My son had a cut on the tip of his index finger, it looked like a dark splinter was it it so I took a needle to dig it out.  I thought I got it and cleaned the area but a week later, I noticed he had what looks like a wart there with red ring around it..  Ive tried scrapping it and it smooths down but them goes back up to a wart?  Could a wart develope from a splinter or cut?
Hi I did review your concerns wart is actually an infection caused by human papillomavirus but not through splinters. A direct transmission from human to human skin touch is possible, so a cut can allow entry if a person infected with HPV has touched it. Apart from this, there are few lesions that look like wart, so a consultation with dermatologist is advice to rule out the other condition and get treated whatever it is. Warts are recurrent if not properly removed and need trichloroacetic acid or other wart removal procedures to treat. I hope this help swish you all the Bethany you for using Chat Doctor.