August 2007: Is Melanoma a Vitamin D Deficiency Cancer? Posted: 08-23-07 14:09pm
TO: All melanoma researchers, doctors, and
patients.
A famous 2002 study found that a small
spot of gray duct tape applied to a wart
for up to two months eliminated it in
nearly all cases, whereas a recent 2007
study found that transparent duct tape
hardly worked at all. The investigators
jumped into the most complicated
speculations, ranging from the body's
immune system to the adhesive's magic
chemicals, yet what is the simplest
explanation for why the opaque version
resolves warts but the clear one does
not?
As sunburn vividly demonstrates, sunlight
stimulates circulation in the skin, so
darkness must dull it. By blocking light,
the gray duct tape just reduces blood flow
to the wart and it starves.
But a spot of pigmented tape is an
artificial mole. Thus, tape occlusion
should come with a warning--it raises the
risk of melanoma.
