Vinegar for warts

Despite the fact that warts do not pose a particular danger to humans, their very presence is unpleasant for both the owner and outsiders, and besides, they can be infected by tactile contact, through objects that they have touched. Many do not rush to beauty salons to remove warts, but are looking for ways to get rid of them on their own. One such alternative method is the application of vinegar. [1]

Indications Vinegar for warts

Vinegar is burned out:

• common or vulgar warts, most often located on the hands, soles of the feet (plantar, occurring mainly in places where shoes rub against the skin);
• flat or youthful - irregularly shaped nodules appear on the back of the hands, face in children and young people.

Pharmacodynamics

Since most warts are keratinized elevations above the surface of the body, food acids, when they get on them, accelerate exfoliation and, ultimately, their disappearance. [2]

Dosing and administration

There are different recipes with vinegar, each one can be effective for its own. Before the procedure, it is desirable to steam the wart. In order not to damage the skin around the tubercle, you need to lubricate it with petroleum jelly or cut a hole for the wart in a cotton pad (plaster), place it in such a way as to protect healthy areas. [3] The following components will help remove growths:

• vinegar with flour from warts - mix a small amount of vinegar with flour (volumes depend on the area of application) and form a ball, stick it to the growth, glue it with adhesive tape, bandage it and do not remove it for three days. The wart should come out, leaving a small indentation from the root, which will even out over time;
• apple cider vinegar for warts - it can also destroy their keratinized tissue. On sale you can find five percent, in which they moisten the cotton wool, apply it to the neoplasm, separate it from the bandage with which this compress is fixed, and remove it after a day. The procedure is repeated until the wart disappears. This may take one to two weeks;
• onions and vinegar for warts - a slice of onion is soaked in vinegar for at least 2 hours, and applied overnight. Repeat every evening until it disappears;
• garlic with vinegar from warts - a clove of garlic is crushed, poured with a teaspoon of vinegar essence, flour is added so that a dough is obtained. It is then fixed to the neoplasm.

Application for children

Children have delicate and sensitive skin, so burning with vinegar can lead to skin burns, to the formation of deep painful wounds. It is best to use another, less traumatic method.

Use Vinegar for warts during pregnancy

Local, on a small area of the skin, the use of vinegar is not able to harm the pregnant woman and the fetus.

Contraindications

It is dangerous to use vinegar to get rid of warts if they are located in places of sensitive epithelium: eyelids, lips, neck, mammary glands. Contraindications for use are also genital warts, localized on the mucous membranes of the genital organs, in the intergluteal fold, in the anus area, genital papillomas.

Side effects Vinegar for warts

When using vinegar essence (70% acid concentration) to remove warts, severe chemical burns can occur. To avoid side effects, only vinegar 6% or 9% is used.

Overdose

If you overdo it with the concentration of vinegar, you can get severe swelling, redness, a bleeding crack. In this case, the procedures are stopped until the wounds are completely healed.

Interactions with other drugs

It is advisable not to use other methods to eliminate build-up in parallel with the use of vinegar, since too aggressive exposure can cause unwanted side effects.

Storage conditions

Vinegar is stored at a temperature of -2ºС to +30ºС in a dark place.

Shelf life

From the date of issue, the shelf life of acetic acid is 2 years.

Analogues

In addition to the methods described above, warts can be removed using salicylic acid , dry ice, a cut of Kalanchoe leaves, lotions of wormwood tincture. Some have been helped by applying banana peels with the inside, compresses with grated horseradish, daily lubrication at night with essential vegetable oils, such as tea tree.

Reviews

According to reviews of people resorting to vinegar to fight warts, plantar warts are the hardest to get rid of. Most often, you still have to contact a beautician or doctor. In other cases, the method "works".