Warts: Tween
Results 1-10 from 39 articles
Wart on Bottom of Foot
Asked by M.T. from Chicago
on September 23, 2009
-
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...
Answers
- 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
-
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...
Answers
- 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
-
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 ...
Answers
- 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...
That Stubborn Wart Virus!!!
Asked by J.T. from Asheville
on March 7, 2008
-
My 12 year old girl has had warts on her hands for the past few years. There are probably about 80-100 various sizes and places, between fingers, on back of hand, mos...
Answers
- Hi there, I would try a product called Lauricidin. It is a natural anti-viral, anti-microbial, derived from coconut. Call Jeff at Total Health Nutrition Center in Ra...
- Juli- We had a similar situation in our house. My kid's had what you call molluscum- not hard a scaly like other warts but in the same family. They spread virally so e...
- I have been applying liquid garlic to the site of my warts (a small dab, perhaps Q-tip applied for chiid). Also suggest Herbal Healer Academy, Marijah McCain, s Natur...
Gardisil Shots for 13 Year Old
Asked by M.C. from Sacramento
on May 7, 2008
-
My niece went with a friend and her Grandmother (who is her gaurdian) to a school health fair. They were giving booster shot and info on teenage health & medical info....
Answers
- I don't know if you have received a response yet, but I am a gynecologic oncologist (and mother of 2). Gardasil is a vaccine against 4 strains of the HPV virus. 2 of ...
- I want to start by saying that everyone has a right to her own opinion... But I am OUTRAGED by some of the responses that you have received here. If this were me 10-15...
- Wow, I feel your concern and outrage. While I think the gardasil shot is in general a good idea, there is no way I would be happy if my child came home with a medical...
"Skin Tag on 11 Yr Old"
Asked by C.M. from Los Angeles
on May 30, 2008
-
My 11 yr old has a skin tag on his neck and has recently started asking if he could have it removed. His Dr looked at it and did tell us that he could burn it off. He ...
Answers
- Two great ideas that actually work. (I have skin tags too, and these have worked for me.) One: You can tie a piece of thread around the base of the skin tag, thus...
- Sorry I don't have a home remedy, but my daughter had a birthmark on her neck that looked like a love bite. I had it lasered off around the same age as your son and t...
- I think that you should have it tested to see if its cancer or if it is just a tag...take him soon. you can get those things from lots of sun and some are cancerous......
Best Treatment for Warts?
Asked by B.F. from Dallas
on May 5, 2010
-
My son recently had a plantar wart removed (yes, the dorm showers are that bad:(). Now a wart has shown up on his finger. What is the best treatment, ladies?
Answers
- I feel your pain! My son just had to have 5 surgically removed from the bottom of his foot ( over $600!) Since then he has had a few that we just used an over the cou...
- I had warts when I was younger. I had some frozen off, one burned off (ouch!) and I tried the at home remedies from the store (Dr. Scholls', etc.) I asked a store cler...
- I would send him to a dermatologist so you don't waste your time on things that may not work depending on the size, location, type, etc. My daughter had one and used ...
Warts
Asked by T.G. from Pueblo
on August 19, 2010
-
Hey Mommas!!
I need help. My 11 year old daughter has developed a "filiform" wart right on the entrance of her nose. Pardon my description but it makes her look lik...
Answers
- I'm not sure if this will work but I have been using apple cider vinegar on my daughter's warts and it is nothing short of MIRACULOUS. It also is pain free. I dab them...
- Hi there T., I'm not sure about home remedies; but if it were my daughter, I would take her to a pediatric dermatologist and have it removed. I work with a pediatric...
- I learned the other day that the virus that causes warts never go away. Your daughter will be susceptible to them for the rest of her life. You can go to a dermotolo...
Plantar Warts on the Foot.
Asked by C.K. from Fort Wayne
on October 19, 2007
-
My 10 year old has 4 nasty ones on his big toe and next toe. We ahve been using the freezing treatment and it has helped some, but they are still not totally gone.
A...
Answers
- My 9 year old son has one as well and compound W would not help it, we had to see a foot doctor to get better medicine put on it. He has gone for 4 treatments and it...
- My sister had to have professionals finally get rid of hers, maybe ask your doctor?
- I had them and tried for months to get them off myself by cutting at them and pulling at them with tweezers. let me tell you OUCH. I did all the OTC stuff too and it...
Seeking Help for Son's Skin Condition
Asked by M.S. from Houston
on October 7, 2008
-
My son has had a rash with little bumps on the side of his chest for over a year now. His pediatrician said that it is a skin condition called Molluscum Contagiosum a...
Answers
- I asked my dermatologist about this condition this summer since my pediatrician kept saying, "It will go away on it's own."......and it didn't. My dermatologist said ...
- Never heard of the condition, but try this, it's simple and all natural, put a cup of baking soda in his bath water...it was the only thing that helped by dauther, who...
- My friend's son had this condition. One pedi told her that it would go away on its own, another told her to have them burned off. Her son was 7, no way was she going t...
