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Q: odd skin growth
asked by: CauseICan on April 7th, 2008
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Hello, not sure where else in the forum i can post this, but figured this is the best place

anyhow, I'm hoping there is a dermatologist around

long ago when i was 12ish i was at a public pool and such and got warts on my foot

had it there for a year or so till my mother took me in to get them froze off

while we were waiting i was picking at it and pulled the root out and messed it away

yes i know it's disgusting, but hey i was young

anyhow, many years ago i started getting an odd growth on my thumb, at first i thought it was nothing, started picking at it and such

when i pulled off the top layer of skin to reveal the underlying skin there were like fungus towers, hard to describe them

they turned red like there was a blood vessel going up the center of them when i squeezed the skin around it.

wasn't sure what to do about it, consulted my father and he said that it was some bacteria that gets under the skin and causes the strange skin growth, so we put some anti-fungus stuff onto my finger and it did nothing, that was recently

over the past years it's spread from one dot to 9 dots on that one thumb, and it's jumped to some other fingers

we figured it was a wart so we got some foot stuff to burn it off, been doing that for awhile now, it kills all the skin around it and the growth as well but the growth comes back, like it's really deep into the skin

there are callouses over them now from my constant picking and i'm just not sure what to do about them

please help or tell me what exactly I'm dealing with!
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antigone
replied on April 8th, 2008
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Warts are viruses. If you eliminate the first one the other will disappear. Strange but true. Get salicylic acid and apply to the first spot. Get vitamin E soft gels, poke a pinpoint hole in the softgel and squeeze some on to the spot. Do this daily. If this is a wart that will do the trick. The other option is to see a dermatologist and get some topical medication from the doctor.
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CauseICan
replied on April 8th, 2008
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the stuff i have been using that kills the skin and surround stuff is the salicylic acid, though it's odd, i've noticed my skin has started to become resistant to the stuff, where it used to kill off the skin within a few hours, now it takes like an entire day

anyhow, thank you for the help

so it is warts that i am dealing with?
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CauseICan
replied on April 10th, 2008
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just so i understand this, it is warts that i am dealing with?

so i just need to nuke my thumb until the root is gone?
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antigone
replied on April 16th, 2008
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Sorry I didn't respond sooner. It sounds like warts to me. Hard to tell without seeing them. You can go to a dermatologist and get a diagnosis and treatment. They can remove them with several different methods. I had some warts on my feet. I had treatments but they came back. I used the salicylic acid and vit. E and was religious about applying it daily. I got rid of them and they never came back.

You will see a root. Keep using the salicylic acid and vit. E. It will eventually be gone. It may take a few weeks. Good luck.
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CauseICan
replied on April 18th, 2008
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Thank you! i've had these for years and i never knew truely what it was
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