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Freebase Dali · 05-04-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by toretorden

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

I could be wrong, but I was going off of this:
(sourced from the wiki article)
"On August 26, 2008, MSNBC reported that Dede had returned home following surgery to remove thirteen pounds (5.8 kilo) of warts from his body.[13] In all, 95% of the warts were removed. [13] The surgery was documented by the Discovery Channel and TLC in the episode "Treeman: Search for the Cure."