OT: Warts!!

[disney_me]

DD 12 has 2 warts on her leg. One by her knee the other on her ankle( same leg). Should I take her to the DR or try an over the counter wart remover?? and which one works best??

 

[Feralpeg]

Warts can be caused by a virus. I had a friend who got them on a regular basis. He'd have them removed and others would show up.

 

[teresajoy]

I would take her to her pediatrician. I've heard some of the over the counter ones don't work well, and can be a little strong for kids. My daughter has a wart on her hand right now, so I'm thinking I should take her in for it. I think it will start bothering her, it's on her palm.

 

[jstbcuz]

When I took my daughter to the dr for warts, after I had tried freezing them, and some other type of wart remover, she told me the best thing to do for warts is to put duct tape over them. Take if off for bathing and put it back on. More less suffocates the wart I guess. Anyhow, we did it and it worked.
So you might try this.

 

[hebbynan]

I had warts on my feet when I was little. My mom tried all the over the counter stuff. My doctor ended up having to cut them out. Trust me, it was not pleasant. After 3 trips for that, my parents decided to take me to a dermatologist. He froze them off. It took a few trips for different applications, but at least it was less painful.

Good luck!! I feel for your daughter having been there all those years ago myself!

 

[yasmina]

I would take her to her pediatrician.

My dd11 has had "warts" on her legs for over a year. They spread slowly from a one or two here and there to all over her inner thighs. They looked horrible! Some got all red and swollen. On adults they go to the genital region - OUCH! Her ped. told us several months ago that it is moluscum contagiosum, and is very common in kids on the legs.

It's very contagious, but my dd is not self-conscious about it. This summer they appear to finally be drying up. I read on medical sites that there is very little that a dr. can do for them. They go away on their own w/in 12-18 mos., which is how long it's taken for my daughter. You can poke them with a sterilized needle - for my dd that was NOT an option! There are products available on the web that claim to work, but when you research them, they work for some people, not for others. I chose to just let them heal on their own, and it's apparently working.

Again, only your daughters dr. can make the diagnosis, but if that's what she has, I can only tell you I've been there!

 

[NemoMOm]

I have had 2 in my lifetime both on my hand. I read in a heal it yourself book that putting pure vit. E oil on the wart and covering w/bandaid would remove it. And it does. It takes some time but you'll see that it starts to break down. I would just pour the oil on the baidaid (put it on thw top of bottle and turnupside down) and put it on. It removed them both.

 

[kldmom2000]

I used to work for a dermatologist and saw plenty of wart treating.....

I myself battled a persistant plantar's wart for over a year... it ended up multiplying in size and in #'s.... little ones grew around the big main one since it IS a virus in the skin (therefore other people in your house are prone to getting them too-that's what the dermatologists always told patients). I had to have mine treated by my former dermatologist. It took a long, long time because I'd waited so long. We did a combo of liquid nitrogen, scraping, and at home use of salicyclic acid 40%.... it was finally gone after about 9 months of treatment.

My 4 yr old DD ended up w/ a plantar's wart about 6 months ago. I didn't treat it right away, but then about 2 months ago, I noticed it was getting larger. I wanted to nip it in the bud but did NOT want to subject her to the liquid nitrogen treatments @ the derm.... I've been using the Dr. Scholl's plantar's wart 40% salicylic acid pads-this tiny medicated disk that you cover with a bandage that's included and you leave it on for 48 hours. When you take it off, scrape or cut off the dead skin and reapply a new disk/bandage. Hers is 99% gone... I think after this disk, it will be gone... BUT she got another one on her toe (which was treated w/ one disk and is now gone because I caught it right away) and one on the ball of her foot that I'm treating before it gets big....

And Yasmina is right.... molluscom contagiosum (of the wart virus family) usually appears on the legs... usually it'll be multiple warts which is how they make the diagnosis... if that's the case, have her checked by the pedi, or better yet, a dermatologist GOOD LUCK!


I hate warts

 

[luvdiz2]

My 7 ds had one wart on his foot. Tried the over the counter stuff - ended up with 30 on each thumb and four toes affected with at least 10-20 on each. Dr. tried burning, freezing, etc.

My advice (and my dr now passes this along!) OIL OF OREGANO (health food store). Soak the affected area with water, put on the oil, let it soak in and forget it. Do this twice a day and it took just over two weeks, no pain, no crying nothing. Honestly the dr. has told more than 10 patients as he had given up and said there was nothing more they could do.

Good luck!

 

[wiggles02]

I had a lot of warts when I was a child. I had two on my face and the doctor did freeze them off. I remember him offering me a lollipop after it was finished and I wouldn't look at him because it hurt. Still have the scars. I would talk to your pediatrician. Good luck!

 

[Hensandchickens]

My DS 12 had several warts on his thumbs. We tried the OTC freezing, duct tape, and wart band-aids. The band-aids, we went through box after box. His thumbs were all wrinkled, red, and smelled really bad. Nothing worked. We stopped everything and made an appointment with the dermatologist. I was done messing around. The doctor froze off the warts and then applied an acid that DS had to wash off after 45 minutes. The warts blistered and then healed. They were pretty much gone, but the doctor said it could take several visits. We went to our next visit two weeks later and the doctor was shocked at how much the warts had gone away. They didn't need to be froze a 2nd time. She just applied the acid. After a month and a half they are totally gone. The freezing hurt really bad.

The decision to go to the dermatologist in the first place may have saved his life in the long run. As we were sitting in the room waiting for the doctor I noticed a strange mole on DS arm. They did a slice and biopsy and found that is was atypical nevus. He then had to have an almond size amount taken from the area. He just got his stitches out yesterday. All is clear! This type of mole can lead to melanoma. He now has to be checked every year for moles, as does our entire family. It tends to run in families.

 

[kacaju]

my 7 yo dd also had molluscom contagiosum. They were on her arm (near her elbow) and on her waist (right where her arm touched her side) The ped. told me what they were and that they would go away on their own after a few months. They started to get worse 9thank goodness it was winter and she was in long sleeves!) one Dr. in our group told me I could try Aldera, which is for genital warts. When i called back to get the Rx. I was told by another Dr. in the group, not to use that..it doesn't work and to go see a Derm. By the time (2-3 months later) we got the Derm appt, what do you think they had us use?? Yeap...Aldera.
That finally did work to get rid of those things!! My dd's got worse instead of better over time. She has many scars from them.

 

[dougsmom98]

Three of my kids have molluscom and we have also been using Aldera. It worked slick on one of my boys but my other DS and DD have not had as good of results with it but it is better than doing nothing. My kids do have scars from the molluscom. It is nasty.