Does Duct Tape Cure Warts?

There are many ways to cure warts but the most unexpected is probably the duct tape treatment. Who would have thought that a tape you usually buy in DIY markets can be a powerful cure for warts!? For years medical science has ignored duct tape as a warts remedy despite the experiences of many warts sufferers who managed to get rid of their warts using this unusual cure.

Warts therapy with duct tape consists of placing a small piece of tape over your wart and leaving it there for six days. If the tape peels off it should be immediately replaced with another piece of tape and left there until the six-day period expires. On the seventh day uncover the wart, wash it and rub off the dead skin. Leave the wart to dry during the night. The following day place another piece of tape on the wart and leave it there for another six days. Repeat this procedure as many times necessary, until your wart shrinks and disappears.

There are several explanations as to how this treatment works. Some think that the wart cells, and the warts virus, die out because of the lack of air but the more probable explanation is that this treatment triggers off the immune system reaction which kills the virus and causes the wart to shrink and disappear. This makes this kind of therapy completely safe procedure because it is not the tape or some other chemical what kills the warts virus, but it is our own body that heals itself from the infection.

Researchers in the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center conducted an experiment in which they compared the effectiveness of cryotherapy treatments provided by doctors and the duct tape therapy. The tape cured 85% of all people who received the treatment while cryotherapy proved effective in 60% of treated cases.

Duct therapy is 100% natural and completely painless treatment. It is particularly convenient in curing small children who might find other treatments painful or stressful. To make the whole therapy interesting for the children, you can cut the tape into different shapes (heart, cloud, flower... ) and paste them on the wart. Instead of silver tape you can use any other type of tape, just make sure it is water and airproof.

Warts are very tough to battle and they respond differently to different remedies. If this treatment does not show any results after two weeks, quit it and try out some other warts cure.

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