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by bucket2015 755 days ago
I was looking at this recently. Although duct tape doesn't always win vs cryotherapy, it's definitely a valid treatment:

* Silver duct tape occlusion in treatment of plantar warts in adults: Is it effective? (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dth.13342) found that cryotherapy outperformed duct tape over a 8-week treatment period.

* Duct Tape Occlusion Therapy in the Treatment of Plantar Warts (https://conservancy.umn.edu/items/4e958e09-839b-4496-972f-cf...) is a case study of treating one one patient with large plantar wart.

* Successful treatment of refractory plantar wart with duct tape (https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(21)01507-3/abstract) is another similar case of treating a refractory (treatment-resistant) wart with a duct tape.