Some types of warts, such as those sexually transmitted types, are preventable with a vaccine that boosts the body’s natural protection against certain strains of HPV, says Greenfield.

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 ...

Different factors, such as the thickness of the wart, its location on the body ... another type of skin growth have diabetes, a weakened immune system, or circulation problems Some warts can ...