Essex pensioner, 72, is finally cured of her HUGE verruca after living with it ... trends now
A pensioner who has been living with huge crippling verruca that 'smothered' her foot has finally been cured - after a whopping 56 years.
The 72-year-old retired teacher, identified only as Jane, is believed to be one of the longest-suffering verruca victims ever, having been blighted by the lesion since 1964 - five years before man landed on the moon.
The grandmother, from Essex, has suffered with the verruca on her right foot for longer than she’s been married to her husband of 52 years.
It was even older than the couple’s two sons, aged 44 and 46, and also saw in the birth of her five grandchildren.
'Smothered': The huge verruca dominated the right foot of the Essex pensioner - known only as Jane - for almost six decades
Her foot was 'smothered' by the giant plantar wart and Jane was told by podiatrists that a verruca that had persisted for this long was unheard of and ‘would never go.’
But after two years of treatments using pioneering microwave technology, which she completed in 2020, the verruca finally vanished.
She said: 'When I was informed that my verruca had completely disappeared and no further treatments were required, it felt like a miracle.
'I was overjoyed to say goodbye to the verruca that had been with me since 1964.'
Jane, a keen line dancer, was often left in agony by the giant verruca, which proved completely resistant to multiple treatments.
She’d tried a range of treatments such as cryotherapy and acid, but nothing worked and she resigned herself to living with the painful condition for the rest of her life.
Some treatments would even make the stubborn spot worse and Jane says she’d ‘pretty much lost all hope’.
However she had a breakthrough when her podiatrist Matthew Bland, co-owner in Essex Podiatry, bought a pioneering skin lesion treatment.
The clinic was an early adopter of the Swift technology, pioneered by Scottish health-tech firm Emblation and now being rolled out globally.
But it was finally cured after two years of treatment. Pictured is the retired teacher's foot following the treatment