Have you ever heard of using duct tape as a home remedy? Neither had I, until I started trying to find a cure for those painful warts on the bottom of my son's foot.
I didn't know it at first, but they're called plantar warts.
He'd tried all kinds of over the counter remedies - chemicals, freezing, etc.
and nothing worked.
He was scaring me because he kept carving at them with his jack knife.
Then I read about duct tape.
The instructions said to put it on and leave it for a few days, then soak the foot and scrape off the top of the wart.
Let it dry out, and do it again.
And it works.
He still made me nervous, because he's an impatient soul and scraped a bit deeper than I thought he should.
It took a couple of months - perhaps longer than it should have because he sometimes forgot to apply the duct tape before he left for work in the morning.
But now his feet are wart-free and the pain is a thing of the past.
Sometimes I'm amazed at how the simplest things can do the best job.
I always said that around the house and the barn there was practically nothing I couldn't fix with some duct tape and baling twine - but I didn't know that applied to warts as well.
  More Home Remedies for Wart Removal: Meanwhile, because I got interested in warts, I started noticing more articles about them.
And I read about a cure that may be quicker than the duct tape: Lemon juice.
According to the article I read, one person used fresh lemon juice on a serious case of plantar warts that had not responded to any treatment.
Applying the fresh juice 3 or 4 times a day removed them within a month.
Another woman wrote about warts on her daughter's hands...
rubbing them with a slice of lemon 3 or 4 times a day removed them within 4 days.
Other home remedies for wart removal include topical applications of castor oil, vinegar, Listerine, and instant glue.
The most inconvenient cure I found was banana peel.
I can't quite imagine going through the day with a piece of banana peel taped to my skin, can you?