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How do i get rid of plantar warts on my 6th grade child's heel?

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Warts: Each night before going to bed soak a cotton ball in apple cider vinegar, apply it to the wart and then hold it in place with a band-aid. Leave it on all night, or if you like, 24 hours a day but change the soaked cotton and band-aid each evening for a week. The wart will swell and may throb as it reacts with the vinegar and then start to turn black within the first two days and in two weeks gone.

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Many treatments: Warts can be treated in many ways from over the counter medicines to professional treatment. The skin on the back of the heel is a tough area to get rid of warts due to constant rubbing on the shoe and thickness of the skin.

Answered 4/30/2012

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Dr. Libby Putnam answered

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Several treatments.: You can try over the counter wart removers, but be careful: i've seen them do more harm than good. Other options your doctor might offer include cryotherapy (freezing the wart), electrocautery (burning the wart), laser treatment, or several different topical chemical treatments. If the treatment is typically uncomfortable, your doctor can numb the area before proceeding.

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