If you've noticed white patches popping up on your skin, they might be anything from warts to vitiligo.

In the realm of common skin ailments, warts stand out as particularly vexing. These small, benign growths caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) can be both unsightly and contagious. While they may ...

Duct tape can help you get rid of warts. And that's just one of several, easy at-home remedies for wart removal.

Skin blemishes and growths can be a common occurrence, and often people mistake one for another. Two such skin conditions that are often confused are warts and skin tags. While they may appear similar ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning against self-diagnosis and self-treatment for a common skin condition - a viral infection often called "water warts." One mother from Tustin said they went ...

Home "remedies" are full of useful solutions, half-truths, and outright lies. This post is part of our Home Remedy Handbook, a tour of the landscape of home remedies from the iffy to the ...

Cutaneous warts in schoolchildren aged 4 to 12 years will resolve within 1 year in about 50% of cases, Dutch researchers report in an article published in the September issue of the Annals of Family ...

Papillomas are noncancerous growths that can develop on your skin or mucous membranes. They rarely turn cancerous but can cause problems if they grow large and press on healthy tissue. Infection with ...

Common warts are caused by an infection of the top layer of the skin from human papillomavirus. The infection causes the skin cells to grow quickly, which leads to the development of the wart. Warts ...

Skin care isn't just for grown-ups. While children don't need a medicine cabinet full of fancy skin-care products, parents do need to be aware of their kids' skin-health needs — and signs that they ...