Researchers said over-the-hardware-counter duct tape is a more effective, less painful alternative to liquid nitrogen, which is used to freeze warts.

The study was reported in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

In the study, patients wore duct tape over their warts for six days. Then they removed the tape, soaked the area in water and used an emery board or pumice stone to scrape the spot. The tape was reapplied the next morning. The treatment continued for a maximum of two months or until the wart went away.

The duct tape irritated the warts and that apparently caused an immune-system reaction that attacked the growths, said researcher Dr. Dean (Rick) Focht of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

He said researchers did not test other kinds of tape and so they cannot say whether there is anything special about the grey, heavy-duty, fabric-backed tape. Pediatric dermatologist Dr. Anthony Mancini of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago said he uses a form of duct-tape therapy for warts. He combines duct tape with a topical, over-the-counter wart-remover for nightly treatments. Source.

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