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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;13, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; </B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>44 West Gay Street, Suite 400</B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">46-3137900</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>Incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)<BR>(Zip code)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2018 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jayson Rieger </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President
  and Chief Executive Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Verrica Pharmaceuticals&nbsp;Inc. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>44 West Gay Street, Suite 400 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>West Chester, PA 19380 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(484) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">453-3300</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Darren DeStefano </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mark
  Ballantyne </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cooley LLP </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>11951 Freedom Drive </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Reston, VA 20190-5640 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(703) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">456-8000</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the
  &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register 3,671,199 additional shares of Common Stock under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;2018
  Plan&#148;), pursuant to the provisions of the 2018 Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2018 Plan on January&nbsp;1, 2025. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> as promulgated by the Commission, the
  information specified by Part I of the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> has been omitted from this Registration Statement. </P>
   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2 </P>
  
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  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>ITEM&#8201;3.</B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The contents of the earlier registration statement related to the 2018 Plan, previously filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;
  13, 2018 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660334/000119312518217347/d394291ds8.htm">File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-226153</FONT></A>) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration
  Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>EXHIBITS </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Number</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;4.1<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660334/000119312518170726/d361077dex33.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;4.2<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660334/000119312518170726/d361077dex34.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;4.3<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660334/000119312518183862/d361077dex104.htm">2018 Equity Incentive Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;4.4<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(4)</SUP></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660334/000119312518183862/d361077dex105.htm">Form of Stock Option Grant Notice, Stock Option Agreement, Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under
   2018 Equity Incentive Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d73727dex51.htm">Opinion of Cooley&nbsp;LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d73727dex231.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d73727dex51.htm">Consent of Cooley&nbsp;LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d73727ds8.htm#sig">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8).</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-225104),</FONT> filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;22, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Previously filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-225104),</FONT> filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;22, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-225104),</FONT> filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;5, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-225104),</FONT> filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;5, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">3 </P>
  
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>UNDERTAKINGS </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B> To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(i)</B> To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(ii)</B> To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
  offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
  Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
  registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(iii)</B> To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
  in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however</I>, that
  paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section&nbsp;13
  or section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B> That, for the
  purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B> To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
  the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section
  15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
  to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
  directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
  controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
  opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4 </P>
  
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
  that it meets all of the requirements for filing on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of West
  Chester, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 13<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of May, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">By:</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Jayson Rieger</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Jayson Rieger</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"><I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I></TD></TR>
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   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">5 </P>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jayson Rieger, John J. Kirby and
  David Zawitz, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
  in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Jayson Rieger</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Jayson Rieger</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;13, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ John J. Kirby</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">John J. Kirby</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interim Chief Financial Officer</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(Interim Principal Financial Officer and<BR>Interim Principal Accounting Officer)</I></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;13, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Paul B. Manning</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Paul B. Manning</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;13, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Sean Stalfort</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Sean Stalfort</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;13, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Gavin Corcoran</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Gavin Corcoran</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;13, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Mark Prygocki</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Mark Prygocki</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Lawrence Eichenfield</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Lawrence Eichenfield</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Diem Nguyen</P></TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2025
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  44 West Gay Street, Suite 400
  West Chester, PA 19380
  46-3137900
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  Incorporation or organization)
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  2018 Equity Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Jayson Rieger
  President
  and Chief Executive Officer
  Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  44 West Gay Street, Suite 400
  West Chester, PA 19380
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (484)
  453-3300
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copies to:
  Darren DeStefano
  Mark
  Ballantyne
  Cooley LLP
  11951 Freedom Drive
  Reston, VA 20190-5640
  (703)
  456-8000
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☒
  Smaller reporting company
  ☒
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
  S-8,
  Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the
  "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 3,671,199 additional shares of Common Stock under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2018
  Plan"), pursuant to the provisions of the 2018 Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2018 Plan on January 1, 2025.
  In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form
  S-8
  as promulgated by the Commission, the
  information specified by Part I of the Form
  S-8
  has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
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  PART II
  ITEM 3.
  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
  The contents of the earlier registration statement related to the 2018 Plan, previously filed with the Commission on July 
  13, 2018 (
  File
  No. 333-226153
  ) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration
  Statement.
  ITEM 8.
  EXHIBITS
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  (1)
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
  4.2
  (2)
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.
  4.3
  (3)
  2018 Equity Incentive Plan.
  4.4
  (4)
  Form of Stock Option Grant Notice, Stock Option Agreement, Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under
   2018 Equity Incentive Plan.
  5.1
  Opinion of Cooley LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  23.2
  Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this
  Form S-8).
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  Filing Fee Table
  (1)
  Previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
  S-1
  (File
  No. 333-225104),
  filed with the Commission on May 22, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein.
  (2)
  Previously filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
  S-1
  (File
  No. 333-225104),
  filed with the Commission on May 22, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein.
  (3)
  Previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form
  S-1
  (File
  No. 333-225104),
  filed with the Commission on June 5, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein.
  (4)
  Previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form
  S-1
  (File
  No. 333-225104),
  filed with the Commission on June 5, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein.
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  ITEM 9.
  UNDERTAKINGS
  1.
  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  (a)
  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i)
  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii)
  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
  offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
  Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
  registration statement.
  (iii)
  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
  in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
  Provided, however
  , that
  paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13
  or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
  (b)
  That, for the
  purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c)
  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
  the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  2.
  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section
  15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
  to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  3.
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
  directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
  controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
  opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
  that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
  Form S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of West
  Chester, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 13
  th
  day of May, 2025.
  VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
  By:
  /s/ Jayson Rieger
  Jayson Rieger
  President and Chief Executive Officer
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  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jayson Rieger, John J. Kirby and
  David Zawitz, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful
  attorney-in-fact
  and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
  in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Jayson Rieger
  Jayson Rieger
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  May 13, 2025
  /s/ John J. Kirby
  John J. Kirby
  Interim Chief Financial Officer
  (Interim Principal Financial Officer and
  Interim Principal Accounting Officer)
  May 13, 2025
  /s/ Paul B. Manning
  Paul B. Manning
  Director
  May 13, 2025
  /s/ Sean Stalfort
  Sean Stalfort
  Director
  May 13, 2025
  /s/ Gavin Corcoran
  Gavin Corcoran
  Director
  May 13, 2025
  /s/ Mark Prygocki
  Mark Prygocki
  Director
  May 13, 2025
  /s/ Lawrence Eichenfield
  Lawrence Eichenfield
  Director
  May 13, 2025
  /s/ Diem Nguyen
  Diem Nguyen
  Director
  May 13, 2025
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