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I have read on this site that a hair cannot grow through an hpv wart. i have also read that it can. which is true?

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Depends: Warts do not have hair follicles and therefore cannot grow hair. A wart can form around a hair follicle and appear to have a hair coming from it - that is an illusion.

Answered 12/14/2013

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A member asked:

I have read on this site that a hair cannot grow through an hpv wart. i have also read that it can. which is true?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

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