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Article: Duct tape is well known for its plethora of uses.(Postscripts)(wart removal)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2003
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Duct tape is well known for its plethora of uses, but a study conducted by the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, has uncovered perhaps the most unusual: wart removal.
Researchers instructed the patients to apply duct tape to the affected area for six days, remove the tape, soak the area in water, rub the wart with an emery board or pumice stone, and apply new tape after 12 hours. This was repeated for two months. Of the patients who ...