What's the Best Way to Get Rid of a Verruca
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The pharmacist gave me salactol but is there a better quicker way to get rid. She said it can take 12 weeks it's been around 4 already
Honestly no my daughter had one for months in the end it went black and she cut it out herself
Imnotcheap yeah that's the only thing you can do once it's black tho it's a dead verruca
Leannexxx he said his friend had one since end of last year. Hope it doesn't last that long
Bazooka cream over counter and just exfoliate the dead skin after bathing. Other than that not a lot.
Imnotcheap Sorry I can’t remember how long it might take. In Boots they are buy one get another for half price. Different strengths. If you have lots of points you might be able to use those.
JLouM rarely go boots so few points unfortunately.
However I'm going savers in morning will look there
I would go back to the pharmacist and explain to him how long it has taken so far and ask if they consider this to be normal. If it isn't normal ask to them to take a look at your daughter foot to confirm that it definitely is a verruca and what they suggest your next step should be - no pun intended.
It can take months, sometimes years for a verruca to clear up. Nothing you can do but to keep treating it.
I had one and the Bazooka stuff didn't work to kill it and it stayed so I just washed my feet every night in a basin of hot water and TCP and Dettol for a month and it was dead white skin easily picked off.
NOW I prefent it happening by wearing flip flops in the swimming pool showers or Hotel Bathrooms.
Salactol or the freezing treatments, both take time but will work. Bazooka doesn’t really do anything other than suffocate them and kill the surrounding healthy skin.
The virus can take a while to kill off, persistence is key.
I used a pair of tweezers, took quite a long time and it's never came back. Can be a bit painful though.
Imnotcheap sorry it will be a bit painful for someone so young. Hope you can get it sorted out for him.
I've only ever had one, I picked it out after trying different treatments that didn't work
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