Warts
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Removing a Skin Tag
Asked by B.D. from Los Angeles
on April 23, 2009
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Anyone know how I can safely remove a skin tag I developed on my chest during my pregnancy? Most of them all fell off after my son was born but this one has stuck aro...
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- I agree with the "tying it off" method. That is how a doctor removed one on my niece.
- hi B., I use manicure sisors. Then apply acolhol, it burns for a couple of seconds and that's it. J. L.
- Hi B., We got rid of one on my husbands neck by just taking a piece of string (sewing kind) and tying a knot around it. It fell off in two days. No scar. Hope this h...
Warts
Asked by S.S. from Minneapolis
on October 11, 2007
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I took my son in about a month ago to get a wart burnt off. What happened was the wart got bigger so after 2 weeks I made another apt. to see the Doc. Well 2 weeks a...
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- S., My husband has had the same experience with a wart on his hand. It is now the size of a silver dollar (after 4 attempts to freeze it off) He is now trying this...
- The blisters are supposed to surround the wart to the root, and have them fall out. We did the whole doctor thing with my first son, and after 3 treatments, they we...
- S., I had a friend that had a planters wart for over 30 years. She and her doc tried everything to get rid of it and couldn't. She tried something she ordered over ...
Do Needles in the Foot Hurt?
Asked by J.M. from Columbus
on February 22, 2013
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Hi I have three plantar warts on the bottom of my foot. Started off with one but spread after a while. I have tried apple cider vinegar, the banana peel treatment and ...
Should I Take Her to the Doctor? Skin Question.
Asked by B.S. from Columbia
on December 6, 2006
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My daughter showed up with a small cyst-like area under her arm about 2 weeks ago. I have recently noticed that it has turned red around it, and there are three sacs ...
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- I would take her to the doctor. If it looks like a boil it could be a staph infection which is very contagious and can be difficult to treat. I have heard that, at l...
- It sounds like Molluscom to me. My 3 year old has had it for about 2 years. It's a wart-like virus. It is VERY contagious and is spread through children for the most p...
- I have never heard of anything like this. I would take her to the Dr. I figure it is better safe than sorry. I have 2 boys and we are always at the ER or Dr. It is no ...
Has Anyone Experienced This Skin Condition?
Asked by L.D. from Grand Rapids
on May 20, 2009
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Hi Moms!
Has anyone experienced molluscum contagiosum in their kids. My son has had bumps on his skin. Pediatrician "froze" them off a couple months ago. He said t...
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- My 3 1/2 year old has this we call them bumps. Our ped perscribed an acne gel (can't remember the name right now) that we used on them 3 times a week. She started ou...
- Hi L., I would consider taking your son for a second opinion. I know lots of meds are used for different conditions but the Tagament (Cimetidine) is something I tak...
- L., I was not aware of molluscum contagiosum...so did a search on it to see, if nothing else, I could find a Tagamet connection. To the point...I could not. Persona...
Plantar Warts!
Asked by S.J. from Charlottesville
on August 28, 2008
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I come to you moms since you have helped me in the past. I have been fighting plantar warts for about 7 years now. I am now at the point of frustration since I've tr...
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- S., I haven't had plantar warts but we have had mollescum, which is where you have clusters of warts and are a total pain. We were told to try SilverCure and after 3 ...
- mY DAUGHTER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM ON HER HANDS AND i READ ON THE INTERNET THAT APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WILL GET RID OF THEM. SOAK A COTTON BALL IN THE ACV THEN PUT IT ON TH...
- Believe it or not, my daughter (she was 9 at the time) cured her warts with Tagamet (an antacid). The foot and ankle doctor prescribed it. She had about 15 to 20 sma...
Plantar's Warts on 2 Year Old's Feet
Asked by R.C. from Minneapolis
on March 1, 2010
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Hello Ladies:
When our youngest was 18 months, she developed a plantar's wart on the bottom of her little foot. I took her to our Ped and he said he could freeze t...
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- Hi R., I feel for you, especially with a 2 year old. My teenage son had warts on his toes and plantars on the bottom of his feet from swimming, and it was just awf...
- Duct tape is interesting. If that doesn't work, you should go the freezing route. Please take into consideration where the warts are coming from. Someone has most like...
- I am completely with you--my five year old had a huge wart, and it was on the bottom of his big toe, right where it starts to curve in--a horrible place to try to stic...
Warts on a 3 Year Old
Asked by A.S. from Minneapolis
on July 20, 2010
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I have a two year old boy and my roommate has a 3 year old boy, both of which i stay home with all day. When i moved into my apt with my roommate last year his son had...
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- There are different types of warts. If you do a Google search you can read about it. Next, you need to tell the Doctor or get referred to a Dermatologist. The thi...
- A few months ago I was reading the true story of a woman who was able to help her own daughter with many severe medical problems (among them terrible warts) when the d...
- We have successfully used the duct tape method--but it does take a while for the body to respond to it! If you can't get him to leave the tape on during the day maybe...
Growth on Cat's Skin
Asked by B.B. from New York
on November 11, 2012
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Hi Moms,
I noticed recently a small (about 1/2 inch diameter) growth on my cat's back. It looks like a wart or like cauliflower in that it is not just a bu...
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- I don't know about cats. We have dogs and always have. Our experience is as they get older they get growths, etc similar to what you describe. Sometimes, depend...
- Some cats can, unfortunately, end up with very aggressive, invasive malignant masses at vaccine sites. I would be more worried about a skin growth that feels attached...
- Please prioritize your pet and get her to the veterinarian much sooner than "eventually"...like tomorrow.
How Do You Get Rid of WARTS?
Asked by T.H. from Milwaukee
on October 9, 2008
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Two of my kids have warts on their hands that we can't seem to get rid of. We first tried the doctor's advice of using a wart stick (looks like chap stick) and then co...
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- My daughter had a wart on her foot, we used a wart remover and then would file it down every day. It eventually went away but we had to be quite harsh to it. We tried ...
- Hi T. When my son gets warts. I use the band-aids from compound-W to get rid of them it takes a few weeks but they do work. Good Luck T.
- I've been working on mine as well. I went to the doctor a billion times and it shrunk it and I stopped going. The cost even with medical insurance is horrible!! Bac...
