Do you know how to use apple cider vinegar to remove warts?
It really works and I have proof!
While I’m very open to all the amazing natural ways we can be healed from this or that ailment or disease, it always amazes me when something so simple comes through again. I told you in an earlier post about how I used ACV on my ringworm, today I'll tell you how I used it to get rid of a wart on the back of my ankle. Ahhhh, the things I share with you, dear reader friends. Kent can't believe how personal I get here sometimes, but hey, it might help one of you out there!
By the way, in case this remedy I'm going to tell you about doesn't work for you, there are MORE remedies to try below!
First, read about how my friend, Sue, used apple cider vinegar to get rid of Plantar warts:
My son developed two plantar warts on the bottom of his foot in late January. Having battled these myself for years on my own feet, and even having mine frozen and lasered off (all before I was concerned about using acids and various chemicals on my body), I was not looking forward to the prospect of using harsh products on my son. I researched home remedies for plantar warts and using raw, organic apple cider vinegar kept coming up. I told my husband I would try it. He was pretty skeptical, and as I dragged my feet (and kept forgetting at night to try it), my son said the warts were now hurting. Finally, the end of February I started using it. I took cotton balls and cut them into quarters. I poured the vinegar into the cap and dipped two cotton pieces into the vinegar so they were pretty saturated. Just before my son climbed into bed, I placed a saturated cotton piece on each wart and covered them with surgical-type tape. In the morning my son took them off. After about 10 days or so, we noticed that the warts turned white, so they were dying! I carefully peeled off each one (they were like dry skin, almost callous-like). I also carefully picked off any other black dots that may have been remaining underneath. We kept up the saturated cotton pieces for another couple of days until there was nothing left underneath, and then kept going even another couple of days for good measure. It has been a good month and we successfully got rid of his warts with only apple cider vinegar!! I think the trick is to get at them as early as possible. My husband admits he has to eat his words of skepticism now!”
(Here's where to get ACV or just grab some at your local grocery store!)
How to use apple cider vinegar to remove warts – it worked in less than two weeks for me too:
I've even got a gross picture to prove it. Today I'll tell you exactly how I did it, and by the way, as an update, it's now been well over 5 years and it hasn't returned!
Maybe it's normal for it to go this fast, but I sure didn't expect it. Here's what I did: I started by soaking a wadded up hunk of kleenex (or cotton ball) in apple cider vinegar and holding it onto the wart on the back of my ankle with a bandaid. (It stinks a little, so I'm glad it was all the way down at my foot.) I did this before bed for 3 nights in a row. In the mornings I took it off. After those 3 nights, it had turned black. But then I forgot about it for a couple of days, maybe this was good, to let it dry out. Then I sterilized some scissors (with steaming hot water), let them cool, and clipped the black part off. It was definitely smaller! I washed good after messing with it, just in case it might spread. Then I started the same procedure again, but it started to hurt this time, so I just let it heal up for a few days. Then I did it all again, and this time after only two nights it turned black again. A couple of days later I noticed that it was a little crusty (gross I know, sorry), so I picked the black part off. This time the whole wart peeled off bringing some of it from below the skin level, so there was a little crater there, COOL! I know, I'm weird that this stuff gets me all excited. It's sick but kind of fun like a science experiment, ha!
Here's what it looked like, and it's especially lovely with the glue residue leftover from the bandaid:
See how there's another little one next to it? I'm going after that little sucker next.
This is so cheap and easy, ACV is some powerful stuff! Also, get my free printable: 25 simple ways to boost your health with ACV by signing up for my newsletter! (Get lots of other freebies there too.)
What if that doesn't work for you though?
It seems that all warts are a little bit different, and while ACV will often work, sometimes it just might not. So here are other options you can try–these are especaily great for those who can't stand the smell of ACV.
- Many have said that this wonderful smelling cleansing balm works to get rid of warts. Here's a photo to prove how it worked for one gal:
- Also there are two homeopathic remedies for warts that have worked for many people I've talked to, but it takes a bit longer. One is this remedy in a 30c potency (one dose, twicy daily). Or another homoepathic option is to take this one in the 8c potency at the same time as this one in the 200 potency (taken at the same time, one dose of each, every other day).
If you've also had good luck using apple cider vinegar to get rid of warts or another method, tell us about it and what you did differently!
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Jayne says
I didn’t read all the comments so my apologies if this was already mentioned. My mom successfully got rid of a wart on my daughter’s hand using a potato. You can cut up a potato and keep the extra pieces in the frig until you need them. Similar method as using the ACV, although I don’t think we left it on overnight. We would take a piece out, place it over the wart and probably left it on for 30 minutes, at least. This was probably over a decade ago so I don’t remember how many days in a row it took but it most likely took place over Christmas vacation or Spring Break so probably around the same amount of time as the ACV.
KitchenKop says
Interesting, thanks for sharing that!
Kelly
Heather O'Brien says
Will ACV work on skin tags or moles too?
Kelly the Kitchen Kop says
It’s worth a try, Heather O’Brien! We’ve not tried it for that but I don’t see why it wouldn’t.
Kristin Gann McLaughlin says
It is great for Molluscum Contagiosum as well. These are bumps that look like big whiteheads and are often called water warts. My son got them at camp and my pediatrician said they would go away in 18 months or so, but I used ACV and they were gone in two weeks.
Tim Robinson says
(Sarah) We used Vi Protection Blend from Herbs for Kids. It works from the inside out and does take awhile but it was great option for my little one with sensitive skin.
Debra Martinez says
I have done this. And yes it really works. I tried five different over that counter things and went to a doctor to have it frozen off three times before discovering this method.
Josh says
I’ve had this wart growing in size since October and according to the doctor its a deep plantar verrucea. After going through one unsuccessful extraction at podiatrist, I tried to give ACV treatment a chance and i’m into my 2nd week. Rightnow the tip of the tissue which was black since few days has come off. But as its pretty deep, looks like it will take some more time to completely come out on its own. I wish I could upload some pics here, to get an advise. I’m getting little impatient & anxious with the healing process. Please advise.
KitchenKop says
Sorry Josh but everyone is different, and I can’t give medical advice or I’d get in big trouble, I can only tell you what has worked for us and for others. Just use common sense and ask your doctor if you’re not sure. Good luck!
Kelly
coco says
I had a plantar wart for over 3 years and did not know that it was a wart. I thought it was a corn. Mind you, plantar warts are flat and hard. Had some discomfort walking but otherwise, until a friend noticed it at the beach last summer, I completely ignored it. In December 2015, I started treating it with all of the stuff you find in pharmacies, i.e. Compound W (freezing and liquid), Dr. scholls. Started working but I could tell it was going to take a very long time. Three weeks ago, I started the ACV treatment, and I think it is working better. Te first time I used the ACV, I almost soaked by entire foot in pure vinegar and what a mistake (DO NOT DO THAT!!!). For the past two weeks, I put the cotton soaked with ACV on the area every morning and cover the area well with duck tape. Before bed, I remove everything and simply cover the area with bandaids that are more breathable. The next morning, I remove with a tweezer whatever pieces can be removed without much disturbance to the rest before I cover again with ACV soaked cotton. I do not believe that this process will take a little time as so many people have indicated, but I will be patient and see how long it takes. It is getting much better, I can go on long walks and exercise without even feeling that I actually have a “sick” foot. PATIENCE and CONSISTENT TREATMENT!! Will come back and tell how long it took. So far it had been three weeks with the ACV.
Saurabh says
Yes, it works.
I was suffering with bunch of warts on my neck from last 2-3 months.
AND ITS REALY Embarrassing situation
I Used Medicine like – Thuja 200c, Thuja Cream, ADEL 40 – Non Worked for me
Then I used Apple Cider Vinegar for 4-5 days and all warts are gone.
I pasted a cotton ball soaked in Apple Cider Vinegar with the help of Surgical Paper tape (Paste in a way to keep the cotton wet with the apple vinegar; just keep one hole to put more vinegar into it and then lock it completely) for minimum 7-8 hr. every night. In morning wash it with soap and apply Thuja cream after the wart gets dry. I don’t know why I applied thuja cream but what I did I am just writing.
Within 2 day you will start feeling a sensation in the warts and after 5 days the warts will start drying-rough and color will change black and they will fall from the roots in maximum 10-12 day.
It doesn’t hurt but smell is little bad, in order to remove HPV virus one can easily tolerate the smell.
It worked for me and I pray to God – this works for you too.
Ravi R says
I cured my plantar wart with garlic in 3 weeks.
Brenda says
I had a wart on the bottom of my foot for years. I tried the freeze kits, dr office freezing, and even some type of new machine at the dr office that has to do with burning it with radio frequency. That was by far the worst and cost me around $300 for nothing except pain and a lot of blood. Anyway I started searching for natural cures. I went ahead and painted the wart with clear nail polish and put a piece of duct tape over that for about 1 week. After a week The wart fell out. Too make sure it was gone I put some nail polish into the hole left behind and covered it with duct tape for few days until I was sure it was gone and it is to this day gone. Now I have one on my finger and I tried this method and it’s not working as well so I am trying acv. After 1 day it’s already turning black so Im pretty sure I’m winning the war against it.
Aimee says
I have a planters wart on my toe and have tried tea tree oil and duct tape for over two months. There was change but never really began to go away. I started ACV and the first day it turned brown. It has now turned black and crusty and has begun to come off in only 3 days. How long after it comes off should I continue to do it to make sure it is completely dead?
Tricia says
I have a wart near my breast and will try out the apple cider . I will give u a feed back
Tony Lim says
Not worth using ACV to remove your warts. Suffer more/longer pain, warts may grow back & long healing. There are better ways than this method. Use mild/diluted tea tree oil antiseptic cream or salicylic acid can do a better job than acv. Able to buy from most pharmacies. Think smart, act smart and don’t fool by this acv method. Cheers!
Zac Eckstein says
It’s worked for me many times, and without pain, so I’m proof that it does actually work.
Jenine says
I recently tried ACV on a wart on my finger and it worked in only a week!
It was black after the first day but I did it for two more nights just to be sure, then I left it black for about four days and was able to easily pull the scab off after the week was done.
But I do warn people to be careful, as the ACV ended up damaging skin around the wart (inner finger skin is pretty sensitive). I got a large blister that ended up turning pretty nasty, so try to keep the vinegar localized to only the wart.
Michael W says
Hi so I’ve been using ACV for 6 days so far on two warts on my fingers. One turned brown with a ring of white sensitive skin around it and seems to be a bit indented (although i’m not certain), the other is starting to get little brown spots on it, these seems to be farther in that the surface. NOthing has turned black though. I’m especially worried about the one that turned brown cuz it looks pretty weird. Is there a way for me to post pics that someone can give me some feedback on?
Anonymous says
I’ve had a plantar wart for about six months now. I’ve tried everything, compound w, freezing treatments over the counter, digging at it with tweezers. The only thing that has yielded any results at all has been soaking it 24 hours a day in ACV. I’ve found it doesn’t have to be “raw”, even the kind you find in gallon jugs works. After 5 days my wart has started to turn brown, the callus that built up over it was easily removed and I’m confident in no time that painful sucker will be out if my life for good. Warning though; as the wart starts to die off the soaking treatment might become slightly painful (nothing anyone who has been walking around with a plantar wart can’t handle) but do NOT stop treatment, the wart will grow back, and if the virus feels threatened, it will come back more aggressive. Good luck on the road to wart freedom!
Anne says
Plantar warts can be so stubborn. And super painful! Have you ever tried Wart Paste? My brother used it on his 2 year-old plantar warts and within weeks they went away. It’s a blend of essential oils. I think the website is http://www.wartpaste.com
SamiJoe says
Thank you so much for this!
What’s weird? I really wish I could have seen what your wart looked like before treatment with ACV.
The reason? My wart is in the exact same place (ankle) and it is definitely much bigger and different than ones I’ve had in the past. I’m pretty sure that my wart (or lack of it) will look identical to your ‘after’ shot.
Off I go. I’m excited to get ‘er gone!
dize cruz says
At first, I’m so skeptic about using acv in rem0ving a wart. But since we have acv in our kitchen cabinet I decided to give it a try. I gave it attenti0n for only 2 nights, after that I got lazy ab0ut it. Few days later I noticed that my warts are turning black in color and so dry that when I tried to gave it a gently rub then it just fell off. Simply mean that acv is quiet effective 🙂
Kerry says
After reading your post on skin cancer and the input about adults not getting warts, it makes me wonder if this was truly a wart or if it isn’t true that adults don’t get warts. It’s something to think about.
KitchenKop says
Kerry,
Yeah, mine could be a little mole or something, I don’t really know, but it’s gone now!
Also, our son didn’t want to use ACV on his wart so he tried the duct tape and it’s working pretty well!
Kelly
Paulean says
Hi i need some advice for my mum. She had a fall back in 2000, and hurt her legs she has had 2 operations on her legs
She doesn’t have any feelings in her legs and she has sores all over them.
She has tired everything they wont heal for her.
She is a diabetic as well
I was wondering if she could use the apple cider of vinegar on her legs at all and if she could also take it?
I have pics of her legs if that would help so you know what im talking about.
Hope someone can help me here
Thanks Paulean
DS says
Diabetics have circulation problems and I would think that a wound clinic is where she belongs if she has sores that will not heal. My mother had lymph edema in her leg and a wound that would not heal but it did heal after treatment at a wound clinic at the hospital as an outpatient.
Paulean says
Ok thank you for the help
KitchenKop says
Hi Pauleen,
I agree with DS that you’re Mom should be seen by a doctor, but also, if she has sores that won’t heal that’s a sign that she’s not keeping her blood sugar in the range that she should. Maybe you could help her learn to avoid sugar and limit grains in her diet so she can get her numbers back in a good range, but *be careful* because if she’s taking blood sugar medicine (orally or insulin) and not adjusting that while she cuts back on carbs, it could cause a dangerous blood sugar low. She’ll probably need to work with her doctor to do this safely.
Kelly
john oddy says
FANTASTIC CURE!
I had a very large wart on my fave for over a year and nothing would shift it. it really looked horrendous and effected my self esteem. I read about apple cider vinegar and decided to give it a go. Bought a bottle for £1.50 from Tesco and applied it to the ward at bedtime, after 6 days of doing this it had completely gone. so happy with the result
Tyler says
Thank you for the tips. I have a really stubborn plantar wart on my foot that I can’t seem to get rid of. I have tried everything including freezing it off and Salicylic acid but none of these techniques have worked. I will try the vinegar treatment and hopefully it will work. I will let you know the results.
DS says
I was treating what I thought was a wart on my forearm but it would not go away completely. My hair dresser said it might be a skin cancer. I finally went to my dermatologist. I am in my 60s. He said adults do not usually get warts and that it was a squamos cell cancer. It was, indeed. He removed it. It sure looked like a wart to me!
KitchenKop says
Thank you for sharing that information, just in case!
Kel
Amy says
never a dull moment on this site! 😉 My question is does ACV work on corns?
KitchenKop says
Yeah, it’s a lot like our homes and neighborhood, huh? 🙂
I’m not really sure what a corn is. Try it and let us know…?
Kel
ValerieH says
There are all kinds of wart cures. Most of them involve covering them up with some kind of anti viral agent (any essential oil, castor oil, vinegar, garlic, vitamin e, vitamin a, hydrogen peroxide, clay, banana peels)… There are more. Just check
Out earth clinic. The key seems to depriving them of air. Even the over counter things will soften and remove the wart. In some people one try is all it takes. I have frozen it off, chewed it off, broken it by accident, used over the counter remedies and it always grows back. It is on the first knuckle of my left hand. I think the key is the terroir – your personal health status. That will determine if your body is a hospitable host for the virus. I think I’ll try FCLO next.
Vanessa says
I removed a huge wart on my finger a number of years ago with regular vinegar. It hurt like none other, and probably took about a month until it was gone completely (I soaked that sucker once a day for 1/2 an hour and the rest of the time had a cotton swab with vinegar pressed against my finger, wrapped up in a band-aid. Every week or so the wart would fall off, and regrow, until eventually, I killed the roots (I would apply vinegar directly on the roots of the wart every time the actual wart fell out.) Pretty disgusting, painful but highly effective, and no annoying, repeat doctor visits!
Tiffany says
I used ACV to cure thrush while breastfeeding…it was a lifesaver!
Diane Sperber says
After reading this I just had to share. When I was a child (mind you I am 67 years young) I had a wart and was told to rub it with the white part of an eye of a potato. Then I was told to bury the eye and before it would grow out of the ground my wart would be gone. It worked! Since this was so long ago I wanted to check if anyone else used this so I went to the PeoplesPharmacy.com. You should go there. I found many similar but slightly varied stories of the potato solution. It depends on if the wart is the common wart or a planter wart as to how long it will take. Planter warts or more difficult and may have to be treated more aggressively and more than once. But with patience you shouldn’t have to cut them off.
David says
You can try placing duct tape over the wart for a few weeks. Many doctors have recommended this. You can try a remedy called wartrol and try two free bottles.
Cindy H says
Thank you Kelly ! I am going to try this on my finger.
robin neudorfer says
I am attempting this with a mole that is about the size of a quarter.
Nothing so far, but I need to be religious about swabbing it twice a day.
KitchenKop says
Hey Robin, take pictures and maybe you’d let me post the results if and when it works, what do ya say, eh??? 🙂
Kel
robin neudorfer says
Okay… where shall I send the photo. I took one a while back.
Melanie says
A small piece of fresh cut garlic has a similar effect. The wart turns black and falls off after having garlic on it several nights in a row. They can grow back again though, so make sure you keep an eye on it to treat it again right away if it starts to grow.
KitchenKop says
Oh booger, I didn’t realize I had to keep an eye on it now…
Thanks for telling me!
Tyranny says
Thanks for sharing. In case you might be interested Patricia Bragg will be on The Power Hour with Joyce Riley tomorrow I’m sure talking about all the other benefits of ACV.
KitchenKop says
@Tyranny, do you have a link or know the time off the top of your head?
Thanks!
Tyranny says
I sure do Kelly, Here is the info On Braggs’ site https://bragg.com/about/Patricia_Bragg_Media_Schedule.html Or else you can find the info here: https://www.thepowerhour.com/schedule.htm She is always a pleasure and inspiration to listen to, as well as Joyce. If it turns out you like Joyce,(which I think you might) She will also be on Coast To Coast tomorrow with George Noory. Joyce Riley will be on Coast To Coast
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
1 to 2 AM CST
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KitchenKop says
Great thanks!