Plantar Wart Again

I have been ridiculously delinquent in blogging about the failure of my latest plantar wart removal experiment. See Plantar Warts – My Clove Oil Experiment and Goodbye Plantar Wart! The Summer 2011 experiment involved the application of calcium bentonite clay, which seemed to work quickly and effectively. But it didn’t.

What happened? I tried treatment with calcium bentonite clay twice. The first time I seemed to have quick success – the smaller wart has not returned (see Plantar Wart and Clay Success), but the larger wart did. When the larger wart came back I treated with clay longer. I applied a clay paste daily, covered it with duct tape and within three days a one-quarter inch deep crater was in my foot where the wart had been. I applied the clay for another month, watching the four wart roots turn black and seem to die off in the crater. Wart disliker that I am, I used a magnifying glass to watch the progress and finally stopped the clay application when the crater was smooth. The crater disappeared in two days and my foot seemed healed. Within 45 days the dog gone wart was back.

If I felt like experimenting more, I would use the clay and treat the crater with clove oil. Instead, I am going for the usual eight to ten year solution and getting the thing burned off.

If anyone has had success with the clay, please post. Thank you!

Comments

[AnneS]

We used apple cider vinegar on my daughter's foot. She had about 3 or 4 different spots with plantars. We would dip a cotton ball in acv, and tape it to her foot with bandages overnight for many nights in a row. Just like you described with clay, we watched them turn black and die. Luckily they have not come back. But I think if you're prone to warts, you can expect more in the future. I've had them on and off in my life. My husband never ever got one.