Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!thoma From: thoma@reed.UUCP (Ann Muir Thomas) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: warts, a personal testimony Message-ID: <1906@reed.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 02:47:11 EDT Article-I.D.: reed.1906 Posted: Tue Sep 17 02:47:11 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Sep-85 04:49:37 EDT Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 22 When I was about 12, I got a plantar wart on the bottom of my big toe. It was an inconvenience, to say the least! My mom took me to a doctor, who first tried liquid nitrogen once a week for about 3 months, with no improvement. He then tried an irritant plaster, that was basically supposed to burn out the wart and the skin surrounding it. The wart got *bigger*. (and the plaster burned whatever skin it touched, ate holes through my socks, and made wearing most shoes just about impossible) I read an article that said good ol' vitamin E could get rid of warts-- not by just taking the pills, however, but by breaking the capsule open and smearing the oil on them. I stopped using the plaster (except on the days that I had an appointment with the doctor) and started the Vitamin E treatment about 3 times a day. Within a month, the wart was gone! Later, I got another wart on my other foot, and, with my mom's permission, skipped the doctor altogether and just used vitamin E; the wart disappeared within 3 weeks. Does anyone out there have an idea as to why this worked? Ann ...tektronix!reed!thoma "...she will be your friend, until the ocean's end..."