Aim: To study the clinical and epidemiological aspects of verrucae in relation to age, sex, occupation, associated symptoms and sites involved. Material and Method: The retrospective study was conducted in a sample of 60 clinically diagnosed cases of verrucae who attended the outpatient Department of Dermatology and Venereology ,Government Medical College, Amritsar over a span of six months. Results: The clinical characteristics of different types of verrucae were studied in 60 patients from

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... tember 2019 to February 2020, out of which 41 were male and 19 were female. The majority of patients belonged to the age group of 11 to 30 years (48%). The most common occupational group involved were students (46%) followed by office workers (35%). The presenting complaint of 82% of patients was a cosmetic concern only while 8% patients presented with pain mostly seen in the verrucae plantaris. Conclusion: In this study, male patients had a higher prevalence of verrucae but facial verrucae were the more commonly seen in females. The majority of the verrucae were asymptomatic and patients only had a cosmetic concern.