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Old 05-04-2009, 02:25 PM   #49 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Veridical Fiction View Post
I assume that after years of warts growing on top one another, dying, hardening, drying, etc... that it would become bark-like.
I don't remember all the details, but I do remember the documentary saying it was uncontrollable wart growth.

If I were him, I'd leave the hands just the way they are.
He could have some epic fisticuffs.
It's not exactly warts although I don't know enough about the details to explain it myself. I know it's caused by a genetic mutation, so it should run in families.

You can read about it on wikipedia though -> Epidermodysplasia verruciformis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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