Warts and verrucas are very common in fact most of us will have one at some
point in our lifetime in this video I'm going to teach you how to get rid of a wart
or a verruca in the comfort of your own home ok so to begin with what some
verrucas they are the same thing they are caused by HPV which stands for human
papilloma virus and there's hundreds of strains which is why most of us will get
some point in our lifetime now if you're unsure what it look like if you want
more information on them if you want some pictures and we'll leave a link in
the description below to a really useful NHS website page there's got loads of
pictures that highly recommend you watch it now the good news is that warts
and verrucas go away on their own within two years for 2/3 of us but you might not
want to wait that long or you could be the lucky third where it doesn't go away
which is why we're gonna talk treatments now you're probably thinking to yourself
but Abraham that's great but please give us our treatments now and that I will do
but please remember watch to the end this video because I've also included my
favorite treatment for warts and verrucas
which is one inexpensive and two easy to do at home but there are a few steps to
doing it and you need to do it right for the best results so the other options
include going to a wart clinic and getting your water frozen off but it can
damage good skin and also the evidence isn't very good for its effectiveness
then you've got the product so you can buy it from the pharmacy which contains
salicylic acid and it can be used for warts and verrucas but again if you're
not doing it right it can damage good skin which leads me onto my favourite
treatment which involves this duct tape now I know it might seem unusual but
this is an actual treatment and small trials have shown it to outperform the
freezing technique that is mentioned earlier and also to work just as well as
a salicylic acid that you can buy from your pharmacy so the next question is
how do you do the duct tape technique well it's very easy and at the end of
this video I'm going to make your duct tape wart removal expert if you had a
good ring to it so step number one you need to buy yourself some duct tape once
you've bought your duct tape let's say for example I have a wart on my finger you need to cut
a size of duct tape which is about the same size as your wart or verruca wherever
is so let's say I've got a wart on my finger I've cut a piece of duct tape now I
am going to stick it on top of it okay stick it on there nice and firmly and
leave it on there for six days now if it does fall off don't worry
cut yourself another piece and stick it back on firmly but if it keeps falling
off and you are getting annoyed with it just stick a plaster over it and I'll keep it
there longer step number two on the seventh day you're gonna wake up in the
morning you're gonna feel great you're gonna take off this duct tape and you're
gonna put the area in warm water once you've done that you're gonna file away
the dead skin with an emery board or a pumice stone and once you've done that
leave the duct tape off for the rest of the day go to sleep wake up in the
morning and repeat the cycle right from the start so get a new piece of duct
tape stick it on and follow all the tips that I've gone through so the key is to
remember to soak and file that's the most important part so I would do this
cycle for about four weeks and fingers crossed it should get rid of your wart
or verruca and please remember there are times that you should seek medical
attention from your health care professional so for example if you wore
a broody keeps Chrome back if you're worried about a growth on your skin if
your walk is bleeding or if it's changing in shape or size and also if
you have a wart on your face or on your genitals and if you do have any of these
that I've just mentioned then please do not use any of the treatment that I've
advised in this video and speak to your health care professional I will also
leave a full list in the description below for you and I would advise everyone
to read it and lastly please remember that warts and verrucas are spread very
easily from contaminated surfaces and close skin-to-skin contact you're also
more likely to spread it when your skin is wet or damaged so there's many do's
and don'ts as well that you should be doing when you have a wart or verruca so
what I will do is I'll leave a full list in the description below for you and I'd
recommend everyone to read it I really hope my tips helped you in this video
and always remember that you're awesome and I will see you next week so Joel you
think like there is good enough or higher it's so weird isn't it like a tape you
just say yeah you can use this tape it's gonna work but it does actually work and
I've actually had many patients who's worked for so I had to buy this duct tape
just for this video I hope you guys appreciate how much we spend for our
videos you know the budget is massively high and i highly recommend you watch it and I
ruined that scene because I spoke too much and out waffled and you know guys
sometimes Abraham the pharmacist does waffle
and when he waffles well it makes his videos which leads me on to my favorite
treatment which involves this duct tape now I know it might seem funny it might
that ripped open a little too much hey guys thanks for watching this week's video
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