Bazooka those verrucas?

If you have had a verruca you will be aware that these little fellas can be a real pest for runners.
Here's a weird little treatment you might want to try. It comes courtesy of Ray Collins who sends me a weekly email on health and related matters. If you'd like to subscribe to Ray's slightly wacky emails then go to http://www.goodlifeletter.co.uk

Here's what he wrote:

Thought you may like to know about a cure for verrucas that I have tried and it does work - DUCT TAPE. I read an article in Sainsbury's magazine which said to cover verruca with duct tape and rub away dried skin with an emery board once a week for a few weeks (can't remember how many).
I found that for verrucas on the toes (and my son had 2) it worked a treat - they were gone after 6 weeks. It didn't work so well on the sole of the foot - probably because I couldn't get the tape to stick long enough!
Anyway - given the cost of verruca treatments I thought you might like this one as it was amazingly cheap and no slower than conventional treatments. Great stuff.

For fact fans, verrucas are actually warts on the foot, caused by an infection with a strain of the human papilloma virus. Conventional treatments involve freezing them with liquid nitrogen, but why go through all that if there are natural remedies to try first? Tea tree oil is well known for treating verrucas and warts on other parts the body. Or try and rub the inside of a banana skin onto the verruca for a few minutes, two or three times a day.