Different strains of HPV will impact different areas of the body, and not all types of the virus cause warts. When your skin comes in contact with a wart-causing strain of HPV, the virus will ...

Unlike other types of warts – small, non-cancerous growths ... They form small, round, rough and often flat growths on the skin, with tiny blood clots in the centre that look like black dots.

These belong to the so-called ‘high-risk’ group of HPVs. Other HPV types infect the skin and cause common warts elsewhere on the body. Some types of HPVs such as HPV 5 and 8, frequently cause ...

Once HPV enters the skin cells, it reproduces rapidly ... Lasers: Laser treatment is often used for treating genital warts, but can be used for other types as well. Hogan says the laser targets ...