And for those that do not appreciate the value of duct tape, and those of us who DO (another use) <GG>:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/821157.asp Duct tape can remove warts Doctors find yet another use for all-purpose product Oct. 14 Duct tape, the all-purpose household fix-it with hundreds of uses, can also remove warts. Researchers say over-the-hardware-counter duct tape is a more effective, less painful alternative to liquid nitrogen, which is used to freeze warts. The duct tape irritated the warts, and that apparently caused an immune system reaction that attacked the growths, said researcher Dr. Dean ³Rick² Focht III of Cincinnati Children¹s Hospital Medical Center. 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 ³Rick² Focht III of Cincinnati Children¹s 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 gray, heavy-duty, fabric-backed tape. Pediatric dermatologist Dr. Anthony J. Mancini of Children¹s 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. ³The whole point of this is a non-painful approach,² said Mancini, who was not involved in the study. The study was conducted at the Madigan Army Medical Center near Tacoma, Wash. It began with 61 patients between the ages of 3 and 22, but only 51 patients completed the study. Of the 26 patients treated with duct tape, 85 percent got rid of their warts compared with 60 percent of the 25 patients who received the freezing treatment. Researchers did not test the duct tape on older adults and also did not study whether warts recurred. The apparent curative powers of duct tape are no surprise to Tim Nyberg, one-half of the Duct Tape Guys, who write books and perform comedy about the adhesive¹s allure. Nyberg said he and his duct tape partner, Jim Berg, do a shtick that includes duct tape wart removal. ³It¹s the universal panacea,² Nyberg said. © 2002 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
