Super Cold Spray - for wart removal?

snovotill@hotmail.com · Jan 14, 2006

Has anyone had success using electronics type Super Cold Spray for
plantar wart removal? Do not try it based upon this posting since it
could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have already
tried. I'm thinking of using a thick plastic slab with a countersunk
hole in it through which to apply the cold spray, the idea being to
pool the cold spray in the hold and let it bubble away for some time.
I did a quick prelim test and the plastic does appear to insulate the
cold from the surrounding skin. Another approach might be to soak a
q-tip in the cold spray while it's touching the wart. I imagine that a
number of repeated treatments over several days, each increasing in
intensity, might be appropriate. Do not try it based upon this posting
since it could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have
already tried. Thanks

no_one · Jan 14, 2006

I actually just briefly (3-4 seconds) sprayed the area a couple of times
using the little tube attached to the spray button and after about 2 weeks
the wart had basically worn off. You need to be careful not to get
frostbite and damaging the sorrounding tissues.

John Larkin · Jan 14, 2006

Has anyone had success using electronics type Super Cold Spray for
plantar wart removal? Do not try it based upon this posting since it
could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have already
tried. I'm thinking of using a thick plastic slab with a countersunk
hole in it through which to apply the cold spray, the idea being to
pool the cold spray in the hold and let it bubble away for some time.
I did a quick prelim test and the plastic does appear to insulate the
cold from the surrounding skin. Another approach might be to soak a
q-tip in the cold spray while it's touching the wart. I imagine that a
number of repeated treatments over several days, each increasing in
intensity, might be appropriate. Do not try it based upon this posting
since it could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have
already tried. Thanks

My doctor did mine with liquid nitrogen. I showed her the thing and
she stepped out and came back a minute later with a styrafoam cup with
some LN2 in it. She dabbed it with a q-tip 5 or 6 times, froze it
solid plus maybe 0.1" extra all around. Single treatment, worked
great.

If you use freeze spray, I'd be careful to limit the freeze region
from getting too big. The LN2 is much colder and can be more specific.

A decent stainless coffee thermos will hold LN2, and you can get it in
various places.

John

Rich Grise · Jan 14, 2006

Has anyone had success using electronics type Super Cold Spray for
plantar wart removal? Do not try it based upon this posting since it
could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have already
tried. I'm thinking of using a thick plastic slab with a countersunk
hole in it through which to apply the cold spray, the idea being to
pool the cold spray in the hold and let it bubble away for some time.
I did a quick prelim test and the plastic does appear to insulate the
cold from the surrounding skin. Another approach might be to soak a
q-tip in the cold spray while it's touching the wart. I imagine that a
number of repeated treatments over several days, each increasing in
intensity, might be appropriate. Do not try it based upon this posting
since it could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have
already tried. Thanks

I haven't done it with freeze spray, but I've physically dug one out.
I got a pack of corn pads, and stacked two of them, with the hole over
the plantar wart. After a few days or a week or so, the wart was just
sticking right up there, so I went at it. I sliced the protruding top
part off with a razor blade (yes, it hurt like a bastard), and pulled
the core out of my foot with various tweezers and pliers. It gave up,
but its little buddy showed up just a few years ago (it had been close
to 40 years since I got rid of the last one). Some guy told me to cover
it with adhesive tape - that white stuff from the pharmacy - and that it
would go away. Duct tape might work there. What happened with mine (the
new one - the old one that I ripped out by the roots never came back) was
that when I checked under the tape, the main wart had diminished, but
there were about 20 incipient little baby warts all around it. So I took
the tape off and decided to try to heal it by Will Power, which seems to
be working so far.

According to Louise L. Hay, plantar warts are a symptom of anger at
the foundation of your understanding - what the 'Hay', it worked
for me!

Good Luck!
Rich

Tim Williams · Jan 14, 2006

Rich Grise said:
Some guy told me to cover
it with adhesive tape - that white stuff from the pharmacy - and that it
would go away. Duct tape might work there.

Dr. Gott himself recommends it. Vicks Vaporub for fungus toes, too. And a
bar of soap under the sheets for leg cramps. (!!!, but apparently it
works!)

Tim

John Larkin · Jan 14, 2006

I haven't done it with freeze spray, but I've physically dug one out.
I got a pack of corn pads, and stacked two of them, with the hole over
the plantar wart. After a few days or a week or so, the wart was just
sticking right up there, so I went at it. I sliced the protruding top
part off with a razor blade (yes, it hurt like a bastard), and pulled
the core out of my foot with various tweezers and pliers. It gave up,
but its little buddy showed up just a few years ago (it had been close
to 40 years since I got rid of the last one). Some guy told me to cover
it with adhesive tape - that white stuff from the pharmacy - and that it
would go away. Duct tape might work there. What happened with mine (the
new one - the old one that I ripped out by the roots never came back) was
that when I checked under the tape, the main wart had diminished, but
there were about 20 incipient little baby warts all around it. So I took
the tape off and decided to try to heal it by Will Power, which seems to
be working so far.

According to Louise L. Hay, plantar warts are a symptom of anger at
the foundation of your understanding - what the 'Hay', it worked
for me!

They're a symptom of a virus, likely caused by walking around outside
barefoot.

John

Keith · Jan 14, 2006

My doctor did mine with liquid nitrogen. I showed her the thing and
she stepped out and came back a minute later with a styrafoam cup with
some LN2 in it. She dabbed it with a q-tip 5 or 6 times, froze it
solid plus maybe 0.1" extra all around. Single treatment, worked
great.

I'm told duct tape will do 'em in too. Apparently they don't like the
moist-hot environment. Dunno, the last time I had a wart on my hand
"Compound-W" took care of it, though I had to use it much longer than the
bottle indicated.

Ancient_Hacker · Jan 14, 2006

There's a $9.95 drugstore item that is just this. Probably worth the
cost as they have calibrated it somewhat. I used it on my son's foot
wart and it did go away.

zwsdotcom@gmail.com · Jan 14, 2006

Has anyone had success using electronics type Super Cold Spray for
plantar wart removal? Do not try it based upon this posting since it

I did almost exactly this to remove a mole on my abdomen. I shaved the
surrounding area, stuck down gauze with bandage adhesive tape, froze
the area of interest then cut it off with sharp, flamed scissors.
Freaked my wife out. I needed to wear a "spot" type Band-Aid for a few
weeks. A few years later, the spot is still mole-colored, of course,
since the mole wasn't totally excised, but the protruding portion is
gone and hasn't grown back.

Spehro Pefhany · Jan 14, 2006

I did almost exactly this to remove a mole on my abdomen. I shaved the
surrounding area, stuck down gauze with bandage adhesive tape, froze
the area of interest then cut it off with sharp, flamed scissors.
Freaked my wife out. I needed to wear a "spot" type Band-Aid for a few
weeks. A few years later, the spot is still mole-colored, of course,
since the mole wasn't totally excised, but the protruding portion is
gone and hasn't grown back.

If a mole has changed much, I'd just go to my doctor and get it
removed (and a biopsy done to make sure it wasn't malignant). That's
what I did last time I had one.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Jim Thompson · Jan 14, 2006

If a mole has changed much, I'd just go to my doctor and get it
removed (and a biopsy done to make sure it wasn't malignant). That's
what I did last time I had one.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

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zwsdotcom@gmail.com · Jan 14, 2006

Spehro said:
If a mole has changed much, I'd just go to my doctor and get it

It didn't change, it had been the same since as far back as I could
remember. I merely got tired of it.

removed (and a biopsy done to make sure it wasn't malignant). That's
what I did last time I had one.

I'd much rather die of something than visit a doctor. I'm allergic to
all members of the medical professions, having grown up with two
dentists for parents. The last time I went to a doctor was at gunpoint
(INS medical) and the next time will be something similar.

John Larkin · Jan 15, 2006

I'm told duct tape will do 'em in too. Apparently they don't like the
moist-hot environment. Dunno, the last time I had a wart on my hand
"Compound-W" took care of it, though I had to use it much longer than the
bottle indicated.

There's a Mississippi folk remedy for warts: get a needle and jab it
hard a bunch of times. It apparently wakes up a body's immune system
to the presence of the anomoly, and then it cleans it up.

John

meow2222@care2.com · Jan 15, 2006

Has anyone had success using electronics type Super Cold Spray for
plantar wart removal? Do not try it based upon this posting since it
could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have already
tried. I'm thinking of using a thick plastic slab with a countersunk
hole in it through which to apply the cold spray, the idea being to
pool the cold spray in the hold and let it bubble away for some time.
I did a quick prelim test and the plastic does appear to insulate the
cold from the surrounding skin. Another approach might be to soak a
q-tip in the cold spray while it's touching the wart. I imagine that a
number of repeated treatments over several days, each increasing in
intensity, might be appropriate. Do not try it based upon this posting
since it could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have
already tried. Thanks

Acetic acid has a higher success rate and is safer. Apply a ring of
grease around it, 2 drops of glacial acetic, letting them soak in, and
thats it done.

NT

Phil Hobbs · Jan 16, 2006

John said:
My doctor did mine with liquid nitrogen. I showed her the thing and
she stepped out and came back a minute later with a styrafoam cup with
some LN2 in it. She dabbed it with a q-tip 5 or 6 times, froze it
solid plus maybe 0.1" extra all around. Single treatment, worked
great.

I had two done this way, when I was a kid. One was on the back of my
hand, and it just dried up and fell off. The other was on a knuckle,
and it turned into a big callus that I've now had for 30 years. I'd
have been much better off just waiting for it to go away, which they
eventually do.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs

tlbs · Jan 16, 2006

snovot... said:
Has anyone had success using electronics type Super Cold Spray for
plantar wart removal? Do not try it based upon this posting since it
could be dangerous. I only want to hear from folks who have already
tried....

My doctor has "frozen" a couple of wart-like things around my neck
using the medical equivalent of electronic cold spray -- that is,
liquid nitrogen in a dewar with a spray tip. He sprayed the liquid
nitrogen onto the wart at point-blank range for several seconds,
actually. The wart itself became frozen solid, and the surrounding
(healthy) tissue got rash-red. It took about week before the wart
flaked off and the surrounding tissue healed fully. IIRC it wasn't
painful, just irritating.

Recently the same type of thing has become available over-the-counter.
The product is a can of cold-spray with a Q-tip thing at the end of the
spray nozzle. I would trust that this product is effective if used
according to the directions.

I have also had a wart on my finger removed by a doctor using an eximer
LASER. The procedure is quick and effective, but it hurts like a SOB!

Good luck,
Tom

John Larkin · Jan 16, 2006

I had two done this way, when I was a kid. One was on the back of my
hand, and it just dried up and fell off. The other was on a knuckle,
and it turned into a big callus that I've now had for 30 years. I'd
have been much better off just waiting for it to go away, which they
eventually do.

Mine had been around a while, and was making my morning hike very
unpleasant, and if I don't get my exercize my brain quits. And I think
she (my wonderful dyke MD) enjoys playing with her "witches brew."

John

Jim Thompson · Jan 16, 2006

Mine had been around a while, and was making my morning hike very
unpleasant, and if I don't get my exercize my brain quits. And I think
she (my wonderful dyke MD) enjoys playing with her "witches brew."

John

I like women doctors. I had a cyst on the back of my head that had
gone big-time infected.

Our family doctor was afraid to touch it.

Went to a dermatologist last Wednesday.

She took one look and told the nurse assisting her to put on her
goggles.

Then she whipped out a scalpel and ZIP... blood and yellow gunk
everywhere ;-)

Then a bunch of painful squeezing and scraping... no anesthesia :-(

But it's fixed.

Of course I'm on Augmentin for 2 weeks.

...Jim Thompson
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Winfield Hill · Jan 16, 2006

Jim Thompson wrote...

.. I had a cyst on the back of my head that had
gone big-time infected.

That was just your brain responding to all that
far-right-wing propaganda you feed it. :-0

Jim Thompson · Jan 16, 2006

Jim Thompson wrote...

That was just your brain responding to all that
far-right-wing propaganda you feed it. :-0

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