Common warts are rough, grainy-looking bumps on the skin. While they are mostly harmless, they can spread from one person to another.

A man from South Yorkshire has removed a wart from his finger by shooting it with a shotgun. Sean Murphy, 38, was then arrested by police for firing an illegal firearm.

Most wart sufferers have verruca vulgaris, or common warts, which usually grow on fingers, hands, knees and elbows and are easily recognized by their cauliflower texture and dome shape.

'Resistant' warts on fingers and palms – skin doctor provides solutions to get rid of it WARTS are unattractive, bumpy growths of skin caused by the human papilloma wart virus (HPV virus).

Over the counter anti-wart products that contain salicylic acid work to dissolve the wart layer by layer. They can be applied in the form of a patch, liquid or gel, according to Cleveland Clinic.

Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz will get a wart removed from the middle finger of his left hand and probably miss a start in spring training.

My seven-year-old son has developed four small warts on his fingers, which are not painful or itchy. He picks them when bored, though I’ve asked him not to. I used an over-the-counter medication ...

There have been worse ideas, though none come to mind. A British man tried to rid himself of a painful wart by shooting it off with a shotgun, and ended up losing said wart as well as the finger ...

Bedeviled by a painful wart that no cream, ointment or doctor could cure, Sean Murphy decided to try a radical at-home procedure. His surgical tool: a 12-bore shotgun.

I’ll say this much for the UK security guard who tried to blast off a nagging wart with a shotgun: he succeeded. Although I’d imagine he wasn’t planning on taking out his finger in the ...

WARTS are unattractive, bumpy growths of skin caused by the human papilloma wart virus (HPV virus). If you find these lumps do not respond to over-the-counter treatment, GP Dr Ross Perry is not ...