wart on the back of his hand. I took him to the Dr. hoping he would burn it off, but just used the same over the counter spray I could ...
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- My 5 year old had a wart on his leg. The doctor burned it off with dry ice and it fell off. I would ask your doctor to burn it off, it most likely will not return. ...
- Compound W and a nail file! I know that sounds bad but my son's Doctor explained to me that if you do not file off some of the dead skin before you apply new medicine...
- Puberty. Needing to look a certain way... Oh memories... You can get warts frozen off at the doctor's office. The home-remedy wart freezing off kits are very ine...
Planter Wart on Foot ? Please Help
Asked by L.M. from Seattle
on August 31, 2010
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Dear Mama's,
Please help.. I have this embarrising planter wart on the bottom of my big toe.. off and on for litterally 3 years.. I have been to the doctor so many t...
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- Put a bandaid soaked in apple cider vinegar on the wart before going to bed and keep it on all night. During the day, cover the area with clear nail polish (or duct t...
- Yep, duct tape works, I think it takes 8-12 weeks. My son-in-law learned of it when he was in med school. He used, I have not personally. Good luck! T.
- I an trying the duct tape right now on my 7 yo son. I am putting new tape on every night after his bath. Do that & then pumice gently at the end of the week. It app...
Ideas for Removing Plantar Wart on Children's Feet
Asked by K.K. from Erie
on August 15, 2009
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Looks my 6 yo has a plantars wart under his big toe from our trips to the pool this summer. I googled a little bit and got some ideas of duct tape for 2 months or n...
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- Here's what worked for me when I had warts as a child. Tape a small piece of banana peal to the wart. Something in it causes the wart to soften quite quickly and lik...
- I would absolutely see a doctor. plantar warts are caused by the HPV virus, so i doubt that any of these cures you find on the internet would work, and they are higly ...
- I agree-- see a dermatologist. I had them at about 10 and it was a pretty awful experience. However, maybe things have changed by now? They put acid on them and the...
