Talk:Duct tape occlusion therapy

message: Wow, I never would have predicted this treatment! Anyway, noticed your new page on recent changes. Looked at the link to the aafp article and note that they say "gently" debride. That might be a good thing to preserve, just in case people use the article as a how-to guide. -- cmh 14:56, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is surprising.  Added "gently" as you suggested, but you're free to change the page yourself, it's not mine after all. Pgr94 13:51, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks. I thought you might still have been in the midst of editing it which is why I didn't just do it. Cheers -- cmh 14:24, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Debride

message: I woould like to thank the contributor to this page, I myself has a stubborn wart on my little finger. I used the duct tape just this morning. Later the evening I realized, I did something wrong. I haven't removed excess skin of the wart before placing the Duct Tape. I removed the Duct tape, was able to cut away the wart flat by a nipper, almost half of the wart was "dead" and can be removed without pain. This has never happened before. The wart was a discomfort for the past 8 months, and this is the first time I can cut it flat. I placed new duct tape on the area, and im planning to keep it for the next 6 days. I'll post after the treatment. Good job guys —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Franzsalvador (talk • contribs) .
I just want to add my own personal experience as well, I showered with the tape on and immediately put on another strip of duct/cloth tape, this made the skin very wrinkly but somehow due to the constant moisture and tightness of the tape it seemed to kill off the wart within 2 weeks. I was overjoyed. 
All I needed to do in addition to this was to cut off the wart with a razor (by lifting it at the sides all around then pulling it off with tweezers) and recovered it for a few days. 
A few years later I had the same problem and I did the same solution only with salicilic acid as well and it cut the time down to a week.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.89.1.33 (talk) 06:26, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Thanks

message: Dr. Rick Focht published a 2002 study in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine (see below) concluding that the therapy was more effective than liquid nitrogen treatments. 
*"Duct Tape More Effective than Cryotherapy,"
# Focht DR III, et al. The Efficacy of Duct Tape vs. Cryotherapy in the Treatment of Verruca Vulgaris (the Common Wart). Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Vol. 156 No. 10, October 2002.
:The relative effectiveness of treatments is covered in the main wart and plantar wart articles.  It would be unnecessary duplication to repeat it here. Pgr94 09:01, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relative effectiveness of treatments 

message: New evidence for DTOT has been added by 193.22.89.2.  However, BMJ Clinical Evidence is subscription only.  Could someone with access check the following: Does  refer to a different trial to , or is it the same trial?   Pgr94 11:08, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplicate trial reported? 

message: i believe it should be included that this method entails a large amount of discomfort if not, outright pain. This method is indeed effective, and will work, eventually, however through personal experience it is almost more benneficial, IMHO, to "tough out" said warts, fighting off HPV's naturally is a good method in which to strengthen your immune system. Like i said this is IMO, the relative  association with warts and cancer was enough to change my mind about treating warts altoghether, plus, once you develop the immunity , you won't have to worry about them ever again.
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:No fair, I'm not developing an immunity.. i've had a wart (always one, never the same place) on one of my soles since I was a little kid. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 00:40, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  PAIN LEVEL 

message: Does anyone know if this treatment can work with other types of tape, such as a clear scotch tape. This would be more discrete than duck tape, being clear and all. It might be more likely to come off, but as long you are paying attention it may be worth the it to not have the cute guy/girl sitting next to you not asking why you have duct tape on your finger. --Blackmagicfish 23:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have a wart, why don't you try it. mrholybrain's talk 13:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The military suggests using "riggers tape" in their medical feild manuals (I was in the Marine Corps and the Navy doc's recommended it).  However, they recommened the tape be changed out every 12 hours.24.237.194.204 15:28, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other kinds of tape 

message: Anecdotal evidence: I have had warts on my feet before and after many painful and ineffective treatments, I had decided to just leave them alone (they go away eventually on their own).
Currently, I have one small wart on my left foot. When I heard about this occlusive therapy, I decided to try it. After two days, the pain had almost entirely gone. Today, two weeks into the therapy, I removed the main body of the wart (again without pain). Because warts are very stubborn and tend to return, I am going to continue the therapy until the wound completely heals. JRSpriggs 01:46, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: To be clear about the issue of pain: My warts, when I have them, often cause a low but constant level of pain. Previous treatments had caused a higher level of pain than the warts themselves, sometimes much higher. The duct tape occlusion therapy has only reduced the pain below the level caused by the wart itself. To anyone who experiences an increase in pain with duct tape, I say that either you are applying the procedure incorrectly or the procedure does not work for you. In either case, an increase in pain with DTOT means that you should stop what you are doing. JRSpriggs 01:58, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Seconding this. I have a nasty wart on my finger. I paid my doctor to freeze it off and it just grew back, and since I don't have health insurance I cant afford to pay $80 every six weeks to freeze off the regrown wart. After a month with the duct tape the "shell" over the wart has sloughed off (very disgusting,but I put a band-aid on it until it healed and reapplied the duct tape) and now the area is starting to look like normal skin again. Miracle cure. I have no idea how it works, but it does, with no pain! --causa sui talk 18:38, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anecdotal evidence 

message: I'm wondering if this section would be considered a violation of WP:NOTGUIDE. Thoughts? -- ǝʌlǝʍʇ ǝuo-ʎʇuǝʍʇ ssnɔsıp 19:43, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Procedure section 

message: This argument needs refs!!Super48paul (talk) 11:30, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  edit january 6 2014