30 User Reviews
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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(Los Angeles)
07/31/2016
Did you use a cotton ball soaked in apple cider vinegar over the area?
(Tas)
08/24/2016
I find ACV (with 'The Mother') works very well with thick crusty ones but not well with paler, less crusty growths. Not nice are they?
(Annapolis)
03/02/2017
ACV should be raw when ingested in order to get the full benefit of it. If you add it to boiling water, it will destroy all the good bacteria (the "mother") that aids your gut flora. My daughter had acne until she started to drink raw ACV and now it's gone and her skin glows!
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
(Tacoma, Wa)
07/20/2016
I had a mess of these in the small of my back that had been there a long time, and the population continued to grow. I became aware of the extent of the problem after pictures from a recent trip to Hawaii.
I tried many of these remedies and found these things simply would not go away. It is difficult to treat the small of your own back, too, so perhaps my application was not sufficient. The more I treated them, the more my back itched, but they still wouldn't go away. I finally got rid of all of them at once with a deep chemical peel. Amazingly, the peel didn't hurt very much, and only on the few good patches of skin left.
I did tons of research on these things and here is why I believe they often appear on the back, hairlines, bra lines and places like that. These things are dead tissue: skin cells mixed with oils that are not sufficiently exfoliated, and that is why they appeared so prolifically, and only, in the small of my back where it is impossible to scrub with any real pressure.
I believe a body salt scrub at an Asian spa every couple of months will prevent these going forward. (Once the skin has completely healed from the chem peel.) Perhaps that is why many Asian women engage in this ritual regularly and we probably all should.
(Virginia, USA)
06/25/2021
I believe that this keratosis is a fungal overgrowth. ACV kills it good!
(Idaho)
07/30/2017
My father, half Irish, said the Irish have a "gift of gab" (likely an Irish expression). You've certainly got that! Ha! Ha! Thanks for relating your experience. I'm going to try it on my Danish husband who has facial barnacles. :-)
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Frustrated, I came online to look for remedies. I tried tea tree oil, and that appeared to be working, but it was a VERY slow process. I read on this site about the Apple Cider Vinegar, so that morning I stopped at ShopRite and got a bottle of (their brand, $1.49) ACV. I dipped a q-tip in it and applied it when I could, but on average probably 3-5 times a day.
Literally, within 3 days the seborrheic keratosis had dried up into a scab-like form. By the end of the 3rd day it was partially peeling already. After 5 days, with my help, it came off completely. After, I did scrub it while in the shower to make sure it was all gone. What was left underneath was a reddish spot. At that time I stopped the ACV and switched to Neosporin twice daily. Today is the 8th day since I began with the ACV. The spot is healing nicely. It is still pink/reddish, but I imagine that will take a while to blend in. Will keep an eye on it, but I think I am cured. Very relieved as I will not be losing a chunk of my hair, and the unsightly growth is gone! Hopefully this helps someone else out there! No more anxiety of having to have a bald spot on the side of my head!
(Uk)
06/24/2017
Wow, that's exactly what I have on my head, both my temples have about 3 or 4 of these SK, at first they were very small, didnt bother me, but over a few years they started to get bigger and are now slightly darker, more like brown to black. They are fairly flat with a very slight rise in them and have a textured feel to them. I went to my gp but the NHS wont remove these as its cosmetic they say. I rang a few private dermotologists who want around £500 to remove these SK, with either cryosurgery or using Curette. I dont have that kind of money so im gonna try this ACV treatment. Today I bought Aspall organic Cyder Vinegar, using a qtip I applied it undiluted onto the SK, I did this about 3 times today, so will see how it goes in days to come, will keep you guys posted...
Apple Cider Vinegar
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I had a spot about the size of a half dollar, raised 1/4 inch, on my temple under my hairline. I had a much smaller spot on the other side of my temple, but since it was under my hairline I didn't worry about this one. I have oily skin and play a lot of tennis and the spots occurred right where my cap fit an inch above eye level - coincidence? Maybe irritated the hat? I now try to play without a hat if possible.
After reading many posts on the subject I started using Apple Cider Vinegar on October 13, 2015 three times per day diluted 1:1 with no bandaid - I just blotted it. The progression went to the size of a quarter, then nickle, dime, and it disappeared completely on November 17. This is after a liquid nitrogen treatment a year ago did nothing. Great stuff and only cost $1.25! What a safe, easy, and inexpensive way for getting rid of it.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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I have tried various other treatments including Compound W Freeze Away (with some success), Glycolic Acid (with little success) and H202 35% (little success, but I probably dilute it took much).
Thanks to this forum on Earth Clinic, I tried ACV to see if it has any effect on the SKs. Some have been stubborn but many have actually have gone away. The one's that are gone became irritated, developed small scabs, and eventually were gone.
I cut cotton pads to the size of the SK. Soak it in ACV and then use a bandaid to secure over-night. The largest one took about 7-10 days to remove completely.
It may not work for everyone and on every SK but I am encouraged right now.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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(Az)
07/16/2017
To increase your immune system, take a teaspoon of concentrated black elderberry syrup daily and take supplements of vitamin D-3 daily up to 5,000IU. Stay away from sugar, processed foods, all milk products, GMO corn and soy, and commercially grown meat products including sausages. Stick with organic grass fed beef and organic chicken and eggs. Eliminate pork in all its forms. Your immune system should blossom and you will feel extremely better. I'm not a doctor, but I researched nutrition over the past 10 years and developed this diet for my family. I'm now 74 and feeling younger than I felt at 45. Ask your health care professional before changing your diet, especially if you are taking any prescription medicines or if you are pregnant.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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I made up my own concoction. It had apple cider vinegar, tea tree oil, lavender oil, oregano oil, geranium oil, olive oil, and witch hazel, which just helps blend the oils with the vinegar (you still need to shake the bottle before using) *--special note--*if you are going to mix some up, just do your own research on diluting essential oils)--Since it was in that special area, I would just put some on a cotton ball, at the very least, twice a day, and sometimes up to four times a day, and my bra would keep it in place. I'd just leave it there, until the next application. I did that faithfully for three months (give or take a week), and it is gone, gone, gone...it has been gone for over a year, and hasn't showed any signs of coming back yet. I don't know if I was misdiagnosed or not, but I did a lot of research on the subject, and it certainly looked like one as well.
I hope this helps anyone who is looking for a natural way to get rid of these barnacles. You'll have to be patient and faithful, though...it's not an overnight cure.
If you have just one or just a few on your back, I would say use the cotton ball method with some skin tape, or put it on a band-aid--and do it at bedtime, so it soaks in throughout the night. I don't know that I have any super ideas for trying to get rid of big numbers of them at one time that is going to be cost-friendly, as the only thing that comes to mind is soaking a towel in the mixture and sleeping on it (with a plastic sheet to protect mattress).
P.S. It does get a little itchy (nothing you can't handle, though), but that's how you know it's working!
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
Delighted this works, after trying lemon, coconut oil, yogurt, witch hazel and one expensive cream that I returned to Amazon.
Tips:
By using a q-tip swab, make sure the end is soaked with ACV then apply it just to the bump, otherwise, the skin that is not affected will dry out too. Add ratio of 1:1 water and be careful not to get near eyes. I would not use a band-aid unless you can isolate the ACV just to the affected area b/c the acid sensitizes other parts of your skin at the same time.
(West Midlands England)
06/17/2015
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I have had these things since I was 40. I'm getting more and more of them as I age. I never sunbathe and have them in places the sun would never reach. Coincidentally my husband has them too which made me ask my doctor if they were contagious but he assured me they are not. My mum never had the, nor did my dad. I've tried oils, creams and ACV - the ACV worked best but didn't get rid of them.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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(Oh)
07/31/2014
This does work, however, it stings and itches a lot! Worth it though! I'm glad to read only 2 hours at a time, I was letting it set for 12 hours!
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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