This image displays a large wart on the thumb. This image displays the area of a healed wart. This child has two warts: one near the left nostril and another doughnut-shaped one above the upper lip. The scratch above the wart on the lip could be the entry point for the infection. The color of common warts can vary depending upon the skin tone of the person on which they occur. Warts often have a rough, multi-pointed surface, like this wart near the eye. This image displays the thick and rough surface typical of a wart. This image displays the "black dots" typical of warts, which are clotted, fine blood vessels in the skin. In children whose immune systems have not yet recognized the wart infection, lesions may be numerous and even form around and under the nails. Multiple warts are seen at the left mouth angle as well as on the chin. This image displays a wart on a finger.
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Common Wart  A parent's guide to condition and treatment information

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Signs and Symptoms
Warts may occur singly or in groups and often have multiple small black "dots" at the surface, from tiny blood vessels.
  • Common warts are rough thick skin-colored pink or white bumps, from 1 mm to over 10 mm in size, often on the hands, face, elbows, and knees.
  • Filiform warts are long and narrow, like tufts of thread, and they are usually small at the base (1–3 mm). They often affect the face, eyelids, or nose area.
Infection may be one of the following:

  • Mild – just one or few painless lesions .
  • Moderate – 10–20 painless lesions.
  • Severe – painful lesions that limit normal life activities, lesions that are bleeding, or over 20 lesions.
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