Alternate Names : Filiform Warts, Periungual Warts, Plane Juvenile Warts, Plantar Warts, Subungual Warts, Verruca, Verruca Vulgaris, Verrucae Planae Juveniles

Definition

Warts are small, usually painless growths on the skin caused by a virus. They are generally harmless. However, warts can be disfiguring and embarrassing, and occasionally they itch or hurt (particularly on the feet).

The different types of warts include:

• Common warts: usually appear on the hands, but can appear anywhere
• Flat warts: generally found on the face (often the forehead); seen often in children, occasionally in teens, and rarely in adults
• Genital warts: usually found on the genitals, in the pubic area, and in the area between the thighs, but can appear inside the vagina and anal canal
• Plantar warts: found on the soles of the feet
• Subungual and periungual warts: appear under and around the fingernails or toenails