11/07/2026
✨ Twenty year old verruca... gone. ✨
Today was one of those appointments that reminds me why I love what I do.
This patient had been living with a painful plantar verruca for around 20 years.
At today's review, after carefully removing the remaining surface tissue...
It had completely resolved. 🎉
Even more interesting, two untreated thumb warts also disappeared during the healing process.
Needling isn't an instant treatment. It works by encouraging the body's own immune system to recognise and clear the virus, so patience is often the hardest part. Throughout the healing process we resisted the temptation to keep interfering with the area, allowing the immune response to do its job.
One of the most rewarding moments today wasn't just seeing healthy skin with normal skin lines return...it was the patients reaction to finally being verruca free 🥳 and the patient's husband smiling and saying:
"Fair play... she's honestly had that verruca for 20 years." 👏🥳
Comments like that make all the follow-up appointments worthwhile.
Every patient is different, and no treatment can guarantee success, but cases like this are a great reminder that even long-standing verrucae can respond.
Thank you to my patient for trusting me and the process. 👣💙
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