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Posted by Mark (Largo, FL) on 07/06/2009
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I have been battling GWs for about a year. I've tried freezing them off and they do go away for a couple of months only to return. I found this site Friday and started treatment immediately.
At first I thought that I had 6 warts(2 large, 2 medium, 2 small). I was worried about burning my skin so I decided that I would do a 4 hour soak Friday and then 1 hour twice a day for 2-3 days. Friday I put a towel on my bed and soaked some gauze and wrapped the shaft and scrotum. I laid there for 4 hours making sure to keep the gauze wet. No burning at all. No redness or irritation at all. I was amazed to see that I probably had 30-40 warts. Most were not visible until after the ACV soak.
Saturday morning I did the same thing for 2 hours. Slight burning occured but not too bad. The warts had turned white. The 2 large ones were black in the middle. Throughout the day I noticed that many of the small ones were simply falling off (AFTER ONE DAY!) The large ones are shrinking and turning more black.
This did appear that it will work for me as it seems to be following the classic protocol. I've did another hour Saurday night and again Sunday morning. I went ahead and did another hour Sunday night. I certainly would not leave this on overnight or all day.
This morning all of the smaller white ones are completely gone and the skin is healthy looking. The larger ones are all black and seem to be ready to fall off any time now.
I am using a Q-tip and applying very locally, directly to the larger one several times a day.
I highly recommend this treatment. I think that every 2-3 months I may go ahead and do a 4 hour soak of everything for ongoing maintenance. This seems to knock out the little ones early before they can get large.
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Posted by Mark (Largo, Florida) on 07/08/2009
Update; On Tuesday evening I went swimming figuring that the water and chlorine would soften the blackened warts. That seemed to work well. After drying off I applied Tea Tree Oil to the warts and when I woke up this morning all but one had simply poked out of the hole. I brushed them off with my finger nail. It appears that I will have just a couple more days of healing and I'm done! This is truly amazing.
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Posted by Sassy (B-town, Washington) on 07/02/2009
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SO. one fine morning while showering i noticed a teeeeeny tiny little minuscule skin tag just hangin out in my perineum (space between the vag and bumola hole). Of course, i spazzed and went to the doctor the next morning to have the thing fried off with acid. it went away. but then. two weeks later when i went back for a recheck, surprise!! it started coming back and brought friends. so again they were fried off with acid. only this time, THEY CAME BACK 10000X WORSE. the two areas that were treated turned into HUGE flat warts. it was unbelievable!!! it was like the treatment did the exact opposite of what it was supposed to. so. after desperately searching on the internet for anything that could help i came across this and many other sites that went on and on about apple cider vinegar. so. i dug through the kitchen and found some. at first i used a whole wash cloth and saturated the center of it with ACV and stuffed it in my sn---- and layed in bed with it there for a couple hours. the two massive warts turned white as well as a few smaller ones i hadnt noticed. the next morning i did the same, sat and soaked for an hour or two. by that night i had noticed that one of the warts became smaller, the little ones were gone. the larger one was a little more stubborn. i sat and soaked again until it was so painful i couldnt stand it anymore. afterwards i noticed the larger wart began to peel away at the top most layer. also, i began using tea tree oil since the ACV had made my skin so raw. definitely very soothing and smells better. im on day 5 of the ACV and tea tree treatment and its looking MUCH better!!! the tiny ones are completely gone along with one of the big ones and the largest one turned into a crater looking thing that is slowly but surely healing away. there is one more tiny wart that i still am treating but this time only with a cotton ball soaked with ACV taped to the spot. this stuff is amazing!!!!!! especially after my experience with the 'reverse treatment' i had received a week ago. i recommend this to everyone with warty problems, its so much cheaper and more effective!!!
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Posted by Janice (Philly, PA) on 07/07/2009
sassy, i was wondering what is the best way to get rid of the ones on the inside of your vajay? i lost my job and have no insurance or that much money, so i am very limited to options. but i have a severe case of gw on my anus as well. i feel in is affecting my sex life with my bf. he is very understanding, but our sex life has changed in frequency. i don't blame him, i just want to get better and hopefully get back to what we had. so all your help would be appreciated. thanks, feel free to email me.
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Posted by sassy (B-Town, Washington) on 07/08/2009
well i just discovered a hard lump up a couple inches inside so what im doing for that is at night ill take a tampon and soak it in acv (you might want to dilute it if it stings too much) and stuffing it up there for a few hours. i havent left it in over night yet, not quite sure how the ecosystem down there will react to that. this is only my second time doing it and it isnt very painful, only a little stingy when i sit up or move around a lot. also, i was going to try a douche with diluted acv if the tampon method doesnt work. but. so far. all is going well, the lump hasnt gotten bigger or invited friends to the party. and. all the previous warts from before are completely gone except for a small scar from a really big one. leave another post if you try it out and lemme know how it worked for you... ill keep everyone updated with my experience.
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Posted by Sassy (B-town, Washington) on 07/12/2009
tampon soaked with acv worked great!! i never left it in for more than 4 hours each time but the hard lump disappeared in two days. yay! i am now wart free thanks to acv!!
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Posted by Janice (Philly, Pa) on 07/18/2009
sassy, how did you soak the tampon? i tried to soak first then put in, but the cardboard wouldn't move then i tried putting tampon in first and then wetting it, but it the liquid just seem to run out. i have been doing treaments for 2 hours at a time on the other ones, been 2 days now, not really sure if i notice a difference or not, but i am not giving up yet. is there anything else i should do with the acv? thanks for all your help. it is deeply appreciated.
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Posted by Sassy (B-town, Usa) on 08/09/2009
pull the tampon out first and then stuff it in.
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Posted by Anon (New York, NY) on 07/05/2009
Whoa. They're gone.
A week into treating my warts with ACV (gauze soaked in ACV, taped on with a band aid, overnight) and they are GONE.
The stubborn one wouldn't come off, so I pressed a sopping ACV soaked tissue to it for an hour before showering. I had a friend staying over my apartment and felt too self conscious to use the smelly treatment and stuck to a dab of tea tree oil. Then I left it alone for a day. The rest were all shrinking craters.
Two days later and nothing is left, just a slight pink mark that looks like it will heal up in a few days, as I have very pale and sensitive skin.
I am going to use the ACV treatment a few more times just to make sure everything is completely, 100% taken care of.
Look: I consider myself an intelligent, rational, and successful woman. I was way too embarrassed to tell anyone about this and considered holistic treatments cheap and ineffective. But this is NOT a placebo effect. Apple cider vinegar totally removed my wart. Amazing!
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Posted by specialmaster (ocean, nj) on 06/30/2009
i first had 2 of these suckers about 4 or 5 years ago, after id been with the same man for years. i was young and flipped out and went immediately to the gyno. she put a needle in my nether regions to numb it and cut them off. it sucked, but they were gone and the next day i was fine with no scarring. i spent a lot of time being angry and upset, but after some research and perspective i realized that there is really no way of knowing where i got this from, as viruses are tricky and can hide for years...and that it did...well the other day while showering a felt one. like a little skin tag. i felt it, but when i looked at it with a mirror it was flesh colored..i knew i had to take care of it asap because these little bitches will spread and grow in clusters if not regulated quickly. being less traumatized this go round, i decided to look for natural remedies (i learned to use tea tree oil for yeast infections, and will never pay 13.00 for monistat seven EVER again). so i came across this site. used the cotton ball last night. there was no remarkable pain. when i woke up, it had turned white, and I noticed some incipient little ones. i put it on today and it BURNED like a mofo. but, it eventually subsided. had it on at work but had to remove it because the smell was so strong! looked at it after work. still white, and it feels removed, like i could pick it off...but i won't. area is sore and inflamed, but i will do it again. i think after tonight it's going to fall off..it looks pretty dead..starting to look greyish...will let everyone know...
ps - i JUST received a bill from the insurance company for the wart removal from years ago...i guess insurance didn't even cover it. all the more reason to go this route.
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Posted by specialmaster (Ocean, NJ) on 07/01/2009
totally, totally gone. was there a bit this morning, greyish and ready to go. put some vitamin e (to stimulate new skin growth) on it a few X during the day, and it sloughed off with a bunch of surrounding dry skin during the day. i will keep using the vitamin e to heal the area. unbelievable. it really is.
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Posted by collectorsquest (Murrieta, CA) on 06/28/2009
I have had a genital wart for almost 10 years now, showing up about the same time I started to cease my philandering ways. I guess the wart was good for something. Anyways, I initially had it treated by putting a medicated cream on it, aldara, or something like that. Kind of worked, but the wart came back. A few years later, after it seemed that the wart came back and got bigger I went to the doctors office and he froze it off, which seemed to work a little bit, with a significant amount of burning pain at the wart site. Despite the burning pain, when the wart came back again I for one of these over the counter wart freezing cute tip things, and theough it worked, it seemed to just reconstitute the wart in a different way. Basically , it came back. So after trying all of these remedies for many years I finally heard about ACV and decided to give it a try. I'm on day three of soaking the cotton from a couple of cue tips in ACV, placing it on the GW, and then fastening the acv soaked cotton to the site with a bandage. I've done this for 3 days. Initially the skin at the wart site turned white. It was clear to see that the surface of the wart had changed. There were also some very small holes showing up in the wart, as though some roots or miniscule vessels had been eradicated. During the day, when I leave the site to air out, the wart site does grow drier. In a few days I can foresee the entire wart being eradicated. I'll post again in a few days. I have never seen a GW remedy work better, and faster, with less pain, than apple cider vinegar. I think that I have a few days to go, but the improvement is very noticeable. I wish that I had heard of this remedy a long time ago. But maybe it was better that I didn't since I learned to control my libido due to be embarrassed abut the GW on my Jones.
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Posted by Leo (Virginia Beach, VA) on 06/24/2009
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8 month ago I found out that I had genital warts so I asked my doctor what's the cure for the disease. He told me there is no cure. He suggested having my genital warts freeze off. The freeze therapy was painful but the warts were gone few days later. However, the warts keep coming back and the freeze therapy did the trick temporarily, and I even tried laser and that didn't work at all. I was frustrated and seeking for a cure. I did some research and came across this site about ACV can remove warts. I went to the grocery store on the same day and topically applied on the warts with a cotton ball and taped in place. I woke up next morning and found black dots on the warts. It was the warts dying. Boy I was happy. I apply ACV ever night before I went to sleep for about 1 week and then I'll let the skin to heal for few days and then repeat the same process until is gone. I have not seen any warts coming back. I wish I known this site earlier without spending money on those useless therapies. I am also taking red marine algae and garlic every day to prevent it from coming back. God bless this site.
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Posted by SARAH (FLORIDA) on 06/25/2009
I FOUND OUT 8 MONTHS AGO THAT I HAD GENITAL WARTS. I WASN'T SURPRISED DUE TO THE FACT THAT I KNEW I HAD HPV AND HAD GONE THROUGH EXTENSIVE TREATMENTS ALREADY TO GET RID OF PRE-CANCER CELLS. AFTER MANY FREEZING TREATMENTS, WHICH ONLY WORKED FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WARTS ALWAYS CAME BACK I FOUND THIS SITE. I'M ABSOLUTELY DESPERATE RIGHT NOW DUE TO HAVING NO HEALTH INSURANCE. SO TONIGHT IS MY FIRST NIGHT USING ACV. SO FAR I ONLY FEEL A LITTLE STINGING AND I'M HOPING THAT I EVEN PUT IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT LOL. I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT I CAN WRITE BACK HERE IN A FEW DAYS AND I WILL HAVE A SUCCESS STORY LIKE THE REST OF YOU. IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE DEALING WITH THIS. I WILL UPDATE TOMORROW AND LET YA'LL KNOW HOW MY FIRST NIGHT WENT.
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Posted by Brad (Wild West, TX) on 06/26/2009
I have been using the qtip and tape method with acv for aprox. 3 days now.. I also changed it more then most, about 3-4 times a day. My question is i have a giant crater now but it seems like there is still alittle bit of black in the very bottom of the crater.. My skin is demolished and im curious if i need to keep applying the acv?? I have what seems to be a yellowish scab but it doesnt appear to be coming off anytime soon. I hope someone can give me alittle insight into this because everything i read is that after a few days it kinda scabs up and falls off and mine doesnt seem to be doing the same.. I definately dont want to quit applying the ACV too soon at this point. LOL
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Posted by Shanon (San Antonio, Tx) on 06/22/2009
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Apple Cider Vinegar cured my genital warts!!! I was inspecting the area with a mirror when suddenly I see a whitish light-skinned wrinkly yucky thing growing right outside the vaginal opening. Looked a little smaller than a raisin. Ahhhh!!! (I screamed) and could not sleep the whole night. I felt a little relieved when I read that your body rids of the virus in 3-6 months but I still was devastated. I paid extra in a clinic and the gyno there freeze-dried the suckers and said they would fall away in two days and not come back. He also prescribed a cream I should wear for six weeks. A week later that damn thing was still there. Very tiny but it was growing again. That's when I discovered this awesome site. I rolled a cotton ball with ACV placed in in my v area and went to bed in pain. I didn't care. I slept for 10 hours (made up for lost sleep) and when I woke up the tiny head was black.I went about my business and before going to bed I was gonna repeat the process but during my usual inspection the ugly thing was gone!!! Even better my vagina looked pinkier, healthier, and felt great! It did not take 6 weeks, or even two days...it only took 10 hours! Bless you earthclinic!!!
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Posted by InkdUp (Ocala, Florida) on 06/22/2009
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I started useing this treatment two nights ago....I was completely skeptical, but we had some ACV in the house and though...What the heck. I gave it a try, it burned...not worse than I could handle. I woke up in the morning, no big difference from the night before...except slightly more tender in the "V" area. I figured I would try again, but if I didnt see results, this would be the last time. This morning when I got up for my morning pee, I removed the cotton ball and MUCH to my surprise it was nearly gone. I was flabber ghasted...I definately didnt expect it to work. Through out the day today, whenever I wipe after going pee, I have wiped away more and more of that little bugger. I am more than happy with this treatment, and the burning is an extremely small downfall to the results. If your skeptical, try it, its much cheaper than in office treatments so what do you have to lose?
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Posted by Chuffed (UK) on 06/21/2009
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just had to write that the acv works amazingly! Ive never felt compelled to write something in a forum like this, indeed It sure isnt something to shout about or be proud of having got "GW"
Like a lot of people I had actually plucked up the courage and visited a doctor, who prescribed a cream that would remove them, however it did shrink them temporarily, they came back ... so 5 weeks of treatment- pointless!!!
then desperate i read into other treatments.. such as the ACV...and asprin technique.. i have to say the crushed asprin didnt work for me,.. the paste simply dried and fell off, and was by no way as effective as the ACV...
as of today i am clear of any signs i ever had GW,.. the acv worked wonders, and i would highly reccomed to anyone suffering!!... be careful though as i found it did make the skin very sore, but moisturiser and tea tree oil has brought the old boy back to form!
anyone wondering wether to try the acv... i would have no hesitation to reccomend it.
Thanks to everyone on here!..:)
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Posted by Katie (Boonedocks, Ky USA) on 06/17/2009
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I discovered this bump on the fold of my leg about two months ago. I went to the doctor immediatly cause at that time I had the extra money for the exam. He told me that it looked like HPV enough that he needed to test it, but that it could also just be a skin tag do to damage to the skin. I was hoping for the latter, and sure enough he called and said the test was negative. I was relieved, until shortly after when i noticed i was getting more "bumps". I of course called him back and told him, but he said he wanted to test it again. It was 180 for the lab test alone not to mention the office fee. I don't have that kind of cash just laying around, so I started doing research on the net. I found this site about three days ago. I had already done the vinegar test so i knew thats what it was... I found a lot of people saying that the ACV worked wonders for them so i gave it a try. When the posts i found said pain... that was an understatement! it burnt soooo badly. I had tried to do the overnight thing and woke up with the burning everytime i moved. But sure enough today i got up and washed the fold of my leg with warm water and antibacterial soap, and some of those "bumps" fell off. skin is a little reddish but i'll take that anyday over these disgusting "bumps". Im taking the night off from the ACV just because i don't want my skin to get to raw, but i just want everyone to know how thankful i am this site exsists. I got this from a now ex boyfriend, who claims no responsibility even though he gave me chlamydia (sp?) twice while we were together. Its been a really rough experience for me and ive felt dirty ever since i found out. Don't get me wrong i know it could be worse.. but for me its pretty rough to talk about, especially in a small town like where i live. I haven't used the aspirin, castor oil, and ACV method yet but im going to tomorrow since ive now read it doesn't hurt as bad as just ACV. Im so thankful that this info is out there for people like me that can't really talk to anyone about it or afford to go get them removed by a doctor. Thank you guys sooooo much and i wish you all the best of luck in the future!
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Posted by E.G. (Haiku, Hawaii) on 06/11/2009
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I found this website while searching online for a natural remedy for my wife's genital warts. Her warts showed up right after the birth of our son, around the opening of her vagina. The warts came at a really bad time, as her body was already working hard to heal from the physical trauma of the birth. She was also terribly embaressed to have gentital warts show up on top of all the other "unsexy" stuff that was going on for her. I read about the ACV treatment for warts on this website and we decided to try it.
I was totally blown away by have effective this treatment is! I don't think I've ever seen a natural remedy work so quickly and completely. It was almost like magic. Within about 3-4 days of applying cotton balls soaked in ACV before bed, there were no more warts. They turned white and then shrank and shrank until they were completely gone, and not even any scars or signs of where they had been. The ACV completely healed her. They even continued to shrink when she skipped a day with the ACV (because it was burning a little and she wanted to take a break.) Wow. This works so well, is so cheap, is so easy; it's almost a crime that doctors will charge you big bucks to burn or laser the warts off, when this works so much better! Good luck!
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Posted by Jenson ( Canberra, ACT, Australia) on 05/31/2009
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Hi Guys, I just wanted to share my experience about using ACV and the joy that came with it. I have tried using many different treatments, but after reading about Ryan's experience with using ACV I decided to give it a go! I applied ACV to my warts by soaking a cotton ball with ACV and then using some medical tape to hold it in place, I did this prior to going to bed; it did begin to tingle a bit, but no pain. The following morning after removing the AVC and medical tape the warts were all white, very white. Lunch time I went to the bathroom, what did I discover, they had all turned very dark. By that evening they looked good as dead and by the following morning after that all had fallen off in the shower leaving a little red mark. 2 days have passed since then and new skin is building! Forget creams, forget freezing, ACV is the real deal and after 6 yrs of fighting, I found the best weapon, ACV! Thanks Ryan!
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Posted by Becky (York, UK) on 05/16/2009
Ok,so I saw my nurse practitioner the other day because something wasnt quite right 'down there' i had a vague feeing of what it might be before i went, but she was really unhelpfuly and suggested 'it looks a bit warty' i was like, ok so you cant tell me ANYTHING MORE?! and she said no go to the GUM...so here I am, not wanting to go to the GUM cause I know its highly unlikely to be the other thing she suggested 'just one of those things' so im trying the natural approach first. I've just applied my first 'dose' of ACV and its a mixture of stinging and throbbing.... but its not too unbearable, I'm gonna try and keep it on while i sleep, and hopefully things will look even a tiny bit better in the morning. I;ve gone through a lot of stuff already this year, genital warts are NOT something I need. I really hope this works, I know i was sceptical when I first read up on this technique but after so many people have had what sound like good results i figured i had to give it a go and maybe me writing this will give other people even a bit of hope (I know since i found these things the other day, this site has made me feel better about the whole thing!) wish me luck!! will update tomorrow!! x x x
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Posted by Becky (York, Uk) on 05/17/2009
Ok, so day after first dose, everything bad has gone white, and a bit harder than it was yesterday before i started anything...Not too sore or uncomfortable, I've not put any on for the duration of the day...going to reapply tonight and see how it goes! Hopefully will see some darkening or shrinking...will post back tomorrow! x
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Posted by Becky (York, UK) on 05/17/2009
ok so just put 2nd dose on like 10/20 minutes ago. stings like buggery! not kidding, this is really giving it some in the stinging department! however, i figure itll go in like 10/20 mins, and it can only be working... heres hoping...wish me luck! will report back in the morning and let you know how its gone! x
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Posted by Becky (York, UK) on 05/18/2009
Hey again, so, morning after 2nd dose, and i will warn you, my preditction that the stinging would die down in a bout 20 mins, very very wrong, took about an hour before i was in a position that was comfortable enough to go to sleep, tried to roll over, big mistake, had to spend another 20 minutes with somemore stinging :( but anyway, got up this morning went to the loo etc, came to examining down there, things have definately happened. i think one wart has gone (i say think because theyre not really that big, and theyre around the skin between my perineaum (sp?!) and vaginal opening, if that makes sense? and there was quite a few but all were small, and they arent the cauliflowery type, iv only had them two weeks or so so i dont think theyve had chance to develop properly yet) s i think one or two have gone or at least got a lot smaller cause that areas a lot smoother and i can see 'normal' skin. and the others appear to be smaller too! please note nothing has turned black so far, just...getting smaller. Hopefully this is a good sign!!
Will report back tonight with strength of stinging (im expecting it to be a lot, which im not looking forward to! lol) or any further changes....i can only hope this helps someone and reassures them as much as it is helping me to keep a record of it! if anyone wants to ask any questions or anything, please leave a message here and ill answer it, i know i hate having this happen to me and ive been beating myself up about it, so if i can help anyone feel abit better i will!! x x x
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Posted by Becky (York, Uk) on 05/18/2009
Nightly update...on night three now... After much examination of the area (and iv examined it A LOT in the past three days lol) a lot of my skin is raw and lookes cracked and dry etc. So i've applied a mixture of aloe vera gel and vitamin e oil and I'm not going to dose with ACV tonight. The area looks a lot better than it did two days ago, and for that i'm SO thankful its untrue. I'm giving the area a moisturiser attack (when i woke up, middle of the day, just now, just before i go to sleep) today because i dont wanna burn anything down there!! I spot treated the one area that still felt rough to the touch that wasnt irritated, which stung immensely as expected, and gave the other areas a quick wipe with ACV which stung like hell. Also someone previously recommended leaving a gap, which may help even more, who knows. But i think the right executive decision for me (and whoever reads this after, i think you have to do what is right by your body, sometimes you just know, you know?)
But I'll report back tomorrow morning (will be nice to go to bed with no discomfort for a night!) hopefully they wont have come back overnight lol. Depending on how things look I might give it one more all over (by all voer i mean cotton wool ball just inside the 'vestibule' area tomorrow night or else i might just spot treat this stubborn rough patch. Otherwise things are looking good, I just feel a bit sore and raw, as is to be expected. The aloe vera gel is very soothing, can pick it up from holland and barratt or GNC or any random herbal shop, not too expnsive, 2.99 for a smaller tube (by no means tiny tho!) and its good for sunburn and rough skin too (which is all i hope to be using it on after this!!) good luck to everyone out there trying this!! x x x
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Posted by HealURSoul in Jax (Jacksonville, FL) on 05/19/2009
Becky.. please go up under my post .. ACV, crushed asprin, castor oil..PLEASE it's at the top of this page!!!.. it is sooooooooo much easier OMG!!.. and there is very little burning and it really works.. I have been thru everthing you are going thru.. PAIN..OMFG!! having my fingernails pulled out would have been less painful..I'm sure....but here is my first post and there has been some feedback about it that might be helpful!! BE WELL Chicka!!
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Posted by Becky (York, Uk) on 05/19/2009
Thanks hun!! Any idea where you buy caster oil from tho, or does it go under a different name in the uk?! I did try looking online at tescos/asda (supermarkets) etc but couldnt find anything...any idea where it is like near the vinegar or gravy in the supermarket? lol thanks for replying tho!!
Quick update, things are still looking better, applied again tonight, but it burns like anything but it dies down after a few minutes to a dull ache... (although if i can get my hands on this caster oil i'm definately trying the paste thing!!) although i found some new ones today, a strip of flat ones about two or three down the side of my vulva near, but not on (thank god) my cl-- (sorry if its graphic!!) so im beasting that section as well. id definately say persevere with the treatment, do as much as you can bear, and slap on the vitamin e/aloe as and when! will report back dutifully tomorrow! x
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Posted by Becky (York, Uk) on 05/20/2009
So, morning after applying another dose, stung like hell and nothing really appears to have changed...maybe im overdoing it, think i might give it a couple of days off and see what happens, some of the skin is just white and doesnt look anything like what i was first worried about, so i think this might just be blistering or me making it rough from basically what is acid lol. So im gonna give things a rest for a few days i think. The new flat strip i found is looking better tho, i ran my fingers across it this morning and it felt rough so i ran my nail over it and the top layer of skin came off...so thats a bonus!
healURsoul...i went to the chemist today, only to find like nowhere in my area sells caster oil, i tried making a paste from some caster oil and zinc cream but it doesnt take the acv with it and it just slops around at the bottom of the bowl...but i have ordered some caster oil online which should be here next week sometime hopefully. it was only 5.00 inc delivery and vat, and thats a small price to pay in my mind!
When i start using that ill update under healURsoul's thread :) till then ill post a reply on here if/when i notice any other changes (hopefully not, or only for the better!) i mean dont get me wrong, things look a LOT better than they did last Thursday, things just arent 'normal' yet...altho there could be things i just never saw/noticed before that im worrying about, hence the laying off it for a few days (an it means i wont be paranoid that i smell like vinegar for a while!!)
Will keep posted! best of luck to everyone!!
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Posted by Sandra (London, UK) on 05/20/2009
Hi Becki, I bought some castor oil today at the chemist in London, very cheap, less than [pounds] 2. I also saw it at the health shop but it was very expansive. I tried the paste today for the first time on my warts and it doesn't sting at all.
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Posted by Ash (San Diego, CA) on 05/26/2009
Hello! I was hoping someone may be able to answer a question or have the same experience. I tried the ACV last nite and I only had a slight burning sinsation. I was able to keep it on all nite. The warts did turn white which is great, but I am now incredibly itchy. Did anyone else have this reaction? I was wondering if this was some type of an allergic reaction or if it is normal? someone please help! thanks :)
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Posted by Alicia (Des Moines, Iowa) on 06/22/2009
yes i had itching too and i thought it was the worst but i applied tea tree oil to it and it helped a bit also did liquid vitimin E oil too until it was a bit better then went back to the treatment.
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Posted by Pablo (Mexico) on 04/24/2009
★☆☆☆☆
I first noticed 8 warts on my penis in November 08. I went to the doctor and after having been on Aldara treatment for 3 + months, the warts on my penis shaft and in my scrotum started to spread instead of disappear. I counted more than 20. Then I found this site and started the ACV and HP treatment. First responses were great, but I got too excited and applied the treatment to large areas of my penis with ACV and I actually burned most of my penis skin, so I had to lay off a bit. Then I resumed, but what has been happening is that as soon as the warts I focus on have fallen, others start to grow in the nearby areas. I've been going like this for 2 months now, and it seems a battle I cannot win. I have also been battling the lesions left behind by fallen warts : they're like craters, and it takes some time for them to heal.. I have lots of scars, but worst of all is that I still have lots of warts. Any ideas ? I need some urgent advice.
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Posted by John (Boston, Mass) on 04/29/2009
I am having the exact same problem, the warts get better at first, but then seem to multiply into other non-affected areas. I am starting to lose hope at this point, any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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Posted by Rodrigo (Mexico, Mexico) on 04/18/2009
OK First I wanna thank you all guys because it was such a relief reading all your stories and knowing I'm not alone on this... It's been like hell since I discovered this tiny bump on my penis shaft like 1 year ago... It is the size of a grain of salt maybe, not too big but it's definitely noticeable and it has reduced my sex life to self pleasure... After being hesitant (and reading each and every post on One Earth regarding ACV and GW's) I decided to give it a try hoping I wouldn't end up disfiguring my buddy down there... Today I bought ACV 5% (dunno if a more concentrated vinegar would work better... anyways it was the only Apple Vinegar I could find) I came back home, had a shower, then I cleansed the area with HP as suggested... then applied the ACV with a cotton swab (the wart itself is like 1/8 the size of the cotton ball on the cotton swab) so it was almost impossible to avoid surrounding area... but what the heck! All I want is get rid of this ugly bump. I then cut a piece of the cotton and damped with the vinegar and finally covered with a band-aid it's been like 3 hours and I haven't felt any itching, burning, whatsoever... I dunno if that means it is not working... I guess I'll just have to wait until tomorrow... and see if there's been any color change or anything.
I'll keep u posted on the progress... Wish me luck!
** I've got a question... Is it only the Apple Cider Vinegar which works? or any kind of vinegar?? like white or balsamic vinegar... **
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Posted by Rodrigo (Mexico) on 04/21/2009
Umm well I've applied the ACV for the 3rd time and I haven't notice a change on the GW. I take a cotton swab and apply the ACV on the wart and then cut off a small piece of cotton and I just put it on the GW and cover it with a bandage... then I would just leave it like that for 8 hours and take it off and clean with HP. As I'm telling u I didn't notice any change on the GW itself, but the skin around got darker... like blackened or something... I wonder if this is normal... I'm not sure if keeping with the treatment or not cause I haven't seen a diff on the wart. It got whiter but not like chalk white and it definitely hasn't got black ... I'm kinda lost at this point and a bit disappointed... I thought it would work faster as many of the people here said it would do its magic over an average of 3 days... Ok I've read it worked slower for some people but the darker marks of the vinegar on the surrounding skin is making me a bit scared... I mean it doesn't sting or hurt at all... it just became blackish... but it's not where the wart is! the wart is still "intact" I'll keep on applying ACV for some more days and I'll keep ya posted
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Posted by shlda-stayd-a-virgin (Houston, TX) on 04/16/2009
★★★★★
Yeah - So I was really shock to learn that I had contracted HPV when I had my yearly pap smear since I had just lost my virginity 3 months back. I had waited so long and right out of the gate I get an STD. I was very much disturbed but my gyno said since I was young (24) I should get rid of it rather easily (even though it will always be in your system). Fast forward 2 months later, I find razor bumps between my bum, or I think they are razor bumps, don't think much of it until I find this rather odd looking skin tag at the top of my labia. I go online looking at pics and my random skin tag still looks pretty innocent until I noticed that time passes (2 weeks) and it never wants to leave. Did the vinegar test and find out its GW (believe me you know when you have GW they turn white as chalk). Do another vinegar test and find out that my random razor bumps between my bum are clusters of GW from my vaginal opening all the way to my anus.
I felt pretty horrible but decided to do something. Found this AMAZING website and this is what happened. I have done the ACV treatment for 5 days now. I just wanted people to know that for some (like me) ACV might take a bit longer than expected. I didn't feel any burning until day 3, I am on day 5 and I feel like I have just wiped my a$$ with cyanide because it hurts sooo bad but things have gotten smaller, grayer, and at time even black. The GWs (3 of them) on my labia are nearly all gone and the others are hanging on for dear life. I give them one more week. I at times put a little tree oil but I really can't stand the smell so make sure you put some on when you are staying in.
All I can say is, stay strong and stick to the program. It might take a while but I promise you, you will notice a difference. I am taking a break this weekend since I do not think my skin can take so much ACV but come Monday these suckers are going DOWN !!
Stay safe, healthy and strong and for goodness sake DO NOT FORGET THE VITAMIN E!!!!!!
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Posted by Nena (L.A., Ca) on 04/22/2009
Dear "shlda-stayd-a-virgin from Houston, TX"
I was wondering if you could tell me how exactly you did your vinegar test, ACV treatment, how you placed it internally, and what your results are now. I have GW inside the vagina (skin-tag look-alikes), and I'm just not confident that anything will work. I've tried vinegar before, but all that really happened was that the vaginal area got really swollen. Maybe I needed to keep it up for a while longer, but it really hurt. Also, the interior skin is so pink, never turned white like you mentioned. I can't even imagine the warts turning gray or black. It's not like its a dry scab on the exterior skin. Anyway, any help or feedback on your end would really be helpful. THANK YOU! :D
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Posted by The Senator (Madras, Oregon) on 04/09/2009
★★★☆☆BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS
After self-diagnosing myself with genital warts I wanted to find a way to rid myself of them without having to deal with the cost and embarassment of approaching a doctor about them. For a long time (almost a year) I remained skeptical about trying any remedies, and as I wasn't sexually active and the wart never got big and didn't really bother me, I left it alone. My girlfriend has known about it since we met and first became sexually active and it has never bothered her, but it bothers me as having even this small wart was embarassing. So I have tried ACV for the past 3 nights, applying more than I think I should've to a cotton square and bandaging it to the area of the wart. The first day it turned white as expected, and throughout that slowly got darker. This is after spending a night with it on. The next night before bed I did the same thing, and woke up about 5 hours later with a burning sensation. So I removed it and throughout the next day the area had burned slightly when in a irritating position. The wart by then was blackened, and the unseen warts under my foreskin had started to become more visible and take on a rough feeling. After a third night of doing this; once again I woke up and had to remove it because it had burned enough to wake me from my sleep. I am currently on the third day and about to goto bed. By now the wart has become more flattened, and very obviously has gone down in size as I can graze my finger over it without it actually moving very much. I'm scared however though I may have damaged my skin doing this. I don't know if I have burned it badly or not as there is no discoloration to the skin, just darkened warts. It burns somewhat if touched, and the wart is still there along with it's little hidden friends. I expect it to come off soon hopefully as I am doing my regular STD testing and trying to remain without the doctor finding a wart.My main concern is not the ACV working or not, as by all of the posts I have read it is clearly working. I just am scared that I may have hurt my shaft by either having it on too long or by having too much ACV on the area of my shaft. I've applied HP tonight to try and make sure I haven't done any damage as I have nothing else to apply to the area. So I guess the purpose of me writing this was to confirm that the process is working, but I really want to know if the sensitive area is normal to the point of me touching it and being in pain, or if I have burned myself. Keep in mind I didn't read fully through I guess when I found this and may have applied too much.
And I also would LOVE to thank this website for helping me find a somewhat painful but very effective way to remove this. Hopefully it will be gone by the next two days.
