Verrucas. What to do?

Hey, I've had verrucas since I can remember on my feet, 3 in whole. When I was little I had freezing treatement and stuff but they never did fully go away and now they are causing me annoyance because whenever I sleep over at someones for the night I feel I can't take my socks off, it is embarressing. Is there a way of booking in for your local hospital/healthcare centre for the freezing treatement without having to go and spend valuable time for your GP?
Will they take them off or just say they are not costeffective to get rid of?

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Reply 1

musicbloke

if it's bothering you then your GP should help. I can't imagine that the treatment is very expensive.

MB

Reply 2

lil_crazyflakes

Yeh, if they are causing you trouble, your GP should be able to refer you to have them frozen off. I think the only way to not go through your GP first is to go private. Have you tried the over -the-counter stuff? x

Reply 3

Fire Point

I'll go see my GP or something after my exams and that'll be cool. No way am I paying for what I can get for free.

Reply 4

zhivago

No. Go and see a qualified Chiropodist. Yes, you'll have to pay, probably about £20, but it's the only way you'll get rid of them. I can't believe you've had them since you were 3! That looks really bad...just get them sorted out!

Reply 5

Fire Point

I am not paying ****. My sister had them and got a free chiropidist to sugically remove themso we'll see, we'll see.

Reply 6

lil_crazyflakes

Daibhidh

I am not paying ****. My sister had them and got a free chiropidist to sugically remove themso we'll see, we'll see.

Good luck with it, hope they go for good. My best mate has had them frozen countless times but they just won't go away :frown:

I think he went private as well for some reason :confused:

Reply 7

Fire Point

Well, there is a chiropidist in Cupar that my sis was put to and he was good, took him a month then he surgicalised them.
Its all ok

Reply 8

technik

when i had one i just got tweezers and ice cubes...froze around it cold so i didnt feel it as much and then pulled it out. bled for a while, but it went away.

Reply 9

lil_crazyflakes

technik

when i had one i just got tweezers and ice cubes...froze around it cold so i didnt feel it as much and then pulled it out. bled for a while, but it went away.

OUWCH

Reply 10

Sophdoph

I had about 8 on one foot once :frown:

I didn't want to do the freezing stuff and amazingly after about a year they just vanished..

Reply 11

lil_crazyflakes

Sophdoph

I had about 8 on one foot once :frown:

I didn't want to do the freezing stuff and amazingly after about a year they just vanished..

Yeah, it's caused by a virus and your body naturally gets rid of it within about 18 months normally.

Reply 12

Sophdoph

lil_crazyflakes

Yeah, it's caused by a virus and your body naturally gets rid of it within about 18 months normally.

Ahhh I never knew that, thanks :smile:

I just thought I was amazing or something :confused:

Reply 13

Luize

lil_crazyflakes

Yeah, it's caused by a virus and your body naturally gets rid of it within about 18 months normally.

sigh. but they can also spread keeping the virus alive.
How long would it take to be refered to someone that could sort it out through your GP?

Reply 14

lil_crazyflakes

Sophdoph

Ahhh I never knew that, thanks :smile:

I just thought I was amazing or something :confused:

Aww bless *pats on head* you are amazing i'm sure :smile:

Reply 15

Devil Bunny

Put T tree oil on a cotten pad and apply to it twice daily. only a little bit thogh :smile:

Reply 16

juice

lessthanthree

I actually just picked mine out with my fingernails.

I KNOW it's disgusting and I could have spread it everywhere and yuck, gross, stupid...but I did.

Actually I have to confess that I did this too. I'd had it for ages, and tried the treatment from my Gp which involved ointment and a sharp implement for digging purposes. It never went away, and eventually it grew out onto the dead skin on the ball of my foot. I was a full time dancer at the time and my feet were hard core so I picked it with my fingernails, then cut it off with scissors (it didn't hurt as my feet were very hard) and it was gone. Amazing!

Reply 17

Luize

lessthanthree

I actually just picked mine out with my fingernails.

I KNOW it's disgusting and I could have spread it everywhere and yuck, gross, stupid...but I did.

I did that with a few when I was younger. Doesn't seem to have been such a good idea now though. :frown:

Reply 18

Cortez

mine just went on their own. I did have the nitrogen stuff sprayed on them and then cutting it away and going back a few weeks later but it didnt work.