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a virus throwing a tiny architectural party on your skin, uninvited and oddly persistent
means A small, rough, hardened growth on the skin, usually caused by a virus.
from From Old English 'wearte,' a Germanic word with relatives across the family tree — Dutch 'wrat,' German 'Warze' — all pointing back to a Proto-Germanic root, possibly linked to an even older Indo-European notion of something raised or turned up. The bump on the skin and the bump in the word are equally ancient and equally stubborn.
true causeHuman papillomavirus, not toad-touching or witchcraft
self-resolvingMany vanish alone within two years
black dotsThose specks are clotted blood vessels, not seeds
duct tapeStudies tested it as a real treatment
contagiousSpreads via skin contact and shared shower floors