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canadadreaming said:
I've had that shit - its WARTS

Straight up, warts.

They don't pop out yet and just create this weird shit under the skin.

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There are five kinds of warts. They look different and form on different parts of the body.
*  Common warts    grow most often on the hands, but they may be anywhere on the body. They are rough, shaped like a dome, and gray-brown in color.
    * Plantar warts grow on the soles of the feet. They look like hard, thick patches of skin with dark specks. Plantar warts may cause pain when you walk, and you may feel like you are stepping on a pebble.
    * Flat warts usually grow on the face, arms, or legs. They are small (usually smaller than the eraser on the end of a pencil), have flat tops, and can be pink, light brown, or light yellow.
    * Filiform warts usually grow around the mouth, nose, or beard area. They are the same color as your skin and have growths that look like threads sticking out of them.
    * Periungual warts grow under and around the toenails and fingernails. They look like rough bumps with an uneven surface and border. They can affect nail growth.

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Railrider said:
Have you been messing with fiber glass or insulation?Looks like a bunch of infected splinters.

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PowerTrip said:
I know it has been said, but the first thing I thought when I opened that picture was poison ivy.  If that isn't possible my next guess is some type of allergic reaction.  New type of soap, changing weather, some other type of irritant.

I've never had warts but I did not know they were capable of being so dense and spreading like that.

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koraks said:
I have this too occasionally. Not nearly as bad as shown here, but I recognize it as the same thing. I'm not entirely sure what it is exactly, but these are my observations:
- It is NOT poison ivy. That doesn't grow here, so I never come into contact with it.
- They're NOT warts. I have no warts whatsoever, and whatever these things are, they do not show the typical tissue growth of warts.

These things appear to be small cysts in the inner layers of the skin. They tend to start out tiny, but sometimes may grow to a diameter of about 1mm in my case. Judging by the photos here, they can become even bigger. If one pops up, odds are that more will follow and a part of the hand will get 'colonized' in the course of a few weeks.

When squeezed, these cysts will excrete a completely clear, gelatinous fluid. Squeezing them relieves the itching and usually turns the cyst into a small wound, which then heals. Again, this is all in my case. Again, in my case, it usually starts on the palm of my hand, just below the thumb. Btw, the itching isn't very bad usually, until you start squeezing those motherfuckers. By then, you'll have to squeeze until you get it out, 'cause it'll remain annoying

I've found that in my case there's a correlation with stress: during periods of prolonged stress, this phenomenon may pop up. I've discussed it with my father once and he said he also used to have this problem once in a while, even to the point that it would get under his fingernails, which would then sometimes fall off (no joke.) He believes it's a bacterial infection; I personally think it could be fungal as well. I've never seen this phenomenon on my father's hands, so obviously, in both his and my cases, it will go away after a while (8 weeks or so in my case) without treatment. And it may (will) come back again, of course.

I've personally never received treatment for this, but judging by the observations above, I'd suggest trying an antibacterial/antifungal creme. However, judging by the severity as shown in the OP, I'd discuss this situation with a doctor as well.

On a final note: I've never had this spread to any other body parts but my hands. I haven't been able to link this to any sort of allergy, and judging by the low speed of growth, I think it's extremely unlikely that this is allergy-related. It could be triggered by allergies, I can imagine, but in my case, I've never seen any indication of this.

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mick said:
i had this when I was younger. It happened after i slept with a girl who I should have used protection with.

I would say that it is a form of STI or STD, most possibly HPV. It will reduce and go away. Is your friend sexually active, especially recently?

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