Apple Cider Vinegar for Basal Cell Carcinoma

I have used Bragg's unpasteurized, unfiltered pure apple cider vinegar for my skin cancer for over 12 years. I had a very large spot on my forehead, I used a cotton ball, soaked in the vinegar and taped it on my cancer and slept with it on, then during the day I would continue to apply the vinegar, mine was so large that during my self treatment the roots of the cancer came to the surface, they died as well, however it was scary that the amount I had surfaced. I feel that with this type of cancer it will consistently keep emerging, therefore I continue to use the vinegar daily after my shower. Stay out of intense sun, find shade and enjoy your life without unnecessary surgery. Mahalo for reading my story.

I am a bit concerned. I used ACV before to get rid of new wart on my forehead. It scabbed up, fell off and left no scar. All within 5 days.

I found this site and thought would try it on the bcc on my thigh and then other troubling sites. I applied ACV to 2 suspected bcc on my thigh, a possible wart on the collar bone, a wart or skin tag on my hairline, and an off color dry rough flaky patch with brown on one edge on the back of my upper left arm, that I have had for at least 4 years. The latter patch is the one most troubling to me.

I used ACV for two nights and a hole filled with looked like light yellow pus with a black dot appeared. Also, around the perimeter, other things are happening which I am not sure is a reaction to band aid or tx, but my skin is red bumpy and looks bruised. The site was painful the 2nd night and going forward every time I applied tx.

On the third day, I used ACV for about 4 hours, then H2O2 3% during the day. At night I put organic coconut oil on it. This hole has not changed much. The site is looking really bad with this yellowish hole, and now black spots on one side. It is still really irritated along a 1 inch perimeter with one side red and bumpy. Yesterday, I tried only H2O2 dabbing it on rather than letting it sit under a band-aide. I alternated using coconut oil and essential oils that worked to removed suspected bcc. Last night I dabbed with H2O2 let dry and then treated it with the essential oils.

What was a 1 inch site that did not itch or hurt me has been a major problem since I started treating this and I am not sure if this is normal and how to proceed since it is so irritated on a wide area of the perimeter. It is on the back of my arm, so it is hard to even dress it now. I need some direction as to whether this is normal for the surface to change this much. An infection has been a concern, I am keeping it clean and no fever, so maybe I should not be too concerned.

Anyone who has experienced this, please advise. I did not think the site cancerous and but now am wondering what it was to have such a severe reaction. Did I burn a hole in my skin? or is this a process of healing?

FYI: I have treated most of the sites the same except for my scalp hair line. I decided to go with H2O2 dabs and then essential oils.

The bcc on my leg went flat and shiny red to a pit raised and this a.m. felt a bit raw and looked like it had broken skin on the edges, so I cleaned it with H2O2 and put essential oils on it. The collar bone is a sore site but not as big, it is now a red raised bump with a white center. Should I continue on with alternating tx and resume ACV? diluting it?

Advice welcomed, please.

Kate from New Zealand Apple Cider Vinegar's protocol post on 08/19/2015 is very good. It works. I followed her methods, and received similar results. I would like to add a little more detail that may address some other questions/concerns throughout, as I've read virtually everything on here while I was administering ACV on a BCC raised/waxy lump on the center of my nose. Here's the history:

A few years ago, I went to the dermatologist for a small scar on my nose that would repeatedly heal and then bleed if bumped. The doc took one look, made no fuss, and blasted it with liquid nitrogen to freeze it off. I thought this was the end of it, and after a week, all seemed well. It returned. Back to the derm office for another treatment. This time, they prescribed Fluorouracil 5% topical cream, and mentioned something about a possible biopsy if it persisted. The Fluorouracil burned and made the spot red and nasty for weeks. It sort of cured it. Only within the last few months did the lump appear again, and I wasn't feeling visiting the derm office again; so I found Earth Clinic and decided to give Apple Cider Vinegar a go. Here's what I did:

Began on a Friday morning around 9am. I used an organic ACV with "the Mother", cut a cotton ball into small wads to fit across the site. A cotton wad saturated with ACV will stay stationary until it dries. I replaced the wad every hour. After the second hour, as Kate mentioned, the center of the BCC turned black, encircled by a white ring. I followed this procedure for nine hours, changing the wad every hour (fortunately, I work from home, so I didn't have to concern myself about appearances). After 6:30pm on Friday evening, I left the site alone. The scab maintained the dark brown/black center with a white outer rim (beyond that was redness). I woke in the middle of the night, and secured a cotton wad with a bandaid and went to sleep (about five hours).

Saturday morning, I began replacing the wad every hour for four hours. I stopped between 11am through 3pm. Then applied the wad for another four hours until 7pm. The site maintained redness and the scab, the white ring with the black center. Woke up early Sunday morning and for the next five hours replaced the ACV wad every hour again. I also purchased Hydrogen Peroxide 3%, as I read other folks used that as a support, and began dabbing a qtip on the site before replacing the ACV wad on Sunday morning. I stopped from noon through 4pm and began again until 8pm. At this point, the site around the scab became really red and sensitive.

Around 5pm on Sunday afternoon, I began applying an all natural Vitamin E cream and Aloe Vera gel to help with the redness. While applying the cream, I brushed the scar off and it revealed a decent size indentation/hole. The entire site around the indentation was white and outside was red. I had the sense that the ACV did its job and was in the clear. For the next few hours, the ACV really burned/stung. I used the Hydrogen Peroxide 3% very sparingly too.

I was a little concerned, as I was left with a indentation/hole in the center of my nose, but I trusted the process. I also sensed this was the end having to soak a cotton wad in ACV; so I did not use ACV or secure a wad on the site over Sunday night. Monday morning, I began the process of administering Vitamin E and Aloe Vera gel on the site to promote healing, and to reduce the redness. Fortunately, overnight, a whitish (healthy looking) scab formed, covering the indentation/hole which was a comfort. A few other little whitish scars formed around the main site where the BCC was; so from what I read, this must have been "tentacles" that would be no more through this protocol.

I duly persisted a few times a day with the Vitamin E and Aloe Vera gel combo through Wednesday evening, along with some quality organic essential oils with a coconut oil base to cool the redness, as I had them laying around and figure it couldn't hurt. During one application, I brushed off the whitish scab and the indentation/hole was about 97% closed! Also noticed a little flaky skin where a tentacle was. I ever so gently worked it across the site, and it remove a layer of dead skin along with two dark spots, revealing perfectly healthy pink skin underneath! After, I washed my face with a Coconut/Olive oil soap.

Thursday (day 6) and the site, while it is pink due to the new skin, the spot in the center is 99% closed and won't be noticeable, I'm sure in a day or so. Thank you all for sharing your healing process with BCC. I hope my sharing helps others who choose the ACV protocol to assist in their healing.

Stick it out during the first couple days of dealing with skin discoloration, redness and stinging. The second day, when applying the ACV wad, I had a dull nagging headache throughout, which I knew was a result of the ACV getting it done. ACV is magic! I hope you have as much success as I've had with this protocol.

For years, ever since an intensive stint working in the sun, and despite using sun block, I had recurring basal cell carcinomas on my forehead. I used a Retin-A cream by prescription but when the pharmacy could no longer supply it in any strength that had an effect, the bcc spots got bigger and multiplied. I had surgery at one point, and still have a significant scar, so wanted to avoid this.

I saw on Earth Clinic people had used Apple Cider Vinegar for this and gave it a try. I had one large white smooth bcc spot which had been resistant to the cream for about 2 years. I started applying organic ACV with a cotton ball to the spot at night before sleeping. The first night I taped the saturated cotton ball onto my forehead, after that I just gently rubbed the ACV on before bed, not rinsing.

After the first two days, the spot opened up and was quite red. I also noticed that in a circular pattern around it, about an inch away, several tiny red spots emerged and formed small scabs. I was a little concerned but continued a few more days, and used a bit of organic coconut oil on it to sooth the redness, and the spot scabbed over (about day 4). After 6 days of this treatment, the scab fell off and I noticed that in the tiny hole which had opened up in the center of the spot, there was a good sized brown waxy ball. I pressed very lightly and the wax ball popped out. Immediately the hole closed up and became almost normal pore-sized, no bump whatsoever! I soothed my whole forehead (the surrounding tiny scabs had also fallen off and left no marks) with the coconut oil and within another day it was as if I had never had a basal cell carcinoma there.

No recurrence either in 4 months - once I had a red mark I thought might develop in a different part of the forehead, but applied the ACV and nothing came of it. This is after years of "chronic" basal cell carcinoma, according to my docs, so I am quite impressed by these results.

I am VERY fair and spent many summers from age 8-20 burning on the MA, CT & RI coast in the USA and also lived in Sydney Australia in my 20's. First skin cancers started showing up in my 30's. I have had basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and Actinic Keratoses. I have had Mohs Surgery, Excisional Surgery, Curettage and Electrodesiccation, Cryosurger and Photodynamic Therapy and also used a topical ointment (basically topical chemo). ALL have come back...yes even Mohs! The topical was the worst, for me.

Since they all have come back I really didn't want to do any of the "proper" treatments from the dermatologist anymore as they have failed me. Thank heavens for the internet. I started to do some research on natural or alternative ways to treat skin cancers. I tried organic apple cider vinegar with the mother and had good results.

Kind of hurts, cancer falls off, leaves a hole, then red mark. You can research treating skin cancers and pre-skin cancers with ACV. Best of luck and love to you all

I have been treating a large round basal carcinoma on my arm with the following procedure. It was previously dark, raised and angry looking but with this treatment has gone through several stages of flattening out, changing to red but more healthy looking. I stopped treatment and it did not progress so started up again with the following: 1. Before bedtime Saturate a small piece of cotton wool in ACV Braggs ACV with ‘the mother' is the best. Cover area with this and apply 2 bandaids like a ‘cross' to keep out oxygen. 2. Repeat every night same time. 3. Alternate with organic turmeric powder, including ACV 4. Also add 3% Hydrogen peroxide to the mix.This stung a bit but subsided. 5. Day 3 - Good result Looks like treatment is eating up the carcinoma and flattening out not so raised.. 6. Important to keep it covered once treatment is done each day. I leave it exposed for 30 mins then treat and cover. I will post again in a few days of results. I also had a basal carcinoma on my face which was cut out by surgery several years ago leaving a large scare from skin transplant. A small new mole formed (and got progressively bigger) a few months ago. I recently applied ACV and it disappeared in 2 days- completely gone! The one on my arm was very advanced, so taking longer but I do believe home treatment is working. A doctor saw it last week and told me I was a ‘fool' for doing this but I believe I will prove him wrong. Will post further results soon.

I have started using ACV and what was a bumpy clearing spot has now flattened and turned practically black. Is this normal? I wish someone would truly talk about each step theirs went through to help us newbies feel more comfortable. Lol

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Hi All -

I've had many BCC and several SCC over the last 25 years. No longer will I do excision, toxic chemo creams or MOHS all of which were recommended by my dermatologist as they always come back. Mine have come back after using ACV too after a few years.

Here are some things I have read about....food for thought... I have heard of people curing cancers by change of diet: no animal products (causes your body to be too acidic), no sugar or processed foods - just fruits, veg, nuts, seeds legumes, whole grains etc. Many stories of successful reversal of cancer via juicing (search Chris Wark, James Templeton) ...so my thought is if it works for cancer why not skin cancer? Also search Ralph Cole carrots.

I have heard great things about Curaderm BEC cream but I have not tried it. James Templeton of Templeton Wellness has interviewed a doctor who has a proprietary product he uses (only available in the USA through his traveling clinics). I have also found information online (youtube videos) regarding Petty Spurge aka Radium Weed which grows wild all in the UK, Australia and am sure must be in Europe. Many people mention Rick Simpson oil - some type of oil made from marijuana. Search Dr Tullio Simoncini out of Rome Italy who uses 7% iodine and or bicarb but there is a process/procedure that you have to follow. You can have an on line appointment with him and he gives you the procedure. (I didn't do it as I cannot get the iodine.) A few days ago I discovered an author, Ewan M Cameron, who has written a book called The Skin Cancer Miracle but I have not read it yet. Another thing I have read many people say using good quality Frankincense essential oil several times a day got rid of their skin cancers.

Also there was a study done at Sydney University where people took 500mg 2 X per day of Nicotinamide (NOT Niacin! NOT Niacinamide) and many people said it kept their BCC from coming back. If your dermatologist has not told you about it and or recommended you to take it - fire him/her and get another dermatologist who honors their hippocratic oath to do no harm. They clearly just see you as a $ sign. And call him/her out on it! New research may show sun screens which are loaded with toxic chemicals may do more harm than good and that we need some sun (work your way up to 15-20 mins per day) exposure on bare skin. It seems everyone on this post seems to be having the same issues of recurrent skin cancers.

There is a solution...what works for one may not work for another but don't ever give up....keep trying and keep researching. I hope some of this helps.

I have been treating my BCCs with ACV for about 3 years now and have learned a lot about what works best. In my experience, if you leave a soaked cotton pad on the BCC every day several times, it will go through various stages, BUT IT IS ONLY AFTER IT TURNS BLACK (OR BLOODY) THAT THE BCC IS UNDER CONTROL (dying). So you did well. Even after it turns black I normally continue the treatment for a few days longer just to make sure. BCC have an extensive root system, so I learned also to re apply ACV to the same spot after a few months and see what reacts at that time.

The information you shared illustrates what's wrong with medicine today... Instead of conveying gratitude that a natural cost effective treatment shows promise in treating bcc, you focus on your perceived intellectual corner on the market... please share "evidence" these treatments don't cure cancer, the medical community has lost its ability to "speak" the truth into existence...

She didn't self-diagnose, but she found a remedy that successfully worked for whatever she had. As dermatologist, I realize this doesn't support your livelihood, and I fully understand why you would want to discourage this, but it sure doesn't make you right. All of these remedies most definitely can and do kill cancer. The poisons that the medical industry peddles cause cancer and kill people. Becoming empowered and educated to take back your health into your own hands, and to quit falling for the lies of an industry that really only cares about protecting its profits is the best thing any one individual can do for their health and quality of life.

You are not my dermatologist. I'd fire you.

Anyone used ACV near the eye? I'm waiting for surgery to remove a BCC but started to use ACV. As I was careful to avoid my eye area, I missed half of the cancer. I have a hole ( which is now filling up with blood cells) where I was treating it. I've now stopped as I'm afraid of causing damage and therefore needing more treatment. I believe it was working though. If it wasn't so near my eye I would've continued.

I had a pimple or cyst in the middle of my nose that my GP doctor attempted to prevent from being a constant problem. It developed into what he was 99% sure was a BCC. A friend referred me to your site when I had a few days off and a week until it was to be biopsied. I decided follow Mike's detailed protocol but perhaps should have waited to more of the others because I was not prepared for the second big connected area that was apparently a sunken BCC. Unsure, I kept using the ACV when they had dried instead of stopping. Then I developed a staph infection. I went to the derm doctor appointment that way instead of with it healed. Good news is that the infection cleared easily and I did not use antibiotic prescription, but the antibiotic ointment for a couple days. Earthclinic's info on staph was helpful.

When the scab washed off I used ACV once or twice, some H2O2 a couple times but no second white scab formed, or it came of early, not sure. The indentation was kind of alarming. I began the aloe and vitamin E, alternately with coconut oil and have been doing that for several days. Depending on the light, the indentations appear to be VERY slowly healing... or not at all, but the BCC is gone. Next I may have to check Earthclinic's info on scars... hope not, but this was going to be my third BCC surgery, so I will either way for the first two.

I definitely would follow Earthclinic's protocols again, just with more understanding and confidence. Thanks Kate and Mike and all of you for your input, and those who run the site. It's a blessing!

I had basal cell skin cancer inside the top curve of my ear for over 10 years. I saw various doctors during that time and treatments did not work. Last year I was told my a new doctor that my only option now, was mohs. I saw pictures on the internet of mohs surgery and the large holes that are in need of plastic surgery.

I came upon this site and read the other reviews. I have been using ACV for 5 weeks and I believe it will be completely healed in another week. I put the vinegar on a q-tip about 10 times per day, a few nights I left it on all night. It went through a painful period, but now it has almost completely closed and is not noticeable or scarred. I am so surprised by the results, I believe the key is to keep doing it, even through the painful period, just believe it will work.

I have had a growth on my forehead near my hairline for years. I could hide it with the way my hair falls but was always conscious of it in the wind or when in the water. It started as a small bump but changed size and color a bit and was creeping down my forehead. I had another skin colored, round bump on the other side of my forehead that I couldn't hide but didn't mind so much. Then it started to get larger. So off to the web. I found this site, read all the way through and decided to try using acv. My co-workers thought I was nuts because I was self diagnosing but I figured I would try this first before going to a practitioner. I just want to say, "Thank you! " Both of my bumps are gone. It took a few weeks of regular attention but for me it worked! After the initial attack of Apple Cider Vinegar I switched to Hydrogen peroxide because it felt more gentle to my skin. I'm fair skinned, 50, female.

I had a small squamous cell skin cancer on my forearm. It was about 1 1/2 inches across and I've had it for many years. After seeing other people get Mohs surgery and the drastic results of missing skin and stitching and scarring I decided to research other methods. I came across this blog and saw that people were using Apple cider vinegar on their skin cancers.

I have been applying A C V twice a week full strength after thoroughly washing my arm to the site.

Most of the cancer is gone and in its place is a flattened red area. Only a small portion of the cancer remains. I am now applying a drop of ACV Directly to this area. I will hopefully be able to be clear of this cancer soon and will try to update the blog.

First off I'm not a doctor. Here is my story. About 5-6 years ago around 2012 I started getting a sore on my ear about 1/4" in diameter that wouldn't heal. I'm a side sleeper and it would constantly bleed on my pillow. I would put different over the counter meds on it such as Neosporin. It wouldn't heal. So I went to my GP and he did a biopsy where it came back positive for Basal Cell. I then went on the internet looking for different things to try and different posts about ACV showed up. So I decided to give it a try internally and externally (about 1 table spoon per day internally). Putting on the spot using a cotton ball I would let it set for 15-30 minutes and would apply again. I did this for about 5 times per day for a week or so. It did have a light sting to it but not unbearable. A small white circle incurred around the sore. When the scab fell off in about a week of starting ACV there was a red spot. So I went thru the process again and another scab formed and fell off. So I was cautious in touching it and drying it off after taking a shower. It looked good for a few years but it came back again this year (July 2018). I started the process again with the ACV and it took about 2 weeks of repeating the treatment. Plus after the scab fell off I put on a mixture of Aloe vera, Vitamin E, & Coconut oil. The sore has healed great right now. There is no evidence or scar. I also purchased a pillow with a hole and that works very well when sleeping on my side to protect my ear. It's been about one month now since the spot has healed and very happy with the results. Would do it again if needed. Jimmy

You can treat it naturally. The medical community makes a lot of money if you don't so it is discouraged.

Seven days ago I visited my GP to have another sun damage spot frozen off, this time from my nose. I'm 56, fair skinned, and have suffered the embarrassment of a flamboyantly sunburned nose more times than I care to recall. It was a tiny 2mm, raised lump, pinkish, bled if I knocked or rubbed it accidentally. GP looked at it with his magnification, said it was a basal cell carcinoma, couldn't be frozen, needed a biopsy, then surgical removal! ... Not impressed.

I immediately went online to find natural treatment, found this website, and was amazed by what I read.

To the pantry, to the Apple Cider Vinegar.

The biopsy was booked for the end of the month, 18 days away. I thought that maybe by then there may be some improvement.

I used a cotton bud with ACV every hour or so until bedtime, then stuck a small cotton wool pad soaked with ACV on the offending object, and held it on with a band aid. Removed it some time in the middle of the night, been on for 4 hours or so.

The first 2 applications with the cotton bud turned it blackish, and it started to scab. That was last Thursday afternoon.

I continued to repeat the exact process for the next 4 days. By then a scab had formed around the 2mm BCC, so the scab it's self was about 1cm round, with a blackish centre. The edges looked red and angry. The vinegar caused stinging, a little throbbing, none of which lasted more than 10 mins or so, totally bearable, and I'm a wimp with zero pain threshold!

On Tuesday I stopped the vinegar, thought I'd let the scab fall off, then see whats underneath. I gently rubbed an all natural vitamin E cream on the scab and surrounding area a couple of times a day.

Today is Thursday 7 days later. The scab washed off in the shower this morning. Underneath is healthy pink skin, no raised lump, just the tiniest hole where the BCC was. It's gone!!

I'm blown away. I'll keep an eye on it, but it seems to have vanished. I've cancelled the biopsy :)

Last year in August I had fabulous results from using Apple Cider Vinegar to rid myself of a small Basal Cell Carcinoma on my nose.

It's now mid February, the balmy heat of late summer at it's best. I'm delighted to report that my nose, & the rest of me, is free from all BCC.

No recurrence of of anything even slightly odd....other than my wide brim gardening hat which I wear when I go walking on sunny days!

:)

Thank you to all the people who contributed here with their useful information. I had one basal cell carcinoma removed by surgery. Following this 4 appeared on my back. The hospital said that surgery can cause more to appear. They also wanted to take biopsies in seperate procedures. Then they suggested treating them, if possible, with light therapy, activating the cancer cells. I didn't like the sound of this, so I searched for a natural remedy and found it here. I went all out applying vinegar every hour or so for about two weeks. I continued treating them (probably for far longer than necessary). I made the mistake of not applying enough moisturiser, so I do have small scars. I also treated other suspicious areas on my face and shoulder. It worked. I believe that they would respond to a far less full-blown treatment. I have another on my leg which I tried to ignore as I was tired of the regime! But that seems to respond to far less intensive treatment. I also drank the Organic Unfiltered Raw Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother (it's important to use this specific one for the treatment too, I think) mixed with water during the treatment. It's interesting to note that after patch testing I have found that I am allergic to parfum (which comes under many other names) which is in almost every toiletry and cosmetic product, not to mention cleaning products. I wonder if this has contributed to the susceptibility to these. Allergy to parfum is increasingly common because we are subjected to overwhelming amounts of it these days.

ANASTASIA,,,,,,,,, I have done all of the above. Curaderm is the only way to go unless you get spooked, then you need a good dermatologist. I can understand removing moles with ACV, but not skin cancer, which can get away from you in minute. Curaderm does not leave a scar. Your comments about insurance blow me away. When I tell heart folks about EDTA Chelation, that is the first thing they say....... will my insurance cover it? HELL NO. For Ozone?..... will my insurance cover it? HELL NO. How about Hormone Modulation? .... HELL NO. Are you interested in your health or whether your insurance will cover the cost or not. Dang, pick up roadside cans if you are that hard up. Most all could use the exercise of walking in the first place. For my plain speak, I am just barely tolerated on this site.

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AMEN! I had traumatic Moh's surgery (was recalled 6 times) eleven years ago that left an ugly scar above my lip after plastic surgery to sew up a hole the size of a dime. I was scared into doing this treatment as quickly as possible even though it was a basal cell carcinoma that most likely wouldn't spread and I regret it now. About a year ago I had a recurrence at the same site, along the scar! I saw a different dermatologist than before, and he told me that this scenario is quite common. UnBelIEVable.

After stressing out about having to have Moh's surgery again - which was not fun and took quite a long time to heal - I found Earthclinic and immediately started using ACV on the site. After a couple of days, a few pin-holes opened up next to the area I applied it to and eventually a little white stuff came out with a little applied pressure, after which the holes filled in and completely healed so that you would never know there was a recurrence.

My derm (who is young and fairly hip) was amazed, but felt he had to 'officially' continue to recommend Moh's surgery, just to cover his ass. Repeated visits have confirmed no recurrence. MY question is, why aren't these 'Dr.'s' running through the streets shouting "we have the cure for cancer! " -at least skin cancer : )

Since using ACV as I wrote EC before, in an attempt not to bite the hurry hook again, and to get input from my doctors, I kept Derm doctor appointment, let him do a biopsy on my nose's original BCC scar, and started using a zinc based sunscreen during the day, healing aloe and Vit. E at night, or coconut oil just at night. The biopsy showed the BCC still there and we scheduled a MOHS surgery and the Derm doctor said I would probably need plastic surgery. I have several mild scars from the apparent other BCCs that the ACV unearthed, and one that sort of snakes up my nose. It showed up after one application of H2O2, just for cleaning once during the process. The Derm doctor denied that ACV could remove a BCC and the next day, after prayer and scriptures about the world's wisdom being foolish, I decided I would not do MOHS. I am getting a second opinion from my original GP who saw the original 1/8 inch mole. Medicare coverage of plastic surgery is something to ask about also. My thought is to let my body and my Lord heal my nose. Both are able and willing and since having someone with the gift of healing pray for me I am finding freedom from things I used to think about my health and slowly beginning to eat the healing foods I seemed unable to eat before. Things are not what they seem. In praying about whether to write this follow-up, I remembered the Proverb that lots of counsel is good, so if anyone has any advice, I am listening...

HI U DEBBIE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, think long and hard before you use black salve on your nose for a basal cell cancer. It will leave you severely scarred. Instead consider Curaderm. Http://www.curaderm.net

I have used it twice to cure my skin cancer. It leaves no scaring as black salve does. Yes, black salve works, but you will be scarred.

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Hello Margeaux!

I am so sorry I have taken so long to get back to this thread to report my progress with the BCC on my cheek. I am happy to be able to respond that the BCC I treated with the Baking Soda has not returned to date. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it never will. The spot where it was is somewhat rough but seems to be getting better with time. It has not opened up and has stayed completely closed. It is still slightly pinkish where it was but that also seems to be improving. I have been very careful when I wash my face not to scrub too hard on the area where it was. I did use a homemade sugar scrub on my face a couple of days ago to exfoliate and it doesn't seem to have had any affect on it, which I am also happy to report.

I recently saw my Primary Care Physician and told her about how I had made my BCC go away with the Baking Soda. She seemed unimpressed and uninterested and told me to keep a watch on it. How surprising! They really don't want us to be able to cure ourselves do they? I'm very put out with my doctor at the moment. I think I'm getting more and more put out with all of them. They seem to want us to be sick. Always looking for things wrong with us even when we have no symptoms. I have lost all faith in doctors, while I am hopeful there might be a few good ones left...maybe.

I'm sorry to hear that you are still having to deal with the BCC over your lip and hope that maybe by now you might have had more success. Again I apologize very much for the late reply.

To reiterate what I did with my BCC, for others who may read this, I started off with a BCC on my left cheek that evolved into a gaping wound that would bleed and never heal over. It was about the size of half a green pea when I began treatment. I used a mixture of Baking Soda and Coconut Oil (half and half) that I applied to the affected area 3 times daily for approximately one and one half week. It reacted quite angrily to the treatment and became quite red and irritated and stung quite a bit. During that time it went through several changes, one of which was that it seemed to ooze out something that resembled a core of sorts with a string like tail on it, which I think might have been a root or whatever they call those tentacles that BCCs have. When I discontinued the Baking Soda and Coconut Oil I applied Polysporin Antibiotic Ointment to keep it from getting infected. It did scab up and I was careful not to pull it off. It took about a week for the scab to completely fall off with me gently washing my face daily with Neutrogena Sensitive skin facial wash.

So now this is where I am at. I hope it doesn't come back. If it does I will order Curaderm and use that as Robert recommended. I am praying it doesn't come back.

Margeaux, I pray your BCC has gone away and that whatever treatment you are currently using is working for you. I know we can heal ourselves. It is certainly worth a try. Anything is better than surgery.

Love and God Bless,

Anastasia

Hi Debbie.

Reading your initial note, the BCC is located on the bridge of your nose, where the skin-covering is very thin. Cutting out a BCC from the bridge would result in an actual hole revealing your nasal cavity. This is the likely reason your dermatologist mentioned plastic surgery. (Skin from the side of the nose would be stretched and tugged over the hole then stitched.) As Patricia writes, bloodroot pastes are certainly effective at destroying BCC, SCC and other cancerous growths on or near the surface of the body; but in your particular situation, using such means on the nose-bridge would likely create a hole showing the nasal cavity beneath.

I would recommend you instead use a tiny drop of the sap from a plant called Petty Spurge, native to Australia (though now growing in many countries, including the US). You will likely need to obtain the seeds to grow it yourself (Ebay). Wait a week until the scab falls off, then determine if you wish more skin removed. Google has become a political tool so I'll recommend you 'Bing' this little plant and read all you can.

Reiterating, the nose is a thin sheath of skin covering your nasal cavity. Go slow when attempting to remove BCC's and SCC's from thereon.

We use Apple Cider Vinger every day for the last 10 years for everything. I had a biopsy done on my nose 5 weeks ago. They said their was a lot of basal cells and want to cut it all out. I said no. So I did my Vinegar and 4 week later I think it is all gone. I feel great and look good now. Thanks to Apple Cider Vinger

Hi again Margeaux...to continue,

Here is exactly what I did:

1 Mixed 1 part to 1 part Baking Soda (Armored Hammer) and
Pure unrefined Virgin Coconut Oil. I mixed it in a very small jar with a lid that held enough to last through the treatment. I made it into a paste much like toothpaste only maybe not quite so thick at first as the coconut oil tends to harden and each time I would have to rub the concoction with my finger to soften it up before applying. Heat works too but I found the friction from my fingers worked just fine.

2. I washed the area first with Ultra Gentle daily cleanser by Neutrogenia. At first I used only my fingers gently so as not to irritate or cause the BCC scab to bleed or become irritated any more than it already was.

3. I used my finger to liberally apply the salve to the spot and around it a bit so that it would be well covered. I then applied a small round bandaid to keep it from sliding down my cheek. I did this twice a day and at bedtime for the first week. Each time I would gently wash away the excess salve, which would become dry and somewhat crusty.

It did sting and sometimes throbbed. When the tentacle came out (I suppose that is what that was) it was whitish in color and thin in diameter. About the size of a thin string. That's the only way I know to describe it. It wasn't very long. There may have been more that came out and I didn't see them because they could have come out as I was washing the area.

4. After the second week I felt I could see improvement in that it was actually doing something and I felt that something was drawing out the cancer. It swelled up and looked yellowish and somewhat pussy. Sorry to be so gross but I know no other way to describe it. The unaffected skin around it where I had overlapped it was very extremely irritated and inflamed. It turned very red almost like a sunburn. I was worried that I had burned my skin and that caused me concern. But in my research I had read that this can be normal and that baking soda will not harm your skin, it is in fact very good for your skin. I continued to apply the baking soda/coconut salve two times daily and for one day I applied ACV as well but then I stopped because it didn't make sense to me to put something that is acidic on my skin when I was purposefully using an alkaline product to kill the cancer. So I stopped after using it one time.

5. Week 3 - I began to use a soft wash cloth to cleanse the spot on my cheek and the area immediately around it because it was very crusty and my fingers just didn't do the trick. I was still careful not to 'scrub' the spot where the cancer was. It was sore and slightly painful and would still sting when I applied the salve. I began to apply Polysporin at night only after my bedtime cleaning. Then one night I noticed it had a yellowish brown thin scabby looking something on it and I was careful not to rub on it too hard for fear it would bleed. I got depressed about this time and began to wonder if I was doing the right thing. That Robert guy who responded to my post didn't help me anyway when he said that Curaderm is the only thing that works. I know that isn't right because I have used Aldara and I know it works. Curaderm is made from eggplant and so it is a home remedy as well. And is very expensive. The cost isn't why I'm not using it however. It's because I have read testimonials from many people that baking soda/coconut oil salve does work. Baking soda is almost a 'wonder product' it is good for so many things. It is also used in the medical profession. Cancer patients who undergo radiation and chemo are given baking soda. Did you know that? My friend, whose husband is a doctor recently told me that. I hadn't heard it before.

6. I have stopped putting the baking soda mixture on for now to see what happens. As I said in my first response to you it is looking like it's gone and is in the healing process. This is right on my cheek and I'm so tired of it looking horrible I am praying this has gotten it. My hubby looked at it again tonight and he was amazed. He thinks I got it. It is a small flat place where the cancer was and it looks like it is not going to leave a scar and if it does it will be very minimal. It's slightly pink now. Not red and bleeding and scabby like it was when I had the cancer there. I'm still applying the Polysporin. It is supposed to be better than Neosporin because it helps to not scar. This is what a dermatologist told me when I had my first BCC removed.

So that's what I am doing and where I am now with my BCC. I am not depressed over it any longer because I feel it has done the trick. Now just waiting for it to completely heal. Then, if it does I will know for sure that I got it. If it should return I will do the treatment again.

I will keep you updated because I want to share my experience with you in the hopes it will help you as well.

Cheers and God Bless,
Anastasia

Debbie,

I removed a basal cell carcinoma with Cansema back in 2001. It has not come back. The dermatologist was one of the top ten in the country and he said it was still there after Cansema removed it. I said how can we find out? Do a biopsy? he said no. I said "what?" He said we have to do 4. He did 4 and all 4 came back negative for tumors.

His price 15,000 plus. Cansema under 50. I was afraid and what convinced me to use it was one particular testimonial where a man from Australia showed pictures of removing a cancer from his tongue. Those old testimonials are available on the waybackmachine.

They help to know what to expect should happen. I don't know if it is still available in this country. Google it.

Apple Cider Vinegar on moles

I first tried the ACV on my arm as I had a large brown freckle that was growing darker and becoming slightly raised. I did a few sessions of covering it with some ACV on a bit of cotton wool and covering it with a band aid. It got red and sore and scabbed up. I left it for a while and then repeated the process and the next time it became very dark and scabbed up again. Once the scab came off it was normal skin underneath. It was slightly pink but I then would just dab a bit on after each shower until it completely disappeared. You wouldn't even know it had been there. I also have a small spot by my nose that comes up every 6-12 months, so I dab a bit on for a week or so and it disappears. I now have one funny sore that has come up on my leg about March this year. I thought it was just an ingrown hair, but it doesn't seem to want to go away and can be very sore and bleed. I think it's a BCC so I'm hoping and praying the process will work on this. I am going to start ingesting ACV everyday as well. Will follow up on how it goes. I've been treating my leg this last week for 2 days then gave it a break for 4 days and the sore has gotten smaller but my leg has felt quite achy. I am going to go hard out now for the next week using it every day and see how it goes. I am scared to go to the doctor as I've heard how having surgery can make them spread. I have a lot of moles I want to focus on in 2024 and see how many I can shrink!! Wish me luck:)

First off, I was never officially diagnosed with BCC, so I'm not 100% sure this is what I'm treating, but from all the pictures and descriptions I've studied online, it appears so. Very confident in the Apple Cider Vinegar, you can also use white distilled vinegar, but I suspect it may be weaker.

I am about 3 weeks into my treatment and the scabs have still not healed, but I am finally feeling better today after 2 weeks of feeling kinda ill. I started applying Hydrogen Peroxide to the suspected area and it seemed like it was working slowly, so I decided to try the Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) method, and it works much faster imo. From my experience you have to hit each area with a cotton pad soaked in ACV for 1 - 1.5 hours per session. It will sting, but that means it's working, I believe. The easiest way is to shave your head bald, this way you can see if you have any other spots. But some spots are invisible, so take a wash rag and soak it in the ACV. Cover your bald head with the rag and apply pressure evenly over scalp. After soaking your scalp 5-10 minutes you will see white spots appear where you need to focus on, so take note of these areas. It wasnt until after treating my first spot that I discovered a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th spot because the vinegar had leaked down and help expose those spots. Now soak each area 1 - 1.5 hours daily for 3-5 days. You will have to power thru the stinging, but that means it is working. When they turn dark brown/black is when you know it is working. You can stop and let them heal a while, but you will probably need to hit them again after a couple - few weeks of healing.

Things that will make it WORSE: Poor diet = sugar, corn syrup, processed foods, carbs, flour, saturated fats (unhealthy meats) STAY AWAY FROM THESE THINGS. I would also stay away from alcohol, cigarettes and any other bad habits for the time being.

Things that will help - Vitamin C, Hot Baths, Good Foods = organic Cruciferous veggies & leafy Greens. walnuts, Almonds, Lemons, Wild Fish(Salmon)

My diet is basically Vegetables, Almonds, Walnuts, Lemon Juice, Lemon rhinds, green tea & distilled water. I had a fruit smoothie today, and it didnt make me feel bad for once. Stay away from breads carbs & sweets and coffee, as coffee lowers Vitamin C levels.. Fruit may be borderline as it contains sugars. Don't buy vitamin C from store (its not real vitamin C), save your citrus peels dry them using only the light bulb from inside your oven (this will dry them out but not be hot as Heat destroys Vitamin C), and grind them up using a food processor to make REAL vitamin C capsules.

Vitamin D? This is the controversial part as some people say you need it, some people say the Vitamin D capsules you buy from store are rat poison. Get your Vitamin D from sunlight? Did the sunlight cause the BCC? So I don't know, it could be some other environmental toxin or possibly Alcohol related that causes BCC.

Today is day 21 of my "treatment" and I have a lymph node that is swollen. Not sure if this is a result of the treatment or something else, but hot showers seem to make swelling go down. I jog 2 miles every morning as exercise gets the lymph juices circulating. I ate a hamburger the other night and felt like crap the next day. Not sure if it was from the meal or just that my body is fighting infection, but I've been eating better since, and I am feeling much better today.

ANASTASIA,,,,,,, yep, one was done be my natural doctor who is a Surgeon. He sent the sample off and the pathologist said he got it all. BS, as it came back and soon was as large as initially. I then treated my self with Curaderm and got it all. I have used two different Dermatologist and their lab checked it immediately and they kept cutting until it was clear.

My DNA is a mixed bag but basically Scot-Irish with a little Native American thrown in so I tan, but not well. I was also a life guard and played tournament and college tennis, thus my skin has been through the wringer. Gardening a lifetime has not helped. Anyway to get to my point. For pre cancerous stuff I use 5% Fluorouracil and it has done a good job over the years. It will actually take years off your appearance. If I catch a cancer early then I use Curaderm and if not, I use a Dermatologist. No way would I ever use a doctor that has to send the sample off. That was dumb on my part the first time. I recently treated a cancer on my shoulder and when gone, had my dermatologist check it. There was no cancer there.

What has me spooked is that my entire scalp under my hair is pre-cancerous. You can tell by the little bumps. My dermatologist says the Fluorouracil will get it, but I think I need to shave my head and may do that this winter.

Oh yeah, if the area is not a cancer then Curaderm will not cause it to form a scab. So it was not a Carcinoma. Curaderm will not address Melanoma. If I get Melanoma then I will find and go to the best in the world. Too many friends and kin that have bit the bullet after being treated by the so called best in Houston, Tx. They need to take down their shingle.

Excuse my usual rant, but as you can see....I've been down this trail a number of times. I also have internal cancer that I have been treating for a number of years. I go this Sept for my DNA test to tell me how I'm doing. Also, I appreciate your good attitude. You have to be a confident person.

====ORH====

That's just not true..you can cure bcc and I have with a selection of things..I suggest you re-educate yourself :-) There really is no reason for anyone not to have this knowledge!

Apple Cider Vinegar for BCC

I've used this by my eye (and additional areas on my face), and it became blackened, pitted, itchy, and sensitive. It worked for me and yes it was scary because it's against everything we've been taught to do. Not to mention, how or who do we explain this to if all goes wrong?! I did get headaches and random pains, but I would use this treatment again!!! It's been 6 years and you can't tell there was anything there. No scar or mark at all.

I'm currently using it on my upper shoulder for a spot that was “missed” back when I had it surgically removed. This one is pretty deep, but I'm very positive it'll work. The best advice I can give, is to not stop treatment. In the beginning, I stopped after becoming nervous, and the stupid cancer grew back bigger and more stubborn.

Hi Tia,

it kills it, but because the root system of BCC is so big, I believe it is hard to be sure you really get 100%. In some spots, I know I effectively killed it for good, in others I sometimes wait till another 'tendril' of the BCC finds its way to the surface or near it and then I apply ACV again to it. There are some spots that are easier to kill than others.

I have been using these ideas for about 8 months. I had an infection I believe from shaving over 2 years ago, that with chronic inflammation for months turned into basal cell. The size is now way smaller and seems to be ready to heal up totally. My additional treatment to this idea was vitamin C tab mixed with baking soda and multivitamin mixed with a little water. It has been frustrating, as twice I stopped treating thinking it was a normal scab and healed, but when the scab fell off it was still there. I have been using baking soda with water or coconut oil. Hydrogen peroxide, Apple cider vinegar. Sometimes taking a couple days off when it got too red and inflamed and using flax oil and aloe. It is way smaller and seems to be just about licked.

I tried ACV for about 2 weeks on a dry spot on my face that I know was BCC. It surfaced after a day of golfing and I forgot sunscreen :(. It was a small scabbed up dry skin patch like the other BCC I had surgically removed.

After two weeks of using it about 3 times a day, the spot cleared up and the skin returned to normal pinkish color. It did sting, and bled some as it healed and it kept drying, scabbing, and then peeling/flaking off and then at maybe two weeks it cleared up.

I was concerned enough to schedule a Dermatologist appointment before starting ACV, and kept the appointment and they did not even discern the spot even though I pointed it out to them. I did not tell them I used ACV though but that I had noticed dry skin there.

Not sure how it worked but it seemed to clear it up for me. Not scientific I know but I certainly will wear more sunscreen and consider myself thankful that I found this page.

All the best and wanted to share.

Thank you Kate! It's so rare that someone will come back and report success a long time after the treatment. Very useful!

Hi Robert,

I wondered how you were doing. I get a kick out of your rants actually. I'm so glad you don't hold anything back. LOL Your history sounds a lot like mine when it comes to sun exposure or over exposure that is. I was a tow headed little blonde who spent her growing up years on the beach getting burned and then tan. I was on the swim team, the tennis team and the sailing team. I also rode in rodeos as I grew up on a ranch and broke and trained my own horses, put out round bales of hay for the cows and fixed many a mile of fence. Did I mention I hate barbed wire? I also fished on the stock ponds on the ranch and more sun. I guess I've earned my skin cancer you could say. Earned or deserved. One or the other or both. :)
You think you might have precancerous cells on your scalp. Wow! I hope that isn't the case and if so I hope you can head it off with preventative measures. What is this stuff you call 5% Fluorouracil? I've never heard of it before. I guess I will google it so that I am more educated.

I appreciate your response about the treatments you have had for your BCC and I am VERY DEEPLY sorry to hear that you also have internal cancer and wish you the very very best. :(

I'm not surprised that your other cancer came back after surgery as I have heard this can happen and know others it has happened to as well. I just hope I don'g have that happen on my skin graft on the bridge of my nose. I don't think I could go through that again.

I was specifically interested in knowing if you had tried any of these home remedies like the one I'm using now. The Baking Soda/Coconut Oil one. I'm having success with it....I think...I hope! I didn't know that Curaderm was made from Eggplant until after you recommended it and so I did some research. Like I said I will probably order it and if this doesn't work for me I'm going to use it or Aldara because I can't stand having this on my face. It is so depressing.

Yesterday was the first day I felt really good about what I was doing and felt I was being successful. Today is even better. I'm thinking it is definitely working.

Thanks again for your responses and valuable input. I do appreciate it very much.

Cheers,

Anastasia

No, Margeaux, plain surgery which I was assured would take just a short while and would leave minimal scarring. Well, that "butcher" took 3/4 of an hour and left me an impressive Frankenstein scar in middle of my forehead! At least he assured me that "they got it all out". It was malignant, he said.

The scar HAS lightened up after a year, and I tell m'self it makes me look like a toughy!

I hope never to need to go down that road again, as ORH would say. I wonder where he is.

Nadia,

I can smell the fear in your words. It is very terrifying I know. In fact as I write this I can get in touch with it. Waiting for the biopsies to come back, I was afraid to answer the phone. I thought what if the doctor was r ight that it was still there. So I didn't answer the phone at day seven. It wasn't until day 10 when there were no messages from the doctor's office that I felt it was safe to call and see if the biopsies came back.

In 2001 my family badgered me to death to go see a doctor for this dime sized thing on my forehead over my left eye that would not go away. I don't go to doctors but relented and he told me after a biopsy that it was basal cell carcinoma and it would be 15,000 plus to surgically remove it. I searched the internet and found www.altcancer.com a product called Cansema. 49$ I was nervous as all get out and since this site had soooooo many testimonials for skin cancer- the one from Australia that used it on the side of his tongue with photos I believe convinced me it worked.

Worked it did. I have 4 biopsy reports to confirm that it was gone. The only problem is there is a scar which I believe was from the 4 biopsies because they were elongated and spread out the size of a quarter.

The dermatologist when he looked at what I came back to him with after not having surgery and he hautily said, "It's still there." I said how do you prove it is gone, a biopsy? He said "NO". Four of them.

The instructions say to get a prescription from a doctor for the pain the first 24 or was it 8 hours. I opted for an over the counter pain med because I didn't have a doctor. After the first day there was absolutely no pain at all. I documented every day with photos and the result was that a dime sized checker raised out of the sea (skin). It was amazing to watch this stuff work. I began august 10 and had to re apply it to be sure that it was working. I believe I went back to the doctor October some time.

Once this stuff begins to work it is like being pregnant. it doesn't stop. I would never have believe how it works if I didn't experience it for myself.

God be with you and help you to keep your fear down.

Patricia

Hi Margeaux,

I am so happy that you responded and are still following this thread. I was very much hoping to collaborate with someone who is going through the same thing I am and what treatments you are trying and what is working for you, etc.

It is very concerning that your Derm has found a new BCC on your lip and your description and his diagnosis of MOHs and how it would leave horrible scarring is certainly enough to cause alarm. As you know I am no doctor, but I have had experience with a lot of different treatments as I outlined in my original post. Here is what I would recommend to you because I know for certain that it works and is FDA approved and is available through prescription: Aldara

Have you heard of it? It definitely works and does not leave any scarring at all. It only takes about two to three weeks to completely cure and heal. It does scab up and can be somewhat painful, but not what I would call brutal by any means. When the scab comes off the skin where the cancer was is as smooth as a baby's butt and you would never know there was anything there. My skin on my cheek did lose some pigment but my derm told be I was over zealous in applying the med. I did get confused about it. It takes only a small teeny bit to work. If I were you I would ask my Derm about it. If it were any place but on your lip, which is a difficult place to perform surgery, I would say try one of these home remedies because they can and often do work. Still, it is a gamble and one I don't think you should take.

As for the BCC I am treating on my cheek I am happy to result it is looking much better and I feel that in one week or even less it may not even be noticeable that it was ever there. I was amazed at what a difference just a couple of days made.

Now I am going to your other comment to me to respond and tell you just exactly what I did and how I did it.

Thank you so much for your response and I am going to keep you in my thoughts and prayers for a good outcome and speedy recovery.

Cheers,

Anastasia

Anastasia, WOW!!! That's super great news! Quite interesting also what these natural remedies can do. Sure they take some time, and persistence on our parts, and as Robert Henry has said, reading, reading and reading again. But if we take our faith and courage into our own hands, instead of running off and becoming intimidated by the doctors, or our family members who only think allophathy has all the answers!! Anyway, so it looked bad before it got better? O.K., this is interesting even at an investigative level of checking what different products, and which ones are say antiseptic, antibacterial, or can prevent scars, like the Polysporin.

Many years ago I got a 3'd degree burn on my leg right in the front, calf level. It was bad, did it with hot oil, it was a rather big area. Faced with the fact that I was camping, in a foreign country on an island and that I would have to travel by taxi to the nearest medical facility, WOW, now that I think back that was scary. Thank the cosmos I had some friends there who knew what to do and help me. Anyway, we treated this burn with only iodine every day for several days, probably about 3 weeks. You can't imagine the trouble I had to take just to cover up this leg living on a campground. It was scary for sure, just the thought of infection. But then I was younger at that time, so you know when one is younger, somehow we think just everything is possible. But never the less, I went to great pains keeping the burn clean and covered. Basically I treated it too, out of dire necessity. I really didn't have the extra money to go to a medical facility either.

Do you know that after those treatments with nothing but iodine, just pouring each day over the burn, it started to heal and generate new skin? I was concerned about the scarring. There were fresh papayas being grown in nearby fields. When it was safe to do so, I applied fresh papaya. That is great for scarring. It honestly, I can say did not leave a scar whatsoever. That burn was nasty too, I'm positive had I not done that, it would have definitely scarred. I'm using that experience as my motivator over here. Oh I so understand the fact that you just want this gone, so do I. Right now.....this week I'm attending a social event. I was running around looking for those round bandaids, which for some reason I just couldn't find to cover up my BCC. I feel self conscious about the way it looks, since after the biopsy I have to contend with a pit of sorts where the derm took his damn sample!!! HAAH!! I kind of have to make some jokes about it, just to keep my spirits up. Do you know that some of these bandaid companies don't seem to make the round bandaids? IDK, Guess one has to special order those. Then I did found some round ones for kids, but guess what??? There yellow emojis, then there's some in a heart shape. HAAH! When I'm at home, really doesn't matter what bandaid I use, while I'm doing the treatments. I may just buy those heart shaped ones, just for fun??

O.K., Anastasia, we just have to keep doing what we're doing. After this social event I'm going to apply some iodine. I just didn't want to do it now, because iodine takes several days for the staining to disappear, but it's amazing for new skin regeneration so probably is good for scar prevention also. I have another remedy that I didn't use, and will probably write about it later. I'm doing some meditations for our healing, because I really feel that we have to believe it's going to happen for us. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, My friend! Much Love & Light, Margeaux

Margeaux Hello!

That's all so interesting about your BCC and the reactions to leaving it alone a few days and how you pull the bandaid off and see some fiber looking things, etc. I'm not surprised that the ACV makes it flare up a bit. I actually decided not to use the ACV because I feared it would do exactly that. I'm glad I didn't. That's not the only reason, however. I decided that I wanted to know for sure what made it go away if indeed it does. And so I decided to stick with only the baking soda/ coconut oil mix applied 3 times daily for three weeks and then polysporin at night. I actually have switched from polysporin to Bacitracin as that's what my doctor had me use when I had the skin graft on my nose and I had some left so I am using that now instead.

Margeaux...I am excited to report that it is looking very much better and has stopped bleeding when I wash it (still being gentle) and is very very small now with only a slight scab on it. I am almost afraid to say I think it has worked but I'm feeling much more optimistic the last couple of days and especially today. I wanted to make sure I knew what worked and if it was the baking soda/coconut oil. So that's all I have used.

I only used the bandaids for about a week during the most angry phase when it was coming out and oozing strange stuff. lol I do think it was drawing out the cancer.

I'm so sorry to hear your dad had colon cancer. I think doctors look for things. I refuse to have colonoscopies and mammograms. I will never ever have chemo or radiation. I think that's what kills you. Sorry if my choice of words here makes you feel bad. I'm very sorry about your dad.

I think they (allopathic doctors) could take any healthy person off the street and find something wrong with them if they look hard enough. I have become so cynical.

Well, that's my update. Looking good. Looking so much better. I will be so happy when this little scab finally comes off and it heals over completely....if it does. I'll update again tomorrow.

Thanks so much for sharing. I am still wondering why you are using iodine on your BCC. I know it helped your burn but these BCCs are a fungus so they probably respond differently. But if it has worked on others it's worth a try. I will be anxious to hear the results.

All the best to you dear friend. Cheers and God Bless!

Anastasia

Eggplant and white vinegar. Google eggplant and vinegar for skin cancer. All you do is chop up eggplant, put it in a glass jar, cover it with white vinegar. Put it in the fridge. Shake it each time you go into fridge. After 3 days the vinegar should turn a brown color like ACV. When it changes color it's ready to use. Soak a cotton ball with the vinegar solution and saturate the BCC. You can also tape a saturated cotton ball over it and leave it on overnight. Mine only took 3 days to scab over and heal completely but it was small and fairly new. Scab fell off in shower and I had no scar. Don't know if it works for everybody but I'm a believer.

Dear sirs

Subject: Natural cure of basalioma or basal cell carcinoma. The products that can be used are, inter alia, Apple Cider Vinegar, Hydrogen Peroxide, Iodine, Milk Thistle. I need to know, if we should use only one of these at a time, during a period of treatment of a week or more, or, if we can use several of them simultaneously, ie, mixed or combined directly after each other at the moment of application, or, intermittently, ie, one of them one day and another of them another day.

This seems to be an important question. In advance, thank you for your understanding. Sincerely yours Erik

HI U PATRICIA,,,,,,,,, Your post hit home as now all countries follow the USA's deal of " SOCK IT TO YOU BABY ".

Here is the site that you can buy it from the main man himself, Bill Cham. It comes from England as I have repeated a jullion times.

http://www.curadermbec5.com

Now,,,,, next time I post something, how 'bout giving me a love.

I wish you well. =====ORH====

Hello, I started using apple cider vinagar 4 weeks ago on 3 spots on my legs. They are sooooo very painful, they sting all day long, I am also very tired. They have changed in size and the top is now turning white. How long before the pain and stinging stop and they start to heal?

I have bruises on my legs from the bandages!

Thank you, I was hoping they would be healed by now!

Your doctor is using the psychological strategy of calling you a fool to discourage you from using safe and effective techniques to cure because they prefer you to see them so that they can get paid for using surgery etc, (and med school inputs pharma inputs and says alternatives don't work, and hence he formed that belief without investigating alternative treatments) and as you have seen when surgery is used a scar formed, also it is probably easy to accidentally miss some of it when cutting it out and so it returns and then u return to add further to doctors pay packet. I have removed skin lesions multiple times using ACV. The red raised skin tag can be removed by placing dental tape around them and tieing them so they cut off circulation to the lesion. that technique is more painful and risky though.

I recently cut my finger with pruning clippers and its formed into a raised lesion half cm diam, erythematous circumference, opaque looking border and flat on the surface with a few nodular looking circles on the surface. I applied Apple Cider Vinegar and it swelled and white spike coming up in the center, then applied eucalptus oil and now Apple Cider Vinegar again. I applied aloe vera as well. I was going to apply different agents (acv, aloe, turmeric, eucalyptus etc) to use the natural compounds to stimulate the body to heal itself, though I feel now I will just stick to let Apple Cider Vinegar eat away at it, as this technique has worked well in the past. pathophysiology mechanism is the Apple Cider Vinegar eats away at it slowly like macrophage/chemical dissolving and also soaks into it where the mother bacteria and other natural compounds of apple can do their work (unknown what they do as I haven't read research on it).

If this doesn't work, I will try the h202 and curcumin (turmeric) and read others commenting about results from those. Thank you to those that share their experiences to build up a library of treatments based on results.

I drink apple cider vinegar w/the mother for my stomach but I certainly will try it on my arm as I have suspicious spots. I just had a dime sized BCC removed at the front base of my neck. I'm concerned after reading that surgery can make more appear? Why would that be?

I have been reading lately that it's sunscreens, not the sun, that causes skin cancers. There are ingredients that are not good for us in almost every product we use it seems. Also in our environment. We need answers to a lot of these questions. Best wishes.

I think you just have to make sure you continue the treatment until the spot turns black or bloody. Only then have you killed it

I have had a number of BCCs surgically removed as well as a malignant melanoma and last year a BCC appeared on my nose. I googled a natural treatment as I didn't want a scar on my face (vain I know) and I found apple cider vinegar was great it definitely ‘removes' the BCC. However, mine does keep coming back every 3 months or so, so I just treat it again until it goes. This for me is far better than surgery.

Hi Margeaux~

Thank you for your last 2 replies. It helps to know there's someone else out there who understands! I finally did open up to my sister. She was actually the one who originally got me into clean eating, but she can still be a bit more traditional with doctors. Before I told her, I made her promise to not freak out - or tell our mother. Anyway, she was very supportive and did some research -- she's newly into essential oils. She also fosters a dog who suffers from seizures and has been giving him CBD oil in his food. Since she started, his seizures have been happening less often and are less severe. I researched using CBD oil topically, but didn't find very much. Anyway, my sister gave me some Frankincense oil and I've been using that in addition to the ACV and baking soda/coconut oil paste. It doesn't sting like the baking soda does, and the spots seem to be a little better. I also just starting drinking ACV and raw honey mixed in water first thing in the morning. This is supposed to help with a variety of issues from the inside. The other thing I'm considering is getting a thermal image of the area. It's used in other countries to detect skin cancer, but has not been approved here by the FDA. Not a surprise. I would be very grateful to have you include me in your meditation. That's very sweet of you. I will pray for your healing as well.

~Rose

Hi Christine, Yes, this is normal. The first couple days, (several weeks ago) I applied ACV it became red, irritated looking and sore. At that time, I wasn't as persistent applying the ACV, since I was days away from a biopsy. After the biopsy I was nervous to apply once more, since now the derm had opened my BCC, and well now that ACV was really going to sting, and it did. Once more it became irritated, etc. But I became more persistent and I'm still doing it. Don't fret though, this will calm down. The other thing I can offer since I tried it, is apply something soothing. Now I've been alternating the ACV. So I'll leave that on for something like 30 mins., or until the cotton has dried of the ACV. After that I apply coconut oil. Coconut oil is anti-bacterial. My experience has been that even using the coconut oil, I feel the sting just a bit. But apparently both ACV & coconut oil have the ability to get down to the BCC and draw it out. Particularly this is what the coconut oil has been doing for me. It is also soothing, since it is an oil. I've also added in fresh Aloe. I have a big one in my garden. So I've taken a leaf, cut it open, and apply the gel and gooey stuff. That is super soothing. The trick is to keep it moist with something like the Aloe, or coconut oil, or some other similar gel/oil. Also, after I'd experienced enough of that intense soreness from ACV, I gave that a rest for a few days. One more point, if you get it wet with water, like in the shower, or washing your face, make sure you apply something moisturizing, which would be the Aloe/coconut oil, even some people use vitamin e. When I've taken a shower, and it invariably gets wet, if I don't apply moisturizing......the drying part starts tugging the BCC, then that really hurts. Anyway, just want to share anything that's helped me, so it can be of help to you.

Happy Healing & Just Keep Doing It! Margeaux

Hello. I wonder if anyone is still checking for comments on this thread as I am in the process of self treating a BCC on my cheek. I would like to share my experiences, as I have had several, in treating this horrible affliction.

To begin with I am fair skinned, grew up on the beach in Texas, and suffered many a sunburn in my lifetime. Also, in my teen years I had acne and my mother took me to a dermatologist who gave me radiation treatments. Bad idea. It cleared up the acne but they have discontinued that treatment since it has caused many patients to develop skin cancer years later. I was one of the unlucky ones.

My first skin cancer I knew of was in 2000 and a dermatologist biopsied it and diagnosed it as BCC. She removed us using a technique known as MOH's Surgery (so she said) and the result was a scar on my right cheek which was upsetting to me because we women are so sensitive about our looks and especially our faces. The scar has become less visible over the years but is still there.

The next time I experienced a couple of little places on my face I went to a dermatologist who biopsied them, a horrid procedure, and diagnosed them as SCC and BCC. She recommended MOH's surgery and scheduled me an appointment with a doctor who specialized in that type of surgery. During our appointment I asked him about what kind of scar it would leave. He looked at me like that was a dumb question and said "Are you concerned about scarring?" I walked out never to return. I knew that I didn't want any doctor who didn't know that anyone, especially a woman, would be concerned about scarring. He scared me. So I went to a different dermatologist other than the first one. This one told me there was a new product on the market called Aldara. She said it was highly effective in killing the cancer and that it didn't affect the skin around and didn't leave scarring. The tube was expensive. I had some pre-cancerous spots as well and she told me to put it on all of them. It created great big scabs on my face that looked absolutely horrible. I used the product for about two to three weeks as I recall. (This was over ten years ago) It was an agonizing experience because it was painful and horrible looking. I remember not even being able to sleep at night. I learned later that this is a form of Chemo and that many patients who use it have side effects that last a very long time if not forever. In my case, after the dark and ugly scabs finally went away it left a light pink perfect skin underneath with NO scarring whatsoever. It did remove some of the pigment from my skin and as a result I need to wear makeup to even it out. But it was better than surgery. Much better, other than the painful experience I incurred using it.

After that, about five years ago I had a small spot develop on the bridge of my nose. It was very tiny but suspicious looking because it would bleed easily and didn't want to heal. I went to a new dermatologist since the last one didn't take my insurance any longer and she biopsied it with the 'scrape' method. The biopsy left a huge hole in my nose right on the bridge and took forever to just heal. And then it would stay healed. As it turns out it was another BCC. She wanted to do MOH's surgery, which is her specialty. By this time I had become distrustful of anyone who mentioned surgery and especially after she had taken such a big whack out of my nose for the biopsy. I just didn't trust her. She said she could do MOH's surgery in her office and then do a skin graft by taking skin from behind my ear and putting it on my nose. I was depressed and confused over the prospect. I would have used Aldara again but it says to keep it away from your nose for some reason. The spot began to grow and I had a constant scab on it...right on the bridge of my nose. It was unsightly and embarrassing. I had to do something so I begged my insurance company to let me use the dermatologist I did trust because they had a doctor in their clinic who was supposedly the BEST at MOH's surgery in this town. My insurance covered having the incision closed by a plastic surgeon since it was in the location it was. I interviewed plastic surgeons and found one I had confidence in even though I was still terrified.

When the MOH's surgery doctor did the surgery it was about the size of a small green pea in circumference. When he finished the surgery he had taken off skin and tissue the size of a quarter on the bridge of my nose. A quarter. Can you imagine how that looked on the bridge of one's nose?
The next morning the plastic surgeon did the skin graft in the hospital with me put fully under. I have severe anxiety and this was the only way he wanted to do it under the circumstances. My insurance paid for it in full. He did a good job. It isn't perfect but I don't look like phantom of the opera either. The skin from behind my nose is much lighter than my normal skin but the texture is about the same. Some cover up evens it out so that it isn't that noticeable. But still....the experience is one I do not want to repeat. Ever. And so...that brings me to today. To why I am self treating my skin cancers on my face instead of opting for surgery, which is in any case a horrible experience, with some being worse than others. The problem with BCC is those little tentacles/roots that you can't see and don't know how far reaching they are. This is why MOH's is not a good deal if there is any other option. In MOH's they cut a small amount and look to see if they got it all and if not they go back and cut out more and look at it and etc. To get all the roots they generally take out a much larger area than what you can see of the spot from the outside.

I am hoping against hope that this home treatment will make my BCCs go away so that I can avoid surgery. Here's what I am doing:

I am using a mixture of baking soda and virgin coconut oil mixed half and half. I'm applying this to the affected spots three times a day including bedtime. It burns and stings and sometimes throbs but it seems to be doing something positive. The skin around the spots is quite inflamed but everything I have read says this is natural and not to worry that it will not damage healthy skin and will only kill the cancer, drawing out the roots as well. I've been using it for about two weeks now and the main scab, the big one that would bleed easily if touched, has gone now. In the beginning, during the first few days, my spot went through several reactions. It was very angry looking and swollen at first. It stung very badly and I wondered if I was doing the right thing but I persisted. After about one week following washing the area I noticed that it looked like a big yellow glob of something was on the spot and with a Qtip I moved it around and it was loose but something seemed to be hanging on the spot. So I used some tweezers to lift it off and it had a somewhat large root about 1/4 inch in length. I believe this was definitely the cancer coming out. I don't know if that was all of it or not so I am still treating it daily. I'm also treating a couple of other pre-cancerous looking spots I had that were on my chest. One is responding very positively and the other is still in the angry stinging stage.

Presently the main spot on my left cheek that I am concentrating on appears to be going away. There is some kind of light colored scabby looking something covering up the hole where the cancer was (I hope was) and I am being careful with it so that it can heal without me tugging on it or trying to take it off. My husband feels it is looking better and looks like it is healing.

Today I began putting ACV on the spots before putting the baking soda/coconut oil salve on them. Tonight I will wash the areas and apply Polysporin to hopefully prevent infection.

I will update this after a few days to let you know my progress. I am very interested to know if any of you have used this type treatment and how it turned out for you?

Thanks.

Anastasia,

Well you've certainly gone through you fair share with skin issues!

I'm going through mine also, diagnosed with a BCC in the upper lip (next to nose) area. I had the biopsy done early this summer. The dermatologist immediately said I'd have to have MOHS. He did warn me that I'd have significant scarring. Also said that he'd do the extraction, then a plastic surgeon would close the wound and fix the damage! Oh boy!!

Post biopsy, at a consultation, I asked the derm some questions after having done some research. He now tells me, or I got the feeling....he didn't really feel confident doing the extraction. He said because of location, he thought a plastic surgeon should just deal with the entire procedure. That was a clue to me....whatever, and whomever removed it, it sure was going to be a bigger circumference. Actually, I was glad he was upfront about this, so I have more info.

I also asked questions such as the healing time. Many of these docs make it sound too much like an in & out surgery, discounting all the post op wound healing aspect of keeping it free of infections with all the bandages etc., I really believe these people down play this aspect of the whole thing!

I was supposed to make an appointment with a plastic surgeon, which I didn't have the nerve to do, since I was already too depressed about the initial news from the derm.

I've since been treating it with ACV. Then I apply coconut oil. They both sting, but I feel as if it was doing something, drawing the poisons out of the BCC.

I have on ocassion used baking soda and coconut oil. That also seemed to draw something out. What I have noticed, is that the BCC does appear to have changed in color, lighter. I'm olive skinned. I have lots of moles, dark variety, and is one of the reasons I probably have the BCC, plus my share of sun exposure too.

Anway, I understand and can totally relate to how doctors tend to scare us, have poor chair side manners, and IMO, too eager to do this MOH's surgery! I mean, how many of these can one do on someone's face, for crying out loud! I have insurance. My feeling is, that if I didn't, possibly MOH's wouldn't be suggested.

I'm going to continue using the natural remedies. That whole idea about MOH's sounds too much like Russian Roulette if you ask me.

Stay strong, and let us know of any results/progress.

Margeaux

Anastasia,

Thank you so much for your reply to my questions and again, for sharing in detail.

My BCC isn't right on the lip, but level with my nostril. Derms refer to this area as the upperlip.

I have heard of Aldara, read quite a bit about it. What I have read is that it has a tendency to scar. I think if I use any other protocol it will be the eggplant cream.

For now just with the applications of the coconut oil, ACV and occasional baking soda, exactly what you have described, especially your number four of what is being expelled is spot on.

I have even used coconut oil with vitamin c crystals.

You are right, that baking soda is anti-cancer since it is alkalinizing.

It is so good to find someone here that isn't afraid, and takes the time to go into great detail what to do and expect.

Thanks again,

Blessings to you too!

Margeaux

ANASTASIA,,,,,,, and all you other younguns. You on the right trail, jus keep on keeping on. Read and when you get tired, read some more. Knowledge will solve your problems.

====ORH===

Hello Margeaux,

Friday night update:

Amazing! My BCC is basically GONE. There is only one teeny weeny little scab left about the size of a flea. I don't want to pull it off I want it to fall off naturally because I am afraid it might bleed if I mess around with it. All the rest of the skin where the BCC looks like it is still in the stages of healing but appears to be cancer free. It is barely noticeable now (except to me of course) and while I think it might leave some kind of very small scar (minor) I do not think anyone will know it is there but me. At this stage I am still washing it twice a day, morning and night, and applying the Bacitracin ointment. I am using a wash cloth and very very gently using it to wash over the area in an effort to help the scab dissolve or whatever it is that scabs do when they don't just fall off. But I'm being careful not to cause it to bleed. And I do not scrub. I think I got it, Margeaux. I really do. I will know more in the next couple of days and hopefully it won't come back ever. The other spots I was treating (two on my chest) have basically gone away as well. I'm really amazed and so very grateful that I didn't let the dermatologist have her way with them. I only wish I had known about this treatment before I had the MOHs and skin graft done on the bridge of my nose.

I hope your week has been enjoyable and that your BCC is going away. Looking forward to hearing more from you soon.

Healing thoughts & Cheers my friend,

Anastasia

Anastasia,

That is more than great news! Persistence! I know what you mean, by feeling a bit reluctant to feel so optimistic, but definitely enjoy, that's normal. I've often felt rather bummed, then something different happens to make me feel better. It's a process for sure!

Oh Anastasia, I share your sentiments about those horrible colonoscopies, etc.

I was doing my medical stuff just last few mos., and is when I finally saw the derm for the BCC. I also got a mammo. Interesting also....after the mammo....BCC looked as if it grew and became more prominent. The radiation from the mammo isn't the greatest thing for skin cancer, I read later, or for the body for that matter. No you don't offend me in the least about your opinion regarding these exams. I feel the same way, and am not always on board with them.

There's a doctor named Tullio Simoncini. He's done a lot of research regarding the use of iodine for cancer.

Anastasia, I can't tell you how happy I am for you.

Much Love & Light,

Margeaux

Anastasia,

How are you? I was wondering if you had ceased the treatments of your BCC?

How does it look now?

Well as I posted that I'd ceased my treatments a couple weeks ago, since I had to be involved in public for a whole week. I just wore a bandaid over it. What I noticed the week after that which is when I once again resumed ACV and coconut oil applications is that it appeared to have kind of closed up. That week I was only wearing the bandaid, it was oozing somewhat, something rather thick, sticky. Not to gross anyone out, just want some info. But after I've been treating again which is now about 8 days....very little in terms of it detoxing the BCC. This is why I'm suspecting, that once we cease treatment, maybe it closes up? IDK, but maybe now I need to change it up and start the iodine, too.

O.K., Anastasia I was just checking in to see what was going on with you.

Margeaux

Anastasia,

So good to hear from you! Oh I totally understand when posters move on and don't check this thread. But I was really curious about your BCC, not to mention some additional things I wanted to ask about and share.

First of all I'm so happy that yours appears to continue to heal. Did those tentacles have a particular color to them?

It's taken me something like three weeks for mine to finally open up after having used ACV & coconut oil. What I've noticed, it began to sting again as it did when I initially started this protocol. It even became sore a perimeter around the actual BCC, and finally started to weep something out of it, when I apply the coconut oil overnight. I have felt something strange like these prickly hairs on the BCC, when I've washed it with water, but not sure its the tentacle thing.

I'm just basically not stopping the treatments even though I was becoming frustrated when nothing seemed to be happening. Patience!

That doesn't surprise me in the least what you said about the doctor's lack of reaction, and exactly why I never tell them what I'm doing.

My husband, who has way more faith in doctors recently has been undergoing treatment for lumbar spine stuff. A physical therapist he has been seeing was doing adjustments, having him do some walking on a treadmill of sorts. Now the therapist wants to do prolotherapy, which is some injections to the area. They say this would speed up the healing process. Well guess what, looks as if hubby....who has such die hard belief system in allopathic medicine is putting this off. I haven't asked him, but I believe he's become chicken to do this part of the treatment, which I don't blame him for feeling that, either. So that for me is rather interesting, since he was all too encouraging for me to go ahead and have the moh's surgery for my issue. In essence I guess he feels he can pick and choose what he wants done to his body right?? NO WAY!! I have the same rights!!

Anastasia, I do believe in natural healing, and this belief system needs to start with the person seeking healing. We really cannot rely on people around us, or at least that is what I think since my partner, hasn't really given me that kind of moral support. Doctors won't give it to us, or I doubt many would.

O.K., Anastasia thank you so much for checking in. Please I hope you do it in the future, if for no other reason to keep us updated on how your BCC is progressing and continuing to heal.

Blessings to you my friend,

Margeaux

Hi,

I have bcc s and a possible SCC I have recently last year a bisopy came back conflicting so I have been using this treatment as well because I was told to have moh surgery but I didn't like the way they open up for eg my nose has one I read the operation booklet and I was not going down that path so I also too got stuck into this apple cider vinegar, and hydgeon peroxide which works. So you use this as long as you have the spot on for eg on my nose Thank you to the people who advise.

Margeaux

I too agree the clay drew BCC to the surface. Mix acv, soda, and oil make paste, Use as often as you can, pain wise and looks. iodine stains probably for two days. Persistence is the key IMHO.

HI U PETER,,,,,,,, I'm surprised that you are not aware of your countryman that learned that you could cure BCC with an ingredient in your devil's apple or our eggplant. When he did this, he was a hero, but soon the dermatologists were outraged in that their patients were self medicating. He had to hightail it to England where he now sells his Curaderm. I keep a tube for this 80+ year old thin skin.

Myself, I have learned that the new skin cancers can be taken out with CO2, but not the older ones. I think you will learn this too. Read the EC archives to get the big picture.

I wish you well.===ORH===

Sharon, important to know, the Black salve is NOT to be applied on any area that has cartilage underneath it. Such as ear area that is sort of hardish, or on nose. I was told this by someone who made the black salve for the health community markets.

You say you used apple cider vinegar and it worked, and after the scab came off it was gone. But how do you know it's actually gone, did you go back to the doctors and get another biopsy to make sure?

ORH, ain't got Curaderm in my parts. I actually did soak eggplant in vinegar but at the time, I didn't see much results from it.

Hopefully I'll never have another BCC but you can bet yo last dime that if I do, I'll be doing home stuff thick and fast before putting m'self under the knife again. That bloke says: "this'll only take a couple of minutes and you won't have a scar", my foot!! Both claims were as false as they come.

End of rant.

Six months ago my doctor observed an approximate, dime-sized spot on my scalp as basal cell carcinoma. He referred me to a dermatologist and descibed the curettage procedure - which did not put me in a dancing mood....

After procrastinating for a few months (typical) I decided I had better address the issue.

I've used Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar for years for a variety of reasons and looked on Earth Clinic for a possible natural benefit to basal cell. I saw one post for Apple Cider on the basal cell carcinoma page. I followed the instructions on this post and my basal cell reacted identically to the treatment prescribed in the above post. Joy...

The only thing I did differently is, occasionally, I secured an apple cider vinegar-moistened gauze pad across the basal cell and secured it with 3M Micro-Pore tape. I slept with this a couple of nights along with applying the apple cider with a dropper several times during the day. It was an easy process.

The healing started about the third day. It turned bright red and then a scab began to form. When the effect of the apple cider vinegar starts working, there is no doubt. You can feel it "reaching out" across the area - something like tentacles following the basal cell. It was similar to a low grade headache - which I was delighted to have as I could tell the apple cider was working.

I'm on the very end of my second treatment to remove a tiny bit of what was almost completely removed during my first treatment! It's all but gone I.E., down to a pinhead-sized scab.

The resulting healed skin is a bit pink but it is fading. I used only Raw Organic Apple Cider and generic 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. I estimate this saved me around $2000 in clinic costs.

I took a series of photos I could possibly share, but I'd like this final phase to complete which should be in the next couple of days. The scab that forms is not like a typical scratch that heals. It's very hard and takes time to complete healing to the point the scab falls off naturally.

Total treatment time was about five weeks. Total cost: Less than $10