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A member asked:
I know this is going to seem like a really dumb, but if warts are contagious, how come you get get hundreds?
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Warts are a virus: Warts are a contagious virus that will spread through the epidermis layer of your skin, thereby getting larger and moving into other surrounding areas.
Answered 9/6/2017
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