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I have a small and barely noticeable (to me) wart just under my eye brow. Apparently I occasionally touch or twiddle it when watching TV.
Wife says it will grow into my eye, explode and never stop bleeding, I will die of cats aids - the bad kind - etc. More accurately she said I should get it removed.
NHS won't touch it as it is just a wart.
Do I pay private to get it removed when it really doesn't bother me but annoys the wife?
Make a feature of it. Paint some glitter on it or something. She might like it better then?
Depends ..... How much has your son offered, as a bribe, not to have it done ?
It might grow up to be the rightful king of all England.
Remove with nail clippers, store in a pill box keep checking daily if it continues to grow feed with honey
Maybe I could pay everyone £250 to tell my wife they can't see it so eventually she questions her own sanity. Do you think that would help?
Happy wife, happy life (so I'm told).
TBH you can't win - if you don't do it then your wife will say that you've let yourself go and that you never listen to her - if you do have it taken off she'll start to think that you're trying to impress another woman!
Wife says it will grow into my eye, explode and never stop bleeding, I will die of cats aids – the bad kind – etc
Probably the least injurious thing that happens to you that week.
Do you want the bank account details posted on this thread?
More accurately she said I should get it removed
Do I pay private to get it removed
Get her to pay for it
[i]Get her to pay for it[/i]
err... we are married. It is all the same money regardless of who signs the cheque
DIY scalpel and superglue should suffice.
Serious answer. In more normal times, our GP practice had a regular clinic for the removal of warts and skin tags and other assorted minor skin lesions.
They'd freeze them and then they drop off a few days later kinda thing.
I'm assuming that's pretty standard and I'd be surprised if your Doctor can't get it removed on the NHS.
Remove with nail clippers, store in a pill box keep checking daily if it continues to grow feed with honey
^^This,please do this..
Anyway,did she not once say "Oh he's a proper PITA sometimes,but I love him, warts an all" 😜🤣🙃
Have I missed something? I had warts removed from a finger by a GP as teen. Do they not do that anymore? Near the eye sounds worth the NHS bothering about to me.
if you do have it taken off she’ll start to think that you’re trying to impress another woman!
Maybe she likes it if he does!
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I’d go with the 250 quid option, but don’t take my advice, or you’ll be cast into the fiery pit of brimstone with me, it’s warmer than I anticipated 😂
paint it dark brown, tell the gp it's a mole going dark and he'll whip it out for a biopsy.
DIY with a freeze kit from the supermarket.
Ive done a skin tag and cherry angioma like that perfectly well.
I was about to post that but Scienceofficer beat me to it - you can buy stuff to paint on them and they drop off.
The wart, not your wife.
As above4. I did a pretty large skin tag with ice cubes, some knotted dental floss, and a scalpel blade. No blood and ne'er a moments bother since.
DIY with a freeze kit from the supermarket.
I can post you an out of date cryotag set if you like.
Might work, might scar you for life.
I was told by the DR that it is too close to the eye for him to do it or use the normal over the counter acid kits that burn them off.
Never mentioned the freezing option but after suffering frozen eye pain when eating an ice cream I am not convinced that is a pleasant option.
Nail clippers while she's eating, or cut it off in private and present it to her in a ring box.
Happy wife, happy life (so I’m told).
i thought if your wife was happy it meant that she was having an affair.
I have one of those Scholl freezing kits which has a selection of buds of different sizes. Used one a for a wart which worked really well, does say on the box not to be used near any of your eyes, even the wee squinty one.
But with user name like yours, what could go wrong really?
I had one under the eye like that and (like Welshfarmer) strangled it with a piece of dental floss over the course of a few hours..simple overhand knot, no need for a noose! In hindsight it sounds a pretty daft thing to do mind.
I had a little polyp thing on my neck, been there for years. Pair of side cutters (isopropyl on, then burnt off) then a quick cut with a satisfying crunch.
Job done, only bled for a few minutes.
The bit I cut off didn't grow so didn't need to buy honey.
Just start wearing an eyepatch like a pirate or fashion a matching wart from papier-mâché for the other eyebrow. That or capture one of the squirrels you’d normally kill and train it to chew through the wart
Theres a documentary about this, worth a watch if you're affected
Great movie. First thing I thought of reading this thread as well.
Can't you dress it up like a squirrel and stick it in one of your contraptions?
#theinternetneverforgets
Make a sculpture out of it?
I thought I had a wart but it turned out to just be a callous and the nice man behind the counter recommended I sand it, so I did. That's my recommendation to you. What could go wrong?
I've successfully banished two warts.
The first one I got rid of by covering with a little duct tape for a couple of weeks. That was a relatively new wart.
The second wart was on my palm and I can always remember it being there (so at least 30+ years). Tried all kinds over the years, home freeze kits, wart removal ointments, nothing would touch it. Duct tape wouldn't work due to location. Tea tree oil was what shifted it in the end.
Both may not be suitable for a wart by an eye though..
Also, if you do remove it yourself, don't tell your wife, see how long until she notices and report back. Thanks.
Are you lot mad? You have realised who the OP is? This could be targeted to various posts, but I'll pick on
As above4. I did a pretty large skin tag with ice cubes, some knotted dental floss, and a scalpel blade. No blood and ne’er a moments bother since.
Do you really want to read a news report about a Southampton man who's garotted himself with dental floss and then self disembowelled, and have that on your conscience.
It's near his eye ffs. Even if you take sharp implements out of the equation, he'll find a new and creative way to blind himself.
Never mentioned the freezing option but after suffering frozen eye pain when eating an ice cream I am not convinced that is a pleasant option.
Are we really going to let this slip by...?