There have been wart removal remedies going around for centuries. Many of them seem to work pretty well, while others are not effective at all. This article looks at seven well known ways to get rid of warts at home.

To begin with, let’s ask: What precisely is a wart?

Warts are simply infections of the skin caused by the human papillomavirus, or HPV. You cannot avoid it, as it is active throughout our environment, and is passed from person to person.

The ways you can catch it include skin to skin contact, and through shared clothing, shoes, slipper, towels or other fabric.

Warts are harmless, though they can be pretty unpleasant to look at. Depending on their location and your own skin’s characteristics, they appear from flat to bumpy, from smooth to rough in texture, and may be white or slightly colored.

You can also develop warts through sexual intercourse with infected people. Genital warts pose particular problems for treatment which I will not go into here.

However, I would sound a note of warning: Genital warts may be confused with sexually transmitted diseases which are really quite serious. for that reason, if you have any bumps, sores or lesions in the genital area, I would urge you in the strongest terms to seek early medical treatment.

Now, the home remedies I will talk about all involve ordinary foodstuffs or supplements you can safely consume at home. The last will mean a trip to the drugstore, but do not worry, that one is quite safe as well.

Vitamin C: Take a vitamin C tablet, which is easily gotten at your local supermarket, grind it and mix with a little water to make a paste. Apply to the wart, and bandage. Leave overnight, then observe the results. If it looks like your wart is starting to dry out and die, repeat. If the skin looks very irritated, consider stopping. Vitamin C is quite irritating to the skin, and you may not want to continue treatment.

Vitamin A: Break a vitamin A capsule and apply the liquid directly to the wart. Bandage overnight, then observe the results the following day. Repeat for few days; if you are not satisfied, leave off and try something else.

Castor oil: Wash and dry the affected skin, and apply pure castor oil. Bandage and leave overnight. Repeat for up to tow weeks. If you do not see a result, try mixing the oil with baking soda. Many have found this to be a more powerful way of using castor oil.

Banana peel: Bananas are high in potassium, which in turn has a toxic effect on warts. This won;t do you any harm, though! Simply wash and dry the affected skin, and rub with small piece of banana skin, using the moist inside rather than the outside. Keep this up for a few minutes once a day for a couple of weeks, and observe the results.

Duct tape: This simple method, also known by the fancy name of “occlusion therapy”, is a means of starving your wart of air. Wash and dry the wart, then apply a small piece of duct tape. Leave overnight, remove the following day, and repeat the procedure. keep the area very clean, and rub off any dead skin which may begin appearing. This may take a couple of weeks, but many people find this effective.

Garlic: Like vitamin C, garlic is quite irritating to the skin, so take a bit it of care with this. Crush one garlic clove, and apply the pulp to the wart. Bandage and leave overnight. if you see a raised blister the following day, don’t worry. If it proves uncomfortable, decide whether you want to put up with this. Garlic will do you no harm, but you may decide to opt for a more comfortable (and less pungent!) remedy.

Salicylic acid: Last but not least, salicylic acid has been around for quite a long time. it literally burns off the wart, and is sold in drugstores in solution with water. Stronger solutions may be had on prescription; what you buy over the counter is quite safe. Simply clean and dry the wart, and apply the acid. it may sting a little, and needs to be applied consistently over two to three weeks.

At the end of the day, if none of these do the job for you, consider going to your doctor. While warts are not harmful, because they are unsightly and highly contagious, you owe yourself and others the favor of getting them seen to. (Genital warts, of course, should be treated right away. Your doctor will be able to offer you a very wide range of very effective wart removal remedies.

Author Bio: Jim Evans is a mole and wart removal expert. For more great tips on wart removal remedies, visit http://www.secretsofmolewartremoval.com/

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