{"id":6824,"date":"2023-08-24T19:39:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T12:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6824"},"modified":"2023-08-24T19:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T12:39:20","slug":"should-we-remove-warts-with-duct-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6824","title":{"rendered":"Should We Remove Warts with Duct Tape?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Duct tape beat out ten other wart treatments for cost and effectiveness, so why isn\u2019t it standard practice?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of the \u201cunusual, innovative, and long-forgotten remedies\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/10791160\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">noted<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in a dermatology journal article was the use of duct tape to cure warts. It was finally <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12361440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">put<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to the test. There are all sorts of conventional therapies, from acid to cryosurgery to lasers, but most are \u201cexpensive, painful, or labor intensive,\u201d whereas the simple application of duct tape is none of those and may even be more effective than trying to freeze off the warts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As I discuss in my video <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/can-you-really-remove-warts-with-duct-tape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Can You Really Remove Warts with Duct Tape?<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, some doctors <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12742888\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">lauded<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the study, noting they had been using duct tape as a \u201cpainless, yet effective, therapy for several decades,\u201d instead of \u201csurgery and other destructive therapies.\u201d Said one physician, \u201cSometimes, when I\u2019ve mentioned this type of therapeutic option to a patient, they will look at me as if I\u2019ve lost my mind! When the treatment works, however, they appreciate the wisdom of my advice and my \u2018minimal discomfort and fuss\u2019 philosophy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Other doctors were not so amused. After spending money on all sorts of fancy equipment, along comes duct tape? Studies like that \u201ccould <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapediatrics\/article-abstract\/481325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">damage<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the reputation of cryosurgery,\u201d wrote one physician, who also complained that the ten-second application of liquid nitrogen used in the study was too short, so it was an unfair comparison. And, evidently, you really have to get in there and freeze until there is a blistering reaction. It\u2019s painful, but too bad. The doctor even joked and made light of a poor child who, before each freezing treatment session, vomited out of fear of the pain!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Did he have a point, though, about the ten seconds? In the trial comparing duct tape to cryotherapy, those ten-second cryotherapy treatments <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12361440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">worked<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 60 percent of the time, which is actually better than the results of most cryotherapy studies that only seemed to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21219294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">cure<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> about 50 percent. In fact, typical cryotherapy for warts works so poorly that, statistically, it didn\u2019t even beat out placebo, so all of that pain may have been for nothing, though <em>aggressive<\/em> cryotherapy does seem to work better.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What they should have done, wrote another doctor in response to the duct tape trial, is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12742890\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">take<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a scalpel to the wart and really blister it before going back a week later and trying to cut and crater it out. Maybe even go back a third time. \u201dIf the procedure I detailed had been followed, the resolution rate would have been closer to 90%\u201d\u2014but at what cost? In the duct tape trial, one patient \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12361440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">lost<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> his study wart in a trampoline toe-amputation accident.\u201d (Amputation\u2014a 100 percent effective treatment!) But, at what cost? In this study, 85 percent of the duct tape patients were cured without any pain or tissue damage, whereas aggressive cryotherapy may <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9655326\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">require<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> lidocaine injection nerve blocks, \u201ctaking the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cry<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> out of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cry<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">otherapy.\u201d It can also cause permanent tissue damage. As you can see below and at 2:48 in my <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/can-you-really-remove-warts-with-duct-tape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">video<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23643212\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">end<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> up with big, necrotic, frostbite lesions. In one sense, tissue damage is the whole point of freezing warts, but you can end up causing deep burns, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/3143446\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">rupturing<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> tendons, which can cause permanent disability, or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/3147036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">causing<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> extensive scarring in rare cases. Just the psychological stress of having to keep going back for such a painful procedure may ironically <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12742891\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">impair<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> our ability to fight off the wart viruses in the first place.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94769\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-48.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-48.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-48-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-48-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-48-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-48-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-48-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-48-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-48-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-48-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, \u201ceven if the effectiveness of duct tape occlusion is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12742892\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">shown<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to be merely equivalent to that of cryotherapy,\u201d duct tape would be better. And it was shown to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12361440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">be<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> even <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">more<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> effective than cryotherapy; in fact, duct tape may be the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">most<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> effective treatment. As you can see in the graph below and at 3:25 in my <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/can-you-really-remove-warts-with-duct-tape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">video<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, compared to ten other wart treatments, duct tape <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17326748\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">beat<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> them all in terms of effectiveness <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> cost. It was cheaper than all but the \u201cDN\u201d option, with DN standing for <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do Nothing<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/16849001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Compared<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to the most cost-effective prescription treatments available, over-the-counter duct tape is ten times cheaper. \u201cIt is an unusual and welcome event in health care when a common ailment is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12585986\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">proven<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> equally amenable to an inexpensive, tolerable, and safe alternative therapy.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94771\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-25.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-25.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-25-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-25-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-25-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-25-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-25-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-25-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-25-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3-25-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hold on. If you look at the latest Cochrane review, which many consider to be the gold standard of evidence-based reviews, it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22972052\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">acknowledges<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that cryotherapy \u201cis less convenient, more painful, and also more expensive,\u201d but despite being excited about the effectiveness of duct tape in an earlier review, in two subsequent studies, duct tape seemed to totally flop. So, should we give up on duct tape for warts, or is there another side of the story? You can find out the thrilling conclusion in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/which-type-of-duct-tape-is-best-for-wart-removal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Which Type of Duct Tape Is Best for Wart Removal?<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the next and final video in this three-part series.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This is the second video in my three-part series. If you missed the first video, check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/duct-tape-and-wart-removal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Duct Tape and Wart Removal<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_social_bottom_trigger\"\/>  <\/div>\n<p><script>\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n            if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n            n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n            t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n            s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '1582627921973608');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duct tape beat out ten other wart treatments for cost and effectiveness, so why isn\u2019t it standard practice?\u00a0 One of the \u201cunusual, innovative, and long-forgotten remedies\u201d noted in a dermatology journal article was the use of duct tape to cure warts. 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