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Banana Peel
Posted by Daisy (Jacksonville, Florida) on 11/30/2010
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I have been meaning to get back here for a couple months now and share how it went, but that's how completely banana peels cured my plantar wart: I forgot all about it! Let me start at the beginning. Over 20 years ago, when I was in my mid-teens, I had the plantar wart from hell on the instep of my right foot. I had it for months and it felt like glass embedded in there, growing not so wide (no more than the size of a quarter, at most) but very *deeply* into my foot; my conservative estimate was definitely over a half-inch, going by what I could feel around it and how much I eventually had to cut off it.
I went to a doctor who -- God bless him -- said he could cut them out, but that if I'd just wait it'd come out on its own. Waiting sounded just fine to my mother because it was free, so I waited and waited and waited... And finally in desperation took to slicing a hair off the top of it every night with a very sharp razor and rubbing alcohol. Mostly it didn't hurt but OMG when I went too deep!!! Anyway, a few weeks of that, and then one night I went to take my slice off the top and the razor pulled the stump of it out, leaving a crater in my foot that was nicely covered with skin, just misshapen from where the wart had been. I was SOOOOO grateful it was gone!!!! From beginning to end, I think I suffered with it for around nine months or so, possibly longer.
Fast forward to September of this year, when after showering I noticed a hard, darkening spot on the instep of my right foot, exactly where the plantar wart had been so many years ago. With a sinking heart -- because I remember well just exactly how bad that thing hurt!!! -- I realized it was coming back, and decided to get some Compound W at the store, but when I looked for it they were out.
I came back home and it occurred to me to look on this site, and that is the first time I ever heard about banana peels to cure warts, not to mention how blessed I'd been to NOT have the first wart cut out! So at the first opportunity I was back at the store to get the greenest ripe bananas I could find, having eaten the last banana in the house the day before reading your site. I got a bunch, brought them home, peeled and ate the greenest, and then cut up the peel into pieces sized just bigger than the new wart and put them in the freezer. That night, I took a big square of duct tape, stuck the piece of peel to the duct tape so that the inner part of the peel would face my foot, and stuck the duct tape to my foot. Waking up, I took it all off. Lather, rinse, repeat. I did this for a few days and saw nothing except that now I had the characteristic black dots where I'd had none before, and while it was not growing bigger I couldn't see any change. I was very close to giving up on it as a complete waste of time and effort, but then I remembered all the posts that said, "Don't give up, it'll happen but you have to wait for it, " so I decided to stick with it even though it seemed foolish to me by then. Oh, how glad I am that I did! Just a few days later, after taking off the duct tape, I started scraping at it with my fingernail, and just like that razor some 20-odd years before, the whole thing lifted out of my foot, leaving a crater and a bunch of dead skin. Not knowing whether I'd gotten it all or not, I decided to keep up the banana peel for a few more days, but when I couldn't scrape anymore out of there I let it go.
In a few weeks, also gone were the layers of nasty callus that had formed around the wart but had been left behind when it came out. I just pumiced the last of that off a couple of weeks ago. No new warts, no pain, no nothing. WOW!!! How often are you faced with a looming disaster and end up getting a non-event? :)
So yeah... It really does work! I am so grateful. Thank you for sharing your experiences so freely and in such detail, because that really made the difference and kept me on track. And many many thanks to Earth Clinic for maintaining this rockin' site! Thanks!!!
Banana Peel
Posted by Lou (Tyler, Tx) on 12/01/2010
If you start getting them again, try Kirk's Castille coconut body wash. The coconut is anti-fungal and rids your feet of rough skin.
Banana Peel
Posted by Sandra (Burbank, Ca) on 11/23/2010
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My daughter has had a wart on her finger since she was 4.5 years old. We went to the Dermatologist and he froze it off. It came back triple the size. She was very embarrassed and was hiding her hand all the time. Was scared to go back to have it frozen off again. It hurt.
We read about the banana peels and we tried it. First we started off with duck tape and banana peel. After about 4 times we realized it was turning darker and darker. Finally we soaked it in vinegar and intermittently I was applying callous remover on it. I filed it off every morning a little and applied callous remover in the morning (main ingredient is glycerin) and at night duck tape and green banana. After 10 days it fell off..... So now we are just putting on green banana at nights to make sure it's all gone. We learned that the trick is THE GREENER THE BANANA THE BETTER. I found really green ones. GOOD LUCK.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Anonemouse_me (Longmont, Colorado Usa) on 11/14/2010
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I would also like to add that apple cider vinegar will help with warts. I used to have a problem with them on my hands as a child and tried everything from freezing them to burning them to over the counter brand name remedies... My parents must have spent 200 dollars trying to take care of them to no avail. So we read that apple cider vinegar applied to a cotton ball and taped or bandaged over the wart will clear it up in a matter of days. After two years of struggling with them they cleared with 3 dollars worth of acv... Just wanted to add an additional use for it :)
Zinc
Posted by Sue (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) on 11/07/2010
Try oil oregano and coconut oil. This will cure your warts with persistance. My husband went to the doctor every week for over 2 months to have his plantar's wart burned off. It never went away no matter what the doctor did. When he started this protocol I recommended to him, his warts disappeared in 2 weeks. However, he applied this mixture twice a day, everyday. You have to be very persistant, and you will be free of this problem quickly. Sue
Zinc
Posted by Francisca (Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France) on 11/08/2010
Do you take the zinc, apply on the wart or what?
Zinc
Posted by Dave (Bangkok, Thailand) on 11/12/2010
You take the zinc orally, with food as it can upset some people's stomach. For some it is better to start with 50 mg a day, and increase it once you are used to it. Dave.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Smiles808 (Jamestown, Nc) on 11/03/2010
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My husband had a wart on his hand for years, and he had tried freezing it off several times. Finally, I found the ACV idea, so he soaked a cotton ball in ACV, put it over the wart, and secured it with a bandaid. I believe he left it on overnight. After 2-3 treatments, it started to turn black, and finally it went away. It has now been gone for over a year.
Banana Peel
Posted by Mike (Baytown, Texas) on 10/27/2010
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The banana peels work for warts. I took about 2 weeks for the warts to turn black and die off on my children's feet. They were so happy. Thanks Earth Clinic
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Kayla (Troy, Mi) on 10/20/2010
Update from my last post. After about 2 months of treatment with ACV and cotton balls I am free of warts. It took two months because I took my time, allowing healing time and stopping treatment while on my periods. Also, because I had more than a few warts the ACV hurt after a while, and some days I chose not to deal with the darn things. But today I have no warts and it feels good to be freed from them. It has been over two months without them.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Patrick (Edina, Mn) on 03/10/2012
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ACV worked like a charm for me after all other costly methods failed, but it hurts like crazy (an achy, stinging hurt), so if you can't put up with pain for two to three days…. Well…? Details: I had a wart on the heel of my right foot that spread and eventually became so large that it covered almost half of my heal (about the size of an American Eagle coin, without exaggeration). The wart started as a tiny little thing, then spread aggressively DURING treatment by a dermatology center. After ~$800 out of pocket for extremely painful and worthless dermatology treatments (acid, liquid nitrogen, and laser, where they numb the area first with stinging pain killer).
I began to scour the Internet for other methods. I came across this string of notes concerning the application of ACV to your warts, and decided to give it a try. I took a cotton ball and centered it on an ~4" strip of duct tape [buy only 3M duct tape… all the other brands are worthless as they do not hold to your oily skin very well], then deposited a cap full of ACV on the cotton ball and taped it over the ginormous wart area, sealing it on either side with a couple more 1" wide strips of duct tape at the same ~4" length as the one that held the ACV cotton ball. Within hours after applying this homemade gauze the area began to hurt like heck, and by the next morning my leg was throbbing with pain. I didn't care though, as I knew this was a good pain; that my immune system FINALLY had kicked into high gear to battle my wart. I downed a couple of ibuprofen to help ease the pain and kept the wart dressed like this for two days, changing my homemade gauze every 24 hours or so. By the third day, the pain began to subside a bit, so I removed the dressing. To my wonderment the wart has begun to turn a disgusting shade of green, yellow and black (just like the article I read said it would). Within a week or so the wart area dried up to all black, scabbed over and fell off. It was amazing. The area now is semi rough after it healed over, but I can live with this.
I told of this treatment to the dermatology center that I had gone to during a visit there with my young daughter for a different issue. The older Dr. that I spoke to was very interested in this method, and asked his assistant to get the details from me, which she did with pen and paper. The fact that the Dr. did not pooh-pooh this homemade remedy in the least was refreshing. The Doc said this method made perfect sense, that the acid content of the ACV was obviously enough for my body to react to it as foreign matter as it interacted with the wart area, and as such attacked the area with antibodies. The Doc said that that is really all they are trying to do with their methods… to get our own antibodies to kick in.
As a coincidence, last summer I ended up with another set of warts on my right pinky toe and the toe next to it after I injured / cut my foot. Somehow the papillomavirus (HPV) found its way to this wounded area. Again after trying to apply other methods to rid me of this wart-infected area, I finally decided to try the ACV method. I'm in my third day of treatment as of writing this letter, and again, my foot / leg aches like the dickens, but the warts are already beginning to turn black. I'll remove my homemade gauze tomorrow, and let nature take its course from there. Good luck using this method… I personally can vouch for it, but it may not work for everyone.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Wafaa (Tucson, Az, United States) on 10/18/2010
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ACV treatment did not work on a wart I had on a corner of my lips. I applied it every night for 3 weeks, and put a bandaid on it. It grew white, and got the black spot, and part of it fell of, but then the rest wouldn't go away. Needless to say the whole thing was extremely painful. I stopped treatment after 3 weeks, and it grew back. I was pretty disappointed as I'd used Apple Cider Vinegar successfully before on a wart on my foot. I'm now trying tea tree oil, so hopefully that will work.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Blanna_paris (Clarksville, Tn) on 08/12/2011
cold sores (herpes) can look like warts.. the corner of your mouth is a common place to get a cold sore and could explain why the Apple Cider Vinegar didn't work..
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Avigayil (Lakewood, Nj) on 10/02/2010
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Apple cider viniger for warts. I had a few warts and my doctor told me about this. I tried it and my wart is gone. Put on at night before bed till it goes away. It takes about a week.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Steph (Lanarkshire, Uk) on 09/23/2010
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I was very open-minded as to wither or not cider vinegar would work for warts. I had one on my face (how embarrassing). I tried household vinegar but it didn't do anything at all. With the cider vinegar, however, within 4 days it was gone! Would recommend it to anyone, even those who don't believe it is possible to remove a wart within a short time (I was one of those)
Banana Peel
Posted by Linda (Bateman, Western Australia) on 09/12/2010
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My son had a planter wart on his big toe. I found the banana peel treatment more effective than the freezing method. The most effective was the application of Iodine tincture that contained 25mg/ml of potassium iodide. I applied it every night with a cotton bud. It worked incredibly fast and I literally peeled the wart off. Thanks for all the comments as the doctor I went to said it would take weeks of treatment to get rid of it.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Simon (Auckland, New Zealand) on 08/15/2010
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After freezing, banana peels, doctor visits etc ACV has gotten rid of my plantar on my foot. I am very very happy I found this website! I had a huge beast on the ball of my foot that was spreading, ACV and duct tape was applied on cotton balls overnight as often as I could. The whole area got pretty fried by the ACV, but the veruca turned dark and hard, ready to be sliced off bit by bit. This process was repeated, more of the veruca was dying and able to be cut off without cutting too deep. Everybody doubted that this would work, doctors doubted it, friends doubted it - ALL I CAN SAY IS "ACV" WORKED A SMALL "MIRACLE" ON MY FOOT! Thanks to Earth Clinic :) :) :)
Dietary Changes
Posted by Kayll (New England, Usa) on 08/14/2010
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Over the past year, I've been eating poorly and gaining weight rapidly. Along with the uncomfortableness of excess weight, I noticed three warts on my feet: two on my left and one on my right foot. Thankfully they aren't painful. However, I've noticed that they are getting bigger and bigger. Not waiting until they got painful to do something about them, I started researching.
I had bought some OTC products which didn't really work. At the same time, I started changing my diet to include a ton of mixed greens and salads. A read a book about adding mixed greens to the diet. The author had some warts on her body and after she started drinking green smoothies daily, they fell right off.
Well, I can happily say that two of my three warts have fallen off! The third one is in an area on my foot where I can feel it, but can't bend properly to see it. It's flatter than it was and may fall off on it's own soon, too!
For the past two weeks, I've been eating a big salad for lunch every day with mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, pecans or almonds, peppers, and beans of some type - with fat free dressing. I haven't lost weight because I'm still eating junkfood at night and heavy meals for dinner. But I will change that soon.
Another popular author I was reading talked about the importance of nutrition and health. He has similar diet recommendations - eating at least one pound of raw vegetables and one pound of raw fruits (who cooks fruits.. Maybe applesauce?). As I continue eating 1lb of veggies (i.e. my salad) and 1lb of fruit daily (for breakfast), I will comment about other ailments that should hopefully go away. I have really bad skin - sometimes called chicken skin - on my arms. I'm hoping diet will help that, too.
Banana Peel
Posted by Dan (Kansas City, Missouri Usa) on 07/12/2010
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The banana peels cured my warts! I had a wart on my heel for about 9 years. Over the years I tried multiple different "cures" but nothing would get rid of it. I finally got fed up and when to a podiatrist and thought I'd leave it up to a professional. At first she prescribed Aldara, which is more expensive than liquid gold and about as effective as dog's drool. I took Zinc, Vitamin A, and Garlic along with the Aldara cream. After 3 months it was clear the Aldara and herbal medicine was doing nothing. Then the doctor recommended removing it surgically. Big mistake. I don't know if it was just a bad doctor or if the success rate of that type of surgery is just low. She cut off a hunk of flesh about the diameter of a quarter and about 1/4 inch deep. It was excruciatingly painful getting the anesthetic. Recovery took about 5 weeks until I was walking around normal. I was pretty depressed when the wart returned, even bigger than before. Then another wart appeared on my other foot. I was out a lot of money, had lots of pain, and now was worse than before. My wife found this website that recommended a banana peel. I was skeptical, thinking it sounded too easy to be true. I read a bunch of these feedback comments and decided I had nothing to lose. From Christmas 2009 to Easter 2010 I put a banana peel on both my warts every day. To my surprise, it actually worked. Both warts are completely gone now. I still can't believe it worked and as a skeptic, felt obligated to make a post about it. I'm an engineer and need hard proof before I believe something (just ask my wife). I'm sure there are others reading this thinking: "A banana peel? Right..." Please try it. You'll be glad you did.
Supplies you'll need:
- roll of duct tape (standard sized roll is fine)
- sharp knife
- sandwich baggies
- rubber band
- bananas
Here's what you do:
- Every morning after you dry off from the shower, cut off a small piece of peel the size of your wart. - Take the sandwich bag and put it over the end of the banana and seal it off with the rubber band. This keeps your banana and it's peel fresher longer. A green banana seems to work best. When it gets too ripe, it doesn't seem to work as well. - Tear off a piece of duct tape that's roughly 1" by 1", or big enough to entirely cover the wart with overlap. - Put the peel with side that touches the banana onto your wart. - Put the tape over the top of the peel, firmly pressing the tape into your skin so it seals the peel onto your foot and keeps peel juice from escaping. - Put your sock on and enjoy your day. - At night, leave the duct tape on. If it comes off with your sock, tape it back on. - In the morning, pull it off. The peel will be black. Wash the wart in the shower and dry it off before repeating the cycle. - Your wart should only see the light of day for the short time that you are in the shower and drying it off. - Once the skin starts to look a little callous our dead, use an emery board or nail file to file the dead skin off. It took my wart about a month before I did this, but I had a huge wart that was older then our oldest son, so yours may go quicker. You can also use Compound W to get rid of this skin. You only need to do this step about once every couple weeks. - Eventually, the wart will disappear. Along the way, you can tell progress is being made because it will no longer hurt when you firmly press on the wart.
Thanks to those who took the time to recommend the banana peel. I'm still not a big believer in home remedies, but this worked for me.
Banana Peel
Posted by Jithurm (Muscat, Oman) on 10/18/2010
I has a plantar wart on my foot appeared about 3 months back. In fact initially I didnt know wt is it, gradually when the pain started coming I consulted an idiot doctor who said it is a corn and u have to do a surgery to remove it. The surgery was too painful and I had to live with the bandage for 1.5 months more before the flush and new skin came. The sadest part is after couple of weeks of healing of the surgical wound a cluster of warts appeared near to the old wart. For past few weeks I am in real depression and desperately surfing to find a real cure for this. After reading so many testimonials regarding banana peel I am going to try it today onwards. I have a small doubt regarding the application, after putting the banana peel on the wart and covering it with duct tape is it ok if I wash my foot any time during the day? will reverse the effect of banan peel? is there any problem if I use water to wash my foot with the peel & duct tape on my foot? Please reply, Jithu
Banana Peel
Posted by Eamon (Joppa, Md) on 07/24/2012
I am going to try the banana peel for flat warts on my hand. I have nothing to use. Thanks to all.
One other tip. My Father had just put duct tape on a wart on the back of his hand, A tall wart type. It fell of in 2 weeks.
Banana Peel
Posted by Kim (Beaverton, Or) on 09/11/2012
I am now trying the banana peel. When I used just the duct tape as suggested by someone - my wart exploded into several warts instead of just one :(
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Gabby:) (San Antonio, Texas, United States) on 07/07/2010
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I had this nasty wart on the bottom of my foot for about 5 months. It was driving me absolutely crazy because it wouldn't go away, no matter what I tried. I tried saran wrap, duct tape, Compound-W, Slow acting acid (from the doctor), and even had a podiatrist surgically remove it (It came back 2 days later, even worse! ). So then I was searching for a remedy and I found two options ACV and Banana Peels. Since I am allergic to bananas, ACV was my only choice. I got a bottle of ACV from the local health food store, then some Cotton Balls (pure cotton, not the synthesized ones). I scrubbed the wart lightly with a pumice stone to remove the callous on top. I soaked the cotton ball in the ACV and then placed it on top of my foot. I put a band-aid on top of the cotton, to keep it in place. Then I used band-aid wraps to keep the band-aid in place and then cover my foot with a sock. I did this every day for about a week and a half, only removing the dressing when I showered. Then after the shower, I would repeat above steps. The wart will raise up, it will be swollen and tender. On the last day, remove all dressing and let your foot air out for about 4 hours. This allows all the liquid to evaporate from the foot. Then I went to bed, with only a band-aid (no sock, dressings, or ACV soaked cotton balls). The next day the wart was red and flattened. I had a follow-up appointment the next day, so I continued to cover the wart with a band-aid (again no more ACV). When I went to the podiatrist, he said that the wart was completely dead and he proceeded to remove the dead wart. ACV truly cured my wart. The only downside is that all the skin around your wart will become pruned and start to peel. I used a pumice stone to remove all the dead skin, as needed. Sometimes your foot will callous over (it didn't happen every day) so then it is important to use the stone, to allow the ACV to sink in. But I definitely recommend using the ACV, because it helped me when I was running out of options.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Sonny (Santa Fe Springs, Ca) on 11/14/2011
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The apple cider vinegar works. My 12 year old son had some around his fingernail. The derm said it would be very painful to remove those so we'll start with the ones on the back of his hand first. He was going to freeze them and he did. But they grew back. Then the last thing he said to do was to have surgery. We did not like the sound of that.
So I found the ACV remedy. I actually put it on the wart that had been on his hand the longest. I bought special bandages called Nexum, I believe. They are waterproof and have a clear thin wrap and the cotton in the middle. It worked perfectly. I applied the AC directly to the cotton on the bandage and stuck it to the wart. My son wore it all day at school then when he got home we took it off and it was weird looking. Almost like it was porous. See through and getting black. I let him air it out that night and in the morning we did it again. That day he got home and when he came out of the shower that evening he ran to me and said look dad. It was peeling off. In the morning it was gone. There is a piece of wart still in his bed somewhere, could never find it. Gross but the wart is gone. YAHOO! AMEN! DONKA SHIN! HORALE!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Surfer143 (Obx, Nc) on 07/02/2010
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Two summers ago, I developed a plantars wart on one foot. Didn't know what it was at first...went to a podiatrist and he shaved it off. It came back within a month and I was afraid of going back as I had read online about removals where they leave scars and the warts come back anyway. I did the Apple Cider Vineger and duct tape just as you said. I have to say that when you put the cotton ball dipped in ACV on the newly cleaned skin, you will feel like you just shot your foot with a shotgun!! But it worked...took maybe 2-3 weeks. Wart was completely gone and has not come back. No doctor's bills, no scarring.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Watchon10 (Grand Rapids, Mi) on 11/10/2011
Eggplant worked for us. Years ago one of the preteens had 3 huge warts on her hand. Freezing twice didn't help, the doctor said the virus was too resistant. After praying to my Lord Jesus Christ for some inexpensive natural remedy, we heard about using thin slices out of a fresh eggplant. So I applied a fresh slice from the middle of our purple friend with masking tape, nightly for about 1 1/2 weeks and the warts dissolved to tiny size. The girl wanted to stop treatment so we did but the warts continued to dissolve on their own!
Later I thought I would try this on a plantars wart on my sons foot and it worked, taking about 2 weeks. Hopefully this works for someone else. When trying, use fresh slice every night.
With GMO veggies, don't know if results are the same now. Thank you Jesus for guidance!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Abbaluv (Spring Hill, Fl Usa) on 11/10/2011
I found that sliced raw potato works the same way. I have had great results through the years using this method. Our family seemed to be prone to warts.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Francisca (Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France) on 11/11/2011
Abbaluv, did you cut a thin slice of potato, did you apply it only at night, did you tape it and where did you have the warts? I have a very flat wart on my hand which I can't get rid of and it irritates me but I get fed up of all the taping so I stop. I have tried ACV, banana peal, bicarb.... Frozen it at home, at the doctor's, you name it! I also have a few little ones on my leg. I would love to find an easy way of getting rid of them, if possible internally because all the taping drives me mad! There was a time when I slept with quite a few bits of tape on my leg, ridiculous and nothing seemed to help!
