It’s Official: Duct Tape Can Fix Anything
From Times Wire Reports
Duct tape, the all-purpose household fix-it with hundreds of uses, can also remove warts.
Researchers say over-the-hardware-counter duct tape is a more effective, less painful alternative to liquid nitrogen, which is used to freeze warts.
The study was reported in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
In the study, patients wore duct tape over their warts for six days. Then they removed the tape, soaked the area in water and used an emery board or pumice stone to scrape the spot. The treatment continued for a maximum of two months or until the wart went away.
The duct tape apparently caused an immune system reaction that attacked the growths, said one researcher.
