Did you know that you can bust a wart off in no time with Apple Cider Vinegar (or as it is affectionately known as ACV)?
I haven’t had any warts to try this on, but a close friend of mine just did this a couple weeks ago on a planters wart that he had been annoyed by for months…
How to use ACV to remove a wart
- Get a cotton ball (or a piece of cotton) and soak it in Apple Cider Vinegar
- Place it on the wart
- Cover the wart and ACV soaked cotton ball with a band aid or tape of some kind.
- Go to sleep!
Do this each night before you go to bed until the core of the wart is gone. In many cases it will only take a day or so…
The longer approach
If you are afraid the acidity of the ACV will irritate your skin, you might want to just soak the wart in warm water mixed with a cup of ACV for about a half and hour each day. It probably won’t work as quickly, but still should do the trick!
Apple Cider Vinegar wart removal video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiooHVe2Cdw
Bob, you are spot on. Yes, as the author of The Healing Powers of Vinegar, I can personlly attest that ACV did get rid of a wart on my thumb (before a B&N book signing)–and the dermatologist’s asst. was wrong…no surgery was needed and it did not return. Plus, had a painful wart on the bottom of my foot. Didn’t want to go to the doc and be laid up so I couldn’t swim, thus ACV came to the rescue again (but it was a little more time consuming, and smarted a tad) but it did its work. Yep. ACV can does zap warts, and it’s much more gentle than the doc’s methods.
Cal,
that is great to hear another testimony of it working! Thanks!
Thanks for contributing to Take Charge of Your Health Care Carnival. I will keep this tip in mind should I ever get a wart.
This is amazing! I came across this page a few days ago and decided to try this on a wart i had on my finger. It stung a little, but the wart is completely gone! This is an awesome and cheap solution to warts.
awesome to hear Benjamin! I love natural cures! Glad the wart is gone!
Hi!
Just another testimony to how well this actually works! I had a large wart on the side of my foot, not quite on the bottom…it grew until it made it painful, and very unsightly. I tried over the counter meds, had one doctor “freeze” it, and finally had another actually perform minor surgery to remove it. It grew back! (And, it was extremely painful!) I was at the end of my rope, and stumbled across the ACV remedy on the web.
I doubted it would work, but I tried it anyway. I just completed my 4th night of the cottonball method, and the nasty wart is black – just like it is supposed to be, according to all the ACV websites! I am looking forward to maybe 4 or 5 more treatments, then it should come off! Amazing! I will also continue with the cottonball a few more days after that, because this wart is rather tenacious…
Hard to believe it is that simple, and inexpensive! Makes me wonder how many other things we pay so much money to have “fixed”, when there are actually natural remedies!
I had many genital warts that went away after daily half hour soaks using cotton wool with full strength apple cider vinegar. People please try this stuff out it is absolutely fantastic!
I too have a large wart on my foot that has been there for years. It’s over 1.5cm diameter. I’ve used the cotton ball method soaked in ACV in the past. When it turned black left it. Eventually i was able (after 1-2 weeks) to pick the black bits out but found that the wart just grew back.
This time i want to know how long i carry out this treatment for before stopping the need to put ACV on my foot.
What i also did differently this time is to soak my foot in warm/hot water then sand away the layer of skin with a pumice stone. I’m finding that it makes it easier for the ACV to penetrate if i do this.
It’s also amazing painful at night that it keeps me awake so this time will be the last time i try this but i want to make sure i do it properly because i’m not going through this pain again for it just to grow back.
Thanks for your advice..
I just began with one on my ring finger today, about 2 and a half hours ago to be exact. I got a bit curious and looked. It has already puffed up and turned white as if I’d been using salicylic acid for two or three days. No pain as of yet which is surprising because it just looks so…different. The look of it definitely does not match the feel of it. I definitely recommend putting vaseline on the surrounding skin though. Obviously the stuff is caustic.
My daughter had a wart on her ankle that she found embarassing. We tried the duct tape method to no avail and since she was fearful of having it surgically removed or the burning off method, we decided to give ACV a chance. I was amazed that it worked so well! We applied the ACV just as the author says, to and it turned black in a couple of days . A few days later it shrank and began to look like a scab. After a few more days it completely dried up and disappeared. Nothing is left. ACV is awesome!
I have been at this acv for 8 days now with increasing pain and the wart looks bigger its become so painful the last 2-3 days walking is killing me is this normal I just want this pain in the butt gone ! i have a wedding to go to this sunday and im dreading walking around in heals help
@Megan
If this has been going on that long and it’s getting worse, I’d say it’s time to go see a doctor. There may be another problem that you don’t know about. Hope you get it taken care of soon though!
I am currently going into my fourth day of ACV treatment for a wart that I have had on the outer side of my right great toe for the past year. The ACV treatment is EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY painful and right now it hurts so much just to bear any weight or walk on it, but it really does seem to be working so far! On the second day of using this method, my wart and the skin immediately around it had turned completely black, just like all of these web sites said it would. It’s so gross! I have never had these kind of results with any other treatment I have tried, and I’ve tried pretty much everything! I have repeatedly used salicylic acid, the Dr. Scholl’s Freeze Away kit, and even duct tape. None of those things worked at all. After just a few days of using cotton balls soaked in ACV secured to my wart with a band-aid, this thing is dying quickly and it looks like I will be falling off any day now (at least I hope). It looks completely disgusting right now since it’s all black, but I’ll take that as a good sign! Again, the pain that goes along with using ACV is absolutely excruciating and it even kept me awake last night, but I’m willing to grit my teeth and bear it since this really seems to be working. I just wish I had discovered this method a year ago when I first got my wart!
I have a large wart on my the top of my right hand near the joints. I started using ACV yesterday, and left the cotton on all night with a bandaid covering. I work in a restaurant/cafe, and wash my hands a lot so I just leave a normal bandaid on during the day and then put the ACV cotton ball back on when I get home.
Yesterday the wart puffed up and turned white. No pain. Today it has turned gray and is throbbing and very sore to the point if i move my hand the wrong way, it makes me gasp. I know that it will be worth it in the end. It’s a large wart, and I am tired of the embarrassment. It will be worth it!
I’m guessing another week of ACV and this will be gone. I had tried tea tree oil and it was drying the wart out but wasn’t really working. So if tea tree isn’t working for you, I highly recommend the apple cider vinegar method. It might hurt some but it will be worth it. I am applying moisturizer on the skin around the wart to help protect it, and it doesn’t seem to be doing too bad. Good luck to you all and hope you’re wart free very soon!
Stacie, it sounds like maybe you should get it checked out by a doctor. If this continues, I wouldn’t wait to get it looked at.
Genital warts are really stubborn! Didn’t think I’d be able to get rid of them but Wartscide worked. I thought it would continue to make me miserable (referring to the warts, of course!) but I got rid of it and I feel great again.
I tried Zerowarts because I wasn’t brave enough to see a doctor. What a relief! I thought it was going to sting a lot because the apple cider vinegar did but it didn’t. I have a pain tolerance like that of a toddler. After two days the warts because black and fell off in the shower. I haven’t had a break out since.
acv is grat for lots of stuff just google it if you havent already
Hello. I am treating 2 warts that are located close to my fingernails. I am usinc acv. I’ve been doing this for 6 days now. And the warts are getting bigger and bigger and only the top layer turned black. Is that a bad thing? I am afraid that they might just get bigger and not die. will they keep growing or will they die eventualy? it hurts so bad
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You might want to go see a doctor. This doesn’t sound normal and if it is getting worse since you started using acv, it is probably time to call it quits on that and seek professional help.
I picked up 3 warts from a mani/pedi at my favorite nail salon! So gross! I have one on my toe and two on my fingers. I’m doing the ACV treatment an yes it stings like crazy! But then we know its killing these suckers so I keep going. The ones on my fingers are progressing faster than the one on my toe but I’ll keep at it.
Keep in mind when you go to these nail salons you are taking a big risk of getting infectious diseases. I think that was my last visit ever.