If you have warts, you might want to head to the hardware store for a roll of duct tape.That’s one of the suggestions for dealing with warts offered in the December issue of the Harvard Health Letter. The article noted that there’s a 50 percent to 60 percent chance that your own immune system will take care of a wart within two years. Duct tape. The Harvard Health Letter article said that one study found duct tape was about 45 percent more effective than liquid nitrogen at treating warts. Cut a piece of duct tape to match the size of the wart and wear the duct tape on the wart for six days. Then, remove the duct tape patch and soak and file the wart. Leave it uncovered for the night and reapply a duct tape patch the next morning. Repeat this process for two months or until the wart is gone.
