Apple Cider Vinegar for Genital Warts

8 months later, I noticed a small bump again on the outside of my vagina. I put acv on it and it turned white. This one seems different though, it's not as raised. It was much flatter and is now completely white but flat to my skin. The skin around the area I applied the cotton ball soaked in acv developed a very small red spot, flat to my skin, it almost looks like a burn, but it doesn't hurt at all. Has anyone experienced this? I went into panic when I woke up this morning! I have no other bumps or red spots any where else, only in the area I applied the acv. Should I stop the avc treatment for now and wait to see what happens? If anyone has anything they want to share I would be so grateful!

Not so. After getting a Doctor's cure for the yeast infection, the warts EXPLODED in size, doubling in less than a week. I was shocked, but now realize that it probably had something to do with my compromised immune system. I read up on venereal warts, intending to use the over-the-counter freezing agent. I also tried the apple cider vinegar detection method, and when the infected tissue turned white, was shocked to discover that the small wart on my penis had LOTS of developing "warty" tissue all around it.

So, anyway, ACV works! With one night's treatment, I saw a significant reduction in the wart's size and color. In three days, they went from bulbous, flesh colored growths the size of a pencil's eraser, to struggling, scabbed little guys, the size of a PENCIL LEAD!

One week ago I used a certain "compound", a home freezing kit. I used it on the big, developing wart(s) on the side of my penis. Please note that this is NOT advised in the notes. It was tender, ACV treated skin, and it left a nasty mark. But, one week later, the sore is closing, and the three warts on my public area are almost completely gone.

This site is amazing and I'm going to give it a second try.

I've decided I'm going to apply apple cider vinegar to the effected area for an hour morning and nights, and then shower, and after the shower, apply a third tea tree oil and two-thirds castor oil (which has healing qualities, relieves pain, and has been know to cure warts by itself.)

I will do this every day and write saying how each treatment has effected my ugly warts.

Twice a day I will for an hour:
1. use soaked cotten balls taped to effected areas around my groin
2. Stick a tampon in my rectum

This site has helped me a lot and I guess I feel like leaving my results will not just help me, but help others. Half of the population has HPV, we don't need to feel dirty, and we don't need these ugly things on us. Kudos to this site. Cross your fingers for me!

I only was able to do the application at the end of my night. I stuck a tampon up my rectum. (It slid back out partly, and I was in too much pain to put it all the way back in at that point.) I also took to round cotton pieces and dipped them in vinegar and put them around my rectum.

The pain subsided after like 15 minutes, and I might have been able to keep doing it for another three hours, but I don't think that amount of stress is needed on your body, so I did like I said I would.

I was actually in shock when I looked at the region in the mirror afterward. It was disgusting. The entire area was infested in white. It made me want to cry. I didn't think it was that bad until I saw that today. I think this site is going to be what keeps me going. After reading so many other posts, I know I'm not the only one suffering this shame. I'm going to keep this up so that I can be there to help someone else out.

I showered, cleaning that area last. I also used baby whites after I got out. Then I mixed I concoction of half of this organic cream that contains vitamin E, Cocoa butter, and Aloe Vera with half castor oil. I also put three drops of tea tree oil. I then used a Q-tip to apply this to two rounds which I put on my rectum to relief the pain I knew would come and to help the area heal... it currently burns again, but I know without it the pain would be much worse and that this is going to help me heal over night getting me ready for my next treatment in the morning.

I decided to use the ACV/Castor oil/aspirin treatment for the ones around my groin. There aren't that many. And I used sports tape and rounds to keep the area protected.

I want my nice skin back by next week. I've used protection when having sexual intercourse. It's crazy that something so awful can be spread just by skin to skin contact.

I really hope all this works. I'll write more in the morning after my second treatment.

Much love to all of you.

Okay, I slept with cotton rounds on my anus the whole night that contained 50 percent Alba (The cream containing aloe, coca butter, and vitamin e) and 50 percent castor oil. I woke up in major pain. I went to the bathroom and realized the rounds had dried. I think they helped me a lot with the pain! Anyway, I ended up looking at the area with a mirror and was shocked to see the area was again white like I had seen yesterday. I think the castor oil is not only soothing my skin, but is def. also suffocating these ugly things! Anyway, I can't continue with my plan becase if I were to do more vinegar with a tampon this morning; I would die at work today. Plus, my anal area is so swollen that I will probably only be able to fit a tampon in once today... but when I do I'm going to do it for four hours. I want these gone. So anyway, yes, after work, and after my workout I'm going to be going through an even worse pain.

Also, took off the acv/castor oil/aspirin solution. No burning. I think it might have dried out the small things I thought were warts, but not sure. I'm not even sure they are warts.

I'm going to go shower and then I will again put the Alba/Castor oil solution on the cotton rounds on my anus. I will also again put acv/castor oil/asprin around my groin and secure them with pieces of the round and tape, making a bandage.

I'll write more after I do my second tampon treatment after work and my workout. Much Love

Several months later I noticed something wrong in the area around the entrance to my vagina, and yes, they were genital warts. Planned Parenthood referred me to the hospital clinic, the area was too sensitive and they don't have the means to treat them in this particular spot. The Clinic said I need to go to the emergency room first to get a surgical referral and the emergency room basically told me they wish people would stop flooding their rooms with minor things like this. So I left, went to a doctors office and they had run out of their cryo-therapy stuff!I don't have insurance. After some searching I finally found this site.

I tried the ACV only treatment and it worked...at first. The treatment was very painful. I did it for several nights in a row, my skin was raw, almost bleeding, but the warts were no longer there. It took about two weeks to heal and after a couple more weeks I thought I was in the clear, but alas, they returned only worse.

I knew that getting my body healthy was another key and I ended up finding a book on a very special, very restrictive diet by a woman who is from Atlanta, GA(unfortunately I can't say the name). The diet is a yeast detox and is supposed to cleanse your body of the disease causing bugger yeast. You are not allowed ANY sugar, including fruit or sweet potatoes. No dairy or alcohol; and the only grains you can eat are quinoa, buckwheat, amaranth, and millett. You are allowed to eat meat in small quantities. The diet really began to work. The warts began to slowly disappear. However, due to the extreme restrictive nature of the diet I came crashing off after a month and a half. The warts came back with a vengeance.

So here I am again. I was going to try the ACV, castor oil, aspirin treatment but have decided to try the elderberry and green tea extract option mentioned by Jeff from Anaheim. Tonight was the first night, so I will keep everyone posted on how it goes. I am also going to slowly begin the diet again, one step at a time. I think this is really the best way at beating these things and keeping them away. I'm really glad you are all here and I wish everyone luck in their endeavors. Cross your fingers for me! I haven't dated or had sex since I found out and I'm really starting to get lonely! I would love to hear your feed back!

You can be relatively certain that it is a herpes sore if it disappeared on its own in a week or two. Untreated venereal warts don't do that.

If this is the case, you may wish to have yourself checked out for genital herpes. It is definitely a condition about which you will want to become educated. It's not the end of the world nor your sex life. Education will eliminate a lot of fears and concerns. The bad news is, there's no cure. The good news is, the longer you have it, the less frequently you will experience outbreaks.

But again, it does sound more like a herpes sore that you are dealing with. I've never had a venereal wart hurt "a lot" nor have I ever had one turn blood red. Herpes sores are another matter. Get it checked.

Doctors are the most unhelpful when dealing with this. Last week I went again for the second time and the last thing my doctor asked while scratching her head not knowing really how to cure this thing. My doctor asked, "Well, is this something you could sort of just live with?" Yeah my ---- looks like it just vacationed on a leper colony and I'm just supposed to be ok with that. grrrrr!

So I tried this ACV thing. Stung like a bitch, yes, but I must say i think its working. The first day I soaked a tiny little pieces of a cotton ball in the ACV , put it over the trouble spots (there's two) and left it to do its thing while watching TV at the end of the day for about 4 or 5 hours.

I also tried to keep it on at night while i slept but ended up taking it off at around 2am or so because it hurt sooooo bad.

The next day it was red and raw and really hurt. To keep my junk from swinging around to much i put a sock on it under my clothes (obviously)...lol...you'll notice a few more winks and smiles from everyone after you do this.

Because it was so raw, the second day i just left it alone. About all i did was apply bacitracin.

On day 3 (today) Ive noticed the spots have turned blackish and have dried out a bit. I'm applying the ACV again for about an hour before work. Depending on how they feel I may do the same again this evening.

Out of ALL the remedies I've tried this is the only treatment that has made a difference. I've had all the creams from the doctor..they dont work. Silver oxide gel...doesn't work....honey, nope just tastes sweet...neosporin doesnt work but will ease irritation. I even convinced the doctor to give me prescription strength antibiotic solution to apply to it...doesn't do a damn thing except keep it from getting infected. Last but not least I was told by my doctor to try yeast infection cream...total waste of time!

I have had them frozen off before as well. I have had good results with that as well but it involves going in and showing off an embarrassing thing to basically a stranger who may or may not judge you...who may or may not be willing to even perform the procedure. (esppecially if you have one on the glans..,they dont like to freeze anything on there)

So anyway I am trying to be hopeful and as long as each day I see improvement they I'll stick with this remedy. Its been 6 weeks and I'm really looking forward to sex again!!!!

To summarize:

On Day 1 i left the ACV on with a cotton-ball and band-aid for 5-6 hours.

On Day 2 i was really red and raw and in pain from the first application so i gave my self a day off from the ACV. To protect the area from rubbing when moving around, I just put a sock over my penis to add a layer of cushion. I also applied some simple bacitracin.

By Day 3 a rough, dry scab was forming and it was turning dark in color. I decided I would apply for 1 hour in the morning and then again for one hour in the evening before bed. Remember to rinse after each application, else, the healthy skin will get irritated.

On Day 4 I applied another 1 hour treatment in the morning. By now the scab was really hard and flaky. I decided at this point that my body had to do it's part so for the rest of the day i just left it alone. And I mean LEAVE it alone...there's NO overnight cure for this but it doesnt have to take weeks.

It's now Day 5. The scab I could tell was nearing its end. I continued to just leave it alone.

Tonight i felt that all too familiar tingling sensation that told me that the HPV was going to give another go at rearing its ugly head at a completely different spot. Remember now that this is HPV and it likes to hop scotch its way around. It's a frickin' war underneath your skin. I did a spot test on the tingling spot with ACV and lo and behold it turned white. grrrr...ok so this is to be expected.

I decided to do another round of ACV treatments. This time though I only kept it on for only 30 minutes. I immediately showered after, washing with dial antibacterial soap. I pat dry the area and could see the two that I had were like white craters.

I decided to apply some prescription antibiotic solution that my doctor had prescribed to me. It helps keep things from getting infected. Neosporin will probably do the same thing but this stuff is amazing. It penetrates deep down because it's a liquid not a cream.

ANYWAY, as I applied the solution, I lightly rubbed the area and the dead skin/scab just peeled right off revealing light pink skin underneath. There's still a little crater there but its NOT painful or irritated looking. I then applied some bacitracin over it. Hopefully by morning it will be healed.

So those of you looking for someone to quantify how long this treatment goes on for can refer to my experience which by the looks of things seems to be about 5-7days. Thats from the "oh crap why me" moment to the "it looks like it never happened" bliss.

I will post when I am officially clear.

Day 6 - 8:

The warts have gone and I ceased all use of the ACV. The area that had been treated had a dry scab which had since washed away in the shower but what was left behind were very sore crater-like blisters that required a bit more healing. The blisters were a result of the acidic ACV which essentially burned the effected skin off, leaving behind the under-layer of the epidermis.

There comes a point where you have to let the body start the process of repairing your skin. To help sooth the injured area I took a vitamin E gel-cap, snipped opened the end of the pill and used the vitamin E oil contained inside directly onto the wounded skin. Vitamin E helps the body's ability for tissue repair. I also took the vitamin E supplement orally each day.

To keep the blistered skin from sticking to clothing, I put a small bandaid over it. If you don't do this, the blistered skin, which is weapy, will stick to your clothes and tear open and start bleeding.

This part of the process is probably the hardest because there is really nothing to do but wait for your body to s-l-o-w--l-y start healing itself. The area looked very red and sore at this stage, and improvement is seen is a matter of days verses overnight changes as seen when using the ACV. The important thing is to focus on other things and stay postive!

Day 9

Its now Day 9 and the area around the blisters are returning to their normal color. The blisters themselves have begun to close. Aside from the actual blisters, the area around them still feel a little rough, but the skin is softening a bit every day. I am using a tiny amount of silver gel which you can get at CVS. Its an antimicrobial meant to be used on blisters, burns and cuts.

I'm now just taking the vitamin E orally.

At this point the less junk you apply to the area the better. I'm still covering it with a bandaid and wrapping with a clean sock to immobilize the area but other than that just keep it clean. Shower in the morning and then again in the late afternoon.

If you are able, expose the area to as much air as possible in the privacy of your own home when it's appropriate. The extra air circulation definitely helps.

This whole process is soooo unbelievably slow. This is NOT the overnight cure you're hoping for when you begin this process. As slow as it is however, its the best way i believe to get the effected skin healed and back to normal.

Knock on wood I will be able to post a short update soon which will state that the skin has completely healed.

Here's my last post regarding ACV therapy. 11 Days ago I posted what i had hoped would be the cure to my HPV breakout. On a positive note, ACV therapy does work. However, in some cases, the location and size of the wart you are treating is simply too deeply rooted for the ACV to be 100% effective.

When i first started dealing with this 2 months ago (jeeze has it really been that long???) I had initially started off with a single round flat wart on the glans of my penis. I then, after using aldara, got another wart to form just below along the shaft of my penis. I didn't start using ACV therapy until a little over a month into this whole experience.

A couple of days after my last post on Day 11, the secondary wart had cleared completely due to ACV therapy. On day 13, however, the initial wart which was on my glans came back. The skin on it had scabbed over by use of the ACV therapy but the wart tissue was just too deeply rooted and started to regenerate.

Not deterred by this set back, on Day 15, i decided to use ACV in combination with over-the-counter liquid nitro wart freezing products. I found that this method was very effective in destroying the wart tissue... and the wart quickly started to shival and dry up by Day 18. First i would apply the ACV as usual and leave it there for about an hour. I then took the liquid nitrogen and freezed the area. The problem with doing this is the fact that you're applying something to a VERY sensitive area on yourself.

On Day 19 I had already had a doctor's appointment set up in case I was still having issues. The point of the appointment was if i was still experiencing difficulties, i would request that the doctor use cryotherapy.

That's exactly what i ended up doing. Even though the ACV in combination with the over-the-counter wart freeze was very effective, the pain associated with applying the liquid nitro on myself hindered my ability to freeze off ALL the wart tissue.

Also, the over-the-counter wart freeze products' applicator tip is different from what the doctors use. It's made of a round spongy material about a cm or two in diameter so when you apply it, the liquid nitro only really treats the surface area of the skin.

The nitrogen applicator at the doctors office is more like a blunted needle which makes it able to get into the nooks and crannies of the wart tissue.

Long story short, I explained to my doctor what i had been doing. I asked right from the outset that I wanted him to perform cryotherapy to remove any remaining wart tissue. He agreed.

He said that ACV is basically a weaker version of the wart dissolving solutions you can get at the local drug store and that it WAS effective and SAFE to be using. But he also added that the location of the wart on the glans was inhibiting the ACV's effectiveness.

After examining the dried up scab area that i had treated myself he concluded that the wart was pretty much gone except for a "few papules" which i had missed. He performed cryotherapy and in a few short minutes he was finished. He said it would blister and then quickly start healing in 3 days and be completely healed in about a week.

This is my last post. For those of you who are freaking out about this, i feel you but do yourself a favor: Don't deny this for what it is..a wart. If its small then by all means use ACV and it will eventually clear up but it will take a couple weeks.

To make this all go away faster, don't walk, RUN to your phone and call your doctor and make an appointment or go to your local emergency center. Tell them you have a wart on your genitals and you are requesting cryotherapy. You HAVE TO REQUEST cryotherapy otherwise the doctors will just stand there and scratch their heads, prescribe you a cream, therefore wasting your time and money.

Believe me cryotherapy is the way to go if your case is serious. Try the ACV too...who knows things may improve. But the end result is the same.

ACV with cause the same kind of blistering and scabbing as cryotherapy but typically is something that take a few days to apply and then a week to allow to heal.

Cryotherapy on the other hand takes only minutes to apply and a week to heal but only if you let the doctor do it. The over-the-counter stuff just doesn't have the correct kind of applicator to go in deep enough. You'll freeze off the surface but still have infected tissue underneath which will just come back.

This whole thing has been a nightmare. Had i known, i would have demanded cryotherapy a month ago and been done with this once and for all. Live and learn i guess. Hopefully my experience with help steer others in the right direction.

Last Saturday I took Compound W Freeze Off and froze the head of the remaining 7 bumps. I then waited until Monday to let the skin covering the wart die off a little and then ACV'd the area. By last night, 2 days, all 7 warts have turned totally black. These are warts that survived 3 previous treatments.

My advice to those with really stubborn warts is to treat the wart with something that will get rid of the top skin covering the wart first in order to kill the roots underneath with ACV. This definitely saved the surrounding skin. Once the buggers are black you can finish the treatment by simply using a Q tip and apply the ACV directly to the warts for a couple days and further save the surrounding skin.

Also, many people have said that you should not peel off the black scabs but I didn't read a reason why. A couple of mine that I peeled off after the first treatment came back. The reason for not peeling them is that this scab forming over the roots is depriving the wart of oxegen. You should leave it alone until it falls off and just put a drop of AVC on the black scab 5-6 times a day for 2-3 days once they turn black. I know that many of you want to get this over in 5 days so that you can be f@#king by the weekend but this is a 7-10 day process so you will have to give up one weekend. I also find that an hour a night in the swimming pool helps heal the surrounding skin.

I've been to the doctor more than 7 times to get them frozen off because soon after they'll re-appear. I'm so scared to go back and not be able to ever have them off me, i feel like the grosest person alive. It has caused a lot of stress in my life.

its been a week since my last cyrotherapy and have no longer blisters and open skin, is it safe to try the [ ACV, CASTOR OIL AND VITAMIN E ] or the [ ACV, ASPIRIN AND VITAMIN E GEL CAPS ]?

i have scarring from the freezing sessions and i'd like to get rid of this ugly problem please help me i don't know what to do

So now I have scarring from the freezing sessions and i'd like to get rid of this ugly problem also, I see its been a while since you wrote this but can you help me? Did you ever get the scars gone?

A few months ago my girlfriend called me and told me she had gone in for her Pap smear and found out that the spot where she thought she had nicked herself shaving turned out to be Genital Herpes. She found out that she had HPV and got treated at the Doctors by a series of acid treatments, followed by a series of topical solutions that worked well for her. She is wart free now as far as we both know. The Doctor's bill was outrageous however she comes from a well off family and daddy paid it. A few months later I see a wart on my penis. I on the other hand am not so fortunate to come from a rich family. I didn't want to go to the Hospital on base because I am not sure how the military looks on this sort of thing? Has anyone on here been treated at a military hospital??? So first off I read around online. I read of alot of ppl having success with Compound W. I used the stuff to burn it off with salicylic acid. This worked great! I didn't see it again. I had sex with my girl again and a few days later the little buggers showed up again! This time three. No prob, I burnt them off too! Wallah! Gone! So some time passes and this time I get a all out flare up! Now I have them all over some on my penis some on my groin around it. I burnt the ones off on the less sensitive areas and they haven't come back but there are too many to deal with on my penis. I ordered the Wartrol CRAP off line and tried the bitter tasting stuff three times a day under my tongue. COMPLETE waste of money! Don't fall for that scam. Next I paid some dude 17 bucks to access his "GENITAL WART REPORT". Which was nothing more than slabbing alot of Castor Oil on your genitals. I was beginning to lose hope until I stumbled across this forum but it seems that alot have had success, and i hope to contribute. Today is my first day trying ACV. I mixed it with the Castor Oil I have already been trying. I have completely quit smoking and drinking and have been working out alot and eating healthy, taking numerous vitamins. I didn't realize how many warts i had until i poured ACV on. ALOT. They all turn white. They are all very tiny not large and cauliflower like. I hope this works. I soaked gauze in Castor Oil and ACV and wrapped it around my shaft. I then took self adhering medical tape and wrapped it around. I am going to leave this on over night and then reapply tomorrow. I will keep you all posted. Please Reply to this post if you are A. in the military and have been treated or B. have alot of tiny warts and have had success.

1. ACV
2. Cotton facial pads, and q tips.
3. Vitamin E oil.
4. Hydrogen peroxide.

First things first, ACV help identify where they are hiding. Soak cotton and remove excess ACV, leave for 10 min to see.
Second, once identified soak the cotton and squeeze of excess and apply to affected area. Tape around the whole penis, not to tight, and make sure the tape overlaps itself to tape on correctly. Leave on for 1hr twice a day for 2 days and remove. Give skin a break, trust me..
Third, shower, clean with Hydrogen Peroxide and dry. Apply Vitamin E.
Fourth. Soak q tip and dab directly on affected area for a few minutes. This helps burn the GW and not the surrounding skin which should already be tender from previous application.
Fifth, apply Vitamin E often.
Please note, you should dab at anytime to continue the burning of the warts.

I hope this helps, it did for me. Thank you all for your shared comments, and next time you look at someone out in public, smile on the inside and say, theres a good chance they have GW. Its that common!

Also for those people experiencing a lot of irritation, or soreness down there give your area a break. I just started with the ACV again after a 4 day break. Im continuing with the ACV for another week or 2 just incase, I don't want to stop and then it starts growing again. But I do not do my treatment everyday. I would say in a weeks time I do about 3-4 treatments with ACV. The area gets a little tender so I take a small break. Also make sure you only apply the ACV to the wart and not the healthy skin. I rip the cotton off of a q tip and dip it in the organic ACV and then place it on the wart and keep it in place with a bandaide (sp?)

Good Luck everyone

I went to the doctors to have a few wars frozen off, they kept coming back, the doctor said that he thought my body had passed the virus and I would be fine. I noticed 3 months later that I had two little ones. Then I decided to check around and noticed that I may have a few more. I found this site and decided to try the acv. I put it on a cotton pad and left it sitting over my vagina and anus. It did sting a bit. I left it on for three hours. It started to burn so I took it off. I noticed that I had more than I originally thought. The next day I tried to put acv on again but I was so sore and swollen that I couldn't keep it on for more then an hour. I still had not noticed an improvement. The third day I left it on for 2-20 minute intervals but I was so sore that it was seriously painful. I took the fourth day off and then only kept it on the fifth day for 30 minutes.

I was then going on vacation so after the fifth day I couldn't do it for 7 days. I came home, did a 45 minuted avc soak and took a look with a mirror and noticed that I had way more then before, they were inside my vagina and anus and some that I originally had seemed to be bigger then before. I put avc on it for two hours. Then I put it for one hour the next day, then 45 minutes the day after that but they only seem to spread and leave the area agitated, swollen and raw. I then got my period and had to take three days off putting it inside my vagina but kept apply it to the rest. Today is my first day putting it back in my vagina and anus. I've been trying this in total for 16 days, it only appears to be spreading or enlarging. Should I continue? Should I give it a month. If anyone has had similar problems, can you please offer some adivce? I will continue to check in.

I can only surmise that this time the bulk of the wart is not there to insulate the roots from the ACV and the ACV can now go deep in and kill the roots.

It might be that 3 days was not enough the first time. I was to the point of pain so I am not sure I could do it longer. I am going to let this heal and do a 3rd application in about 3-4 weeks although this treatment is going very well.