This image displays multiple skin-colored, barely raised lesions typical of flat warts. This image displays a severe case of flat warts on the hands, including dozens of white-appearing lesions. Flat warts are common on the face, arms, and legs and can be spread by scratching and shaving. This image displays flat warts in a beard area, which are typically spread by shaving. This image displays flat warts on the face, which can be skin-colored to slightly pink. Flat warts can appear pink or slightly red, as displayed in this image. Flat warts can appear pink and sometimes broad in shape, as displayed in this image. This image displays typical, multiple flat warts. This image displays dozens to hundreds of flat warts.
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Flat Wart  Information for adults

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Signs and Symptoms
The most common locations for flat warts include:
  • Face, especially in children
  • Legs, especially in women
  • Beard area, especially in men
  • Backs of hands
  • Arms
Flat warts are very slightly raised, smooth, skin-colored bumps ranging in size from 1–5 mm. Flat warts are usually numerous in quantity and may appear in a line due to auto-inoculation from scratching or shaving.

Infection with flat warts can be described as:
  • Mild – one or a few painless warts
  • Moderate – 10–100 lesions, which are painless
  • Severe – more than 100 lesions, which cause enough pain to limit normal life activities
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Last Modified: 22 Dec 2008
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