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Reviewer: Vanessa1, 25-34 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Over the summer went to several resorts walked around pool area with no foot protection learned my lesson Iâ??ll now be wearing water shoes ended up getting embarrassing plantar warts on both I used a epson salt for feet while doing online research looking what to get because Iâ??ve never had this problem before so seen this product had great reviews went to target to purchase. Where I w
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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I had several clusters of warts on the bottom of my toe and pad of my foot for YEARS. I tried everything- home remedies (like the duct tape trick), Dr. Scholl's freeze-off...I even went to my physician and had them professionally frozen off (cryotherapy). I had to go back to the doctor to get them frozen twice (because they were that bad). It was very painful, but they eventually fell off. The
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Reviewer: 7-12 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Caregiver)
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My son (7 yrs old) had a painful wart on the bottom of his foot for several weeks. I used the Compound w gel at the advice of his doctor every night and one day it just fell off! It took about 2 weeks but I was shocked, and he was very happy.
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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I experienced an allergic reaction to this product. I had used it previously, so did not know I had an allergy to it. After 5 days of use, I had just reapplied for the 3rd time. I couldn't sleep because of the burning where the pad was applied. I took it off, noticed some swelling on the top of my foot, took some Ibuprofen and went to sleep. Woke up and swelling was down, but not gone. In
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