<P> Warts are very common, with most people being infected at some point in their life . The estimated current rate of non-genital warts among the general population is 1--13% . They are more common among young people . Estimated rates of genital warts in sexually active women is 12% . Warts have been described at least as far back as 400 BC by Hippocrates . </P> <P> A range of types of wart have been identified, varying in shape and site affected, as well as the type of human papillomavirus involved . These include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Common wart (Verruca vulgaris), a raised wart with roughened surface, most common on hands, but can grow anywhere on the body . Sometimes known as a Palmer wart or Junior wart . </Li> <Li> Flat wart (Verruca plana), a small, smooth flattened wart, flesh - coloured, which can occur in large numbers; most common on the face, neck, hands, wrists and knees . </Li> <Li> Filiform or digitate wart, a thread - or finger - like wart, most common on the face, especially near the eyelids and lips . </Li> <Li> Genital wart (venereal wart, Condyloma acuminatum, Verruca acuminata), a wart that occurs on the genitalia . </Li> <Li> Mosaic wart, a group of tightly clustered plantar - type warts, commonly on the hands or soles of the feet . </Li> <Li> Periungual wart, a cauliflower - like cluster of warts that occurs around the nails . </Li> <Li> Plantar wart (verruca, Verruca plantaris), a hard sometimes painful lump, often with multiple black specks in the center; usually only found on pressure points on the soles of the feet . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Common wart (Verruca vulgaris), a raised wart with roughened surface, most common on hands, but can grow anywhere on the body . Sometimes known as a Palmer wart or Junior wart . </Li>

Where are the long thin warts verrucae filiformis commonly found