I have 3 warts on 3 fingers- my thumb, my index, and my middle. the thumb wart has been there about a year? it was a classic cauliflower bump and at first i had no idea what it was and picked it off a few times, then when i found out i was given advice that it’ll fall off on its own. then i tried salicylic acid bandaids but they were too difficult to keep from getting wet and it ended up going nowhere. the other two just popped up when i started the treatment a month ago.

flash forward to the start of june, i ordered some “H-wart” from a company called natural healing oils. for june 1 & 2, i used the salicylic acid bandaids then switch to H-wart on june 3rd. two weeks in, the top layer of my wart fell off leaving flat sensitive skin underneath and despite continuing treatment, it grew back into its bump. i continued that for a full 5 weeks with no change. 

**NOW**, 5 days ago i started treating it with apple cider vinegar because of advice i’d seen on this sub. i just want to know based on my pictures if im going in the right direction or if i need to switch up treatment. 

i put a small apple cider vinegar soaked cotton pice on each wart and cover them every 12 hours. i was filing down the warts at first but i made my thumb bleed a tiny bit so i stopped and i saw advice saying filing spreads it. the skin surrounding the wart on my thumb has begun to raise and get super red and is a bit painful to push on.

i’ve seen advice about debridement but i’m honestly a little scared to do that but i will if i have to. i’m also starting zinc supplement today as i know my immune system is trash recently.

Any and all advice is appreciated.

NEED ADVICE