| Have you ever had a plantar wart that wouldn't | | | | Then one day my Grandma came to visit. My |
| go away? No matter what over the counter | | | | Grandma had grown up on a farm and she |
| products you tried or doctors prescription you | | | | always had a home remedy for anything that |
| applied that darn plantar wart wouldn't go away? | | | | ailed you. When my Grandma found out about |
| No matter what plantar wart home remedies you | | | | Joey's plantar wart she took over his treatments |
| used that wart stuck around and caused you | | | | as only a Grandma can. |
| pain? Well, let me tell you a little story about my | | | | She had a list of plantar wart home remedies and |
| younger brother Joey. | | | | the first one she tried on Joey was baking soda |
| When my brother Joey was seventeen he was | | | | and water. She rubbed Joey's wart 3 times daily |
| the all around sports hero of the local high school. | | | | in a mixture of baking soda and water. That was |
| There wasn't a sport that he didn't master. His | | | | just for beginners. |
| favorite sport was football. And he was the | | | | Next she used dandelions. She broke open the |
| all-star quarterback. | | | | stem of the dandelion and used the milky sap to |
| During football season Joey got a plantar wart on | | | | rub on the wart 3 times daily as well. |
| the bottom of his left foot. It was big and it was | | | | Then she used wood ash. She rubbed the wood |
| ugly and it was painful. You could tell how painful it | | | | ash into the wart daily. |
| was just by watching Joey walk. You could see | | | | Weeks later when my Grandpa came to pick my |
| the grimace on his face. Try playing football in | | | | Grandma up the plantar wart was still there and |
| that condition. | | | | still quite painful. When my Grandpa heard about |
| Joey was a tough kid and never complained about | | | | Joey's plantar wart 2 words came immediately to |
| the pain the plantar wart caused him. He still | | | | his mouth and those two words were - duct tape. |
| played football but he wasn't as mobile or agile as | | | | My Grandpa went to the trunk of his car and in a |
| he use to be. | | | | tool box he took out a roll of duct tape. He told |
| We started with the over the counter plantar | | | | Joey to cover the wart with duct tape and leave |
| wart products. We applied these products | | | | on around the clock for three weeks, removing |
| religiously per the instructions but they didn't work. | | | | only to change the tape. |
| Then Joey went to the doctor and the doctor | | | | A month later Joey no longer had the wart. I'm |
| gave him a prescription and we applied the | | | | not sure if it was my Grandma's plantar wart |
| prescription per the instructions and this also didn't | | | | home remedies or if it was my Grandpa's idea of |
| work. | | | | using duct tape that made the wart go away. All I |
| It seemed like the plantar wart was getting | | | | know is that Joey was back to his old self. |
| worse and more painful. | | | | (c) All rights reserved. |