The two most common warts. Common warts usually grow around your fingernails, on your fingers, and on the backs of your hands. People usually find foot warts on the bottoms of their feet. These warts can hurt-they sometimes make you feel like you have a stone in your shoe. Not everyone gets them.
Some people get warts because they've been around the virus a lot.
And it's easier to get a wart virus if your skin is already hurt. Some people are just more likely to catch the wart virus than others, just like some people catch colds more often. How dermatologists treat warts. Sometimes common warts go away on their own. If a young child has warts, either the parents or a dermatologist can paint special mixtures on the warts to help them go away.