Warts and skin tags are growths of the skin that may appear in different parts of the body. Warts most often appear on the feet, hands and even on the soles of the feet and on the genitalia. Skin tags most often appear on the neck, the armpits, the groin, or on the eyelids – areas where there are skin folds.
Warts are caused by the infection of the human papilloma virus. These skin disorders look like cauliflowers and are usually solid or hard. Skin tags on the other hand are growths of the skin that tends to protrude or hangs off from the skin. Although these skin problems do not pose a threat to our bodies, these can however bring discomfort and embarrassment and can be a annoying.
Warts are contagious that touching them with your hands can spread the infection to other parts of your body especially if you have even a small cut on your skin. It can also be transferred through sharing of towels or other personal things.
The exact cause of skin tags, on the other hand, is not yet known, although it is most likely associated to the virus that causes warts – the human papilloma virus. It does not however cause the skin flaps but it is said to contribute to the appearance of skin flaps. These tumors on the skin are however not harmful but can be discomforting and embarrassing. For skin disorders that appear on the face, their occurrence in clusters may be unsightly, thus the need to remove or treat them. In some cases, it can be irritated and may lead to its bleeding, which is also another reason why there is a need for its removal.
If warts and skin tags are among your discomforts in life, there are actually ways that you can do to manage them or eliminate them.
Among the methods in removing warts and skin tags are surgery, freezing the wart or the skin tags with liquid nitrogen in the process called cryosurgery, laser treatments or other gels, ointments an creams which mainly consist of salicylic acid. Some other techniques in removing the warts include suffocating it with the use of duct tape or applying pads on the warts added with salicylic acid. It is important to note that in the case of genital warts, it is wise to see your doctor when it comes to their treatment or removal.
The same with warts, flaps in the skin can also be removed by freezing them with liquid nitrogen until they fall off. Physicians may also remove them using scissors, or burning them in the process called cauterization, or remove them through excision.
Over the counter treatments are also available in dealing with warts and skin tags. Ointments, gels, pads and solutions containing salicylic acid are also available. Natural treatments are also options in dealing with warts and skin tags. There are ways to avoid its spreading, and there are also various herbs that home remedies that may help in the removal of warts and skin tags and even moles. Among the natural treatments are garlic, banana peel placed on plantar warts, castor oil, grapefruit seed extract and other natural remedies that may help you get rid of skin problems less the pain and the cost of medical procedures.
Carolyn Anderson wants to help you find natural solutions to common skin problems. To learn more about eliminating warts and skin tags naturally, check out No More Warts and Skin Tags Also check out Beat Eczema where you find ways to eliminate eczema as well.
Eye of Newt . . .
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
from Macbeth
A dark Cave. In the middle, a Caldron boiling. Thunder.
Enter the three Witches.
1 WITCH. Thrice the brindled cat hath mew’d.
2 WITCH. Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin’d.
3 WITCH. Harpier cries:—’tis time! ’tis time!
1 WITCH. Round about the caldron go;
In the poison’d entrails throw.—
Toad, that under cold stone,
Days and nights has thirty-one;
Swelter’d venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot!
ALL. Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
2 WITCH. Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
EYE OF NEWT, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat*, and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s** sting,
Lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing,—
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
ALL. Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
3 WITCH. Scale of dragon; tooth of wolf;
Witches’ mummy; maw and gulf
Of the ravin’d salt-sea shark;
Root of hemlock digg’d i the dark;
Liver of blaspheming [one];
Gall of goat, and slips of yew
Sliver’d in the moon’s eclipse;
Nose of [foe], and [gremlin"s] lips;
Finger of birth-strangled babe
Ditch-deliver’d by a drab,—
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a tiger’s chaudron,
For the ingrediants of our caldron.
ALL. Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
2 WITCH. Cool it with a baboon’s blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.."
—Shakespeare, Macbeth (IV, i, 14-15)
*bat’s wool
Wool \Wool\ (w[oo^]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld, Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr. [=u]r[.n][=a] wool, v[.r] to cover. [root]146, 287. Cf. Flannel, Velvet.
Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. [1913 Webster]
Wool of bat and tongue of dog. –Shak. [1913 Webster]
www.dictionary.net/wool
**Blind-Worm Or Slow-Worm (Anguis Fragilis) . . . belongs to the skink family (Scincida), and forms a connecting link between the lizards and the snakes. Though snake-like in form and having no appearance of external limbs, the bones of the shoulders and pelvis exist in a rudimentary form. It is about 1 ft. in length, nearly equal in thickness, but rather more slender towards the tail, the tip of which is abrupt. The upper surface is brownish-grey with a silvery sheen, a black line running down the middle of the back, several rows of obscure dark dots being present at the sides, and the under-parts are bluish-black. Eyes very small, but brilliant, hence the name "blind-worm." The Blind-worm is found in every part of Great Britain. . . Country people, like Shakespeare, regard it as the "eyeless venomous worm" and have a dread of the" blind-worm’s sting," but both without cause, as it rarely bites, and scarcely makes any impression on the skin, its teeth being very small." chestofbooks.com/gardening-horticulture/Animal-Pests/Blin…
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Warts and Skin Tags - Causes and Removal of These Skin Problems
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