Have you ever heard rubbing a potato on a wart then burying it will make it go away?

Question

I have had a wart on my left hand for about 18 months now. I have had it chemically frozen off 3 times and even did it myself 2 times and it keeps coming back. My meat cutter told me to cut a potato in 1/2 and rub it on the wart, then take the potato out and bury it. He says my wart will disappear. He swears it. Have you ever heard of this? I am going to do it this week

Answer 1

Try it. What have you got to lose? Half a potato?

Answer 2

I had potatoes rubbed on my warts when I was a child and they went away. It was my mom s idea. But she never buried it. Can t hurt to try.

Answer 3

That's an old wives's tale. But supposedly the starch in the potato can help to diminish the wart. You don't need to bury it, though. Just don't eat it afterwards.

Answer 4

I've heard this works, but I've never tried it. It could be the psychological sense that it's going to work that clears up the wart, I don't know. I've heard duct tape applied with salt works (haven't tried that either). I have an herbal book that says taking these herbs help: dandelion, castor bean, celandine, jojoba, agrimony (haven't tried these either).

Answer 5

warts are caused by virus. so i don't know how a potato would help. but there was a big study done at Madigan army hospital and widely reported that the easiest and cheapest way to remove warts is to apply duck tape to wart and leave it on x i week and rip it off.

Answer 6

pure foolishness try a more realistic approach like frezzing the wart with over the counter product

Answer 7

I have heard it, but I do not believe it will work. There are chemical wart removers available at drugstores, you might try them.

Answer 8

Um....so far, nothing else has worked, right? Try it....you got nothing to loose. By the way, don't stop the other stuff, just in case!!

Answer 9

it'll make the potato go away....