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I am being treated by a doctor for a plantar wart on my heel that I probably picked up from the gym.
The first visit was a deep freeze and two weeks later another deep freeze. It was still thick at that second visit so he sent me home with salinocaine (SP?) which apparently is concentrated salicylic acid.
Two weeks later, and it's start to want to just lift off - peel off. What is trying to peel off is roughly the size of a quarter and probably almost that thick, too. Only one side has started to peel.
My concern is next steps and will I be able to walk on it. If I go back to the doctor, he will probably want to chisel off what is left. Not "dig down" but scrape it off.
How hard will it be to walk after that? During all of this it has not been painful at all but my concern is once some scraping occurs I might be ripe for infection or even just painful walking.
I *have* to be fully ambulatory for the entire week of Thanksgiving. No ifs, ands or buts.
Should I just continue with the nightly salinocaine and will it eventually slough off on its own (with a visit to the doc after I return from Thanksgiving) or should I visit his office ASAP, get it scraped now, with the hopes that I will have healed in two weeks time (heading home to visit family two weeks from tomorrow).
I am thinking I should just let it go, as is, so that I can walk, but I don't know if that is somehow going to make it worse. There is no blood or anything, the thing appears to be trying to peel off on its own just slowly.
Thanks
I am being treated by a doctor for a plantar wart on my heel that I probably picked up from the gym.
The first visit was a deep freeze and two weeks later another deep freeze. It was still thick at that second visit so he sent me home with salinocaine (SP?) which apparently is concentrated salicylic acid.
Two weeks later, and it's start to want to just lift off - peel off. What is trying to peel off is roughly the size of a quarter and probably almost that thick, too. Only one side has started to peel.
My concern is next steps and will I be able to walk on it. If I go back to the doctor, he will probably want to chisel off what is left. Not "dig down" but scrape it off.
How hard will it be to walk after that? During all of this it has not been painful at all but my concern is once some scraping occurs I might be ripe for infection or even just painful walking.
I *have* to be fully ambulatory for the entire week of Thanksgiving. No ifs, ands or buts.
Should I just continue with the nightly salinocaine and will it eventually slough off on its own (with a visit to the doc after I return from Thanksgiving) or should I visit his office ASAP, get it scraped now, with the hopes that I will have healed in two weeks time (heading home to visit family two weeks from tomorrow).
I am thinking I should just let it go, as is, so that I can walk, but I don't know if that is somehow going to make it worse. There is no blood or anything, the thing appears to be trying to peel off on its own just slowly.
Thanks