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..." Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com