Treating a wart with a covering of duct tape seems to be more effective–and less painful–than removing the wart by freezing it with liquid nitrogen.
Researchers at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., instructed 26 children and young adults to cover their warts with a piece of duct tape for 6 days a week.
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