Re: Super Cold Spray - for wart removal?

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:26:10 GMT, Rich Grise
<eatmyshorts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 05:39:56 +0000, snovotill wrote:
>
>> Has anyone had success using electronics type Super Cold Spray for
>> plantar wart removal? Do not try it based upon this posting since it
>> could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have already
>> tried. I'm thinking of using a thick plastic slab with a countersunk
>> hole in it through which to apply the cold spray, the idea being to
>> pool the cold spray in the hold and let it bubble away for some time.
>> I did a quick prelim test and the plastic does appear to insulate the
>> cold from the surrounding skin. Another approach might be to soak a
>> q-tip in the cold spray while it's touching the wart. I imagine that a
>> number of repeated treatments over several days, each increasing in
>> intensity, might be appropriate. Do not try it based upon this posting
>> since it could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have
>> already tried. Thanks
>
>I haven't done it with freeze spray, but I've physically dug one out.
>I got a pack of corn pads, and stacked two of them, with the hole over
>the plantar wart. After a few days or a week or so, the wart was just
>sticking right up there, so I went at it. I sliced the protruding top
>part off with a razor blade (yes, it hurt like a ***), and pulled
>the core out of my foot with various tweezers and pliers. It gave up,
>but its little buddy showed up just a few years ago (it had been close
>to 40 years since I got rid of the last one). Some guy told me to cover
>it with adhesive tape - that white stuff from the pharmacy - and that it
>would go away. Duct tape might work there. What happened with mine (the
>new one - the old one that I ripped out by the roots never came back) was
>that when I checked under the tape, the main wart had diminished, but
>there were about 20 incipient little baby warts all around it. So I took
>the tape off and decided to try to heal it by Will Power, which seems to
>be working so far. :-)
>
>According to Louise L. Hay, plantar warts are a symptom of anger at
>the foundation of your understanding - what the 'Hay', it worked
>for me!
>

They're a symptom of a virus, likely caused by walking around outside
barefoot.

John


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