I had a plantar wart once on the edge of my foot. After a few months of unsuccessful wart patches and other BS, I ended up just peeling it off.
Lately my pet project has been my ingrown toenails. I had the edges cut out and then went through shock therapy (when the Doc tried to cauterize the roots). I had the chest plate to ground me and everything. Any time the Doc would leave the room, the nurse would tell me all about how he was using a cauterizing tool from the 70's and that nowadays they have much better stuff. Yeah, that made me feel much better.
After that traumatic experience, the damned things grew back, worse than before.
So, I cut 'em out myself, along with the outer edges, and am now training them to fly right.
Beats going back to Igor and his lovely assistant.
--Aric