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Posted by Bobby (Fort Lauderdale , FL) on 02/08/2009
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Unbelievable results. I first noticed a growth around my shaft about June 2006 and since then, have had 5 more pop up around the region. I always read that they would 'eventually go away' and that they were not a serious health concern, but still was bothered by the fact that they were there. I read up on Earthclinic, and decided to try the ACV method to treat the warts. I did a test run on the smallest wart, taping the head of a cotton swab soaked in ACV over it overnight. I woke up to find the wart white in color. Went to work, repeated the process before bed and found the wart nearly black the following morning. Went to work again, followed the same procedure, and when I awoke and showered the following morning, what was left of the wart fell off in the shower. I followed suit with the rest of them, and am now wart free. I would like to THANK and PRAISE whoever discovered this.
P.S.: I found that using the adhesive part of a 'bandage'(aid) worked much better than tape.
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Posted by Bob (Baltimore, MD) on 02/07/2009
Week 2. I now realize this will not be the miracle, overnight sensation as some have experienced but I am cautiously optimistic. This week I made a paste of ACV and crushed Bayer aspirin. I applied the paste to the affected areas and then proceeded to repeat what I did in the first week (above). Yes, I feel the burn. The ACV/aspirin paste did sting for about an hour but after 5 nights, around 35% of the area is turning black and beginning to scab. I plan to see my dermatologist this week and he'll do another freeze session. After a week of letting that heal, I plan to go back to the ACV/aspirin paste. I will be back in a few weeks for a further update. Wish me luck....
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Posted by Flustered But Hopeful (Podunk, Kansas) on 02/02/2009
soooo i have been using vitimin e oil on my intrnal genital warts for a week and this is what is helping me!!!!!!!! i am so relieved. i just take a q-tip and apply to the area inside my vaginia and i can feel that they are almost gone. getting smoother everday. i read this in the warts section that many people cleared their regular warts or plantar warts in 2 weeks with vitamin E oil. so i thought maybe this is what would work for me and well it did!!!! i am so happy that this is working cause the ACV was not for me. thank you thank you so very much to earth clinic and everyone else on here.
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Posted by Lina (Brooklyn, New York) on 02/01/2009
Hi everyone,
I have a very important question: I apply ACV on the clustered small wart on the cervix and it causes the wart to bleed. Does this happen to anyone? I read that few people experience the wart to turn white black and fall off. Mine they bleed immediately after i rub ACV on and of course, they hurt like hell, i clean the area with Peroxide and use large First Aid pads to secure the area to avoid any spread. I want to know if anyone experience bleeding.
Of course the area get very swollen, gosh I can't believe what I'm going through, and I continue to clean it twice a day and change the aid pads. It bleeds for 2 days and then I start to add diluted Oregano Oil to the area and air myself cause it hurts like hell. The whole process takes 5-7 days and the wart is gone, but they reappear!!!!
I know i'm not alone, I'll continue to search for a cure becaues i believe there is many out there!!!! We can do it, i'll share any information i could find. Also read about Castor Oil i heard it works, I use it every day. Good luck everyone.
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Posted by Brad (Phoenix, Arizona) on 01/31/2009
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I just started seeing my warts about 2 months ago and got kinda worried. About a week ago I started reading about genital warts on the internet and it made me even more worried, thinking all i could do is go to the doctor to get rid of them. which i didnt want to unless i really really had to. Then I saw this site and read all the comments about using ACV. I didn't think that it would work for me but i thought i might as well try it. I used tissue and poured just a small amount of the ACV on it and taped it around all three of the warts just over night. I'm on the third day of it and they are almost shrunk down to nothing. first day they turned white or greyish, second day were pretty much all black, and now just about gone. I'm starting to just use a cuetip with the ACV for about 10 minutes a few times a day because surrounding area is kinda sore from it. im also hydrogen peroxide to clean it all and aloe and vitamin e lotion to help heal it. I'm taking multi-vitamins and garlic just to maybe help it a little. I'm sure within the next couple of days the warts will be completely gone. This website has helped me and i think the ACV will work for anyone.
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Posted by Bob (Baltimore, MD) on 01/30/2009
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Have GW going on 12 years now. Done the whole dermatology routine from burning to freezing to Aldara/etc. Nothing seems to work - freezing is only temporary. So now I'm trying other cures and gave ACV a try. Now, my GW are in the groin area / top of the shaft and can't really be counted. They are more like three separate pinkish masses. Anyhow, I soaked some cotton balls with ACV and applied to the affected areas and taped them overnight. No burning. Nothing. In the morning, I shower and then apply Vitamin E which I keep on during the day. I've done this for five straight nights now. I actually switched the type of ACV after the second evening. Originally it was a generic supermarket brand. I then went to a health store and purchased the unfiltered, organic type.
I took some digital photos of the area and looked at them on the computer screen. Some minor irritation to the whole area. Definitely a bunch of tiny new ones have popped up. Roughly 5% of the area is turning black but that's about it. I didn't expect a miracle cure but I was certainly hoping for better results considering all the stories I've read. I plan to take the weekend off and then begin again - this time mixing the ACV with crushed aspirin. Hopefully this will produce better results. On top of the ACV treatment, I've begun to take a one-a-day vitamin, Vitamin E (1200 I.U.) and Elderberry Extract (1500mg) to help fight the HPV. I realize this will take time but I would really like to see more improvement in combating the physical warts. Any advice would greatly be appreciated. Thank you.
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Posted by Bill (Philadelphia, Pa) on 01/30/2009
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I've read about ACV for a long time and tried it a few times and must say it works. I'll caution you that a lot of this is speculation, but comprehensive info is hard to find on the internet since dr's seem content to charge for zapping and frying the nation's genitals.
First off, I became aware I had GW cause I spotted a pretty prominent one (almost the size of a pea) between my scrotum and thigh. Tried Aldara... nothing, so I actually just cut it off with sharp scissors.. it ain't been back... lol.. I started wondering if I had others I couldn't see though, so tried the ACV to see if anything turned white. I did find another flatish wart in almost the same place on the opposite side of my scrotum, a handful of real small ones on my shaft, and two nearly microscopic ones on the head of my penis... but the kicker is that almost the entirety of my scrotum (at least the spongy sort of adjustable tissue that expands and contracts in different temperatures) turned bright white.
I couldn't find any good way to tape anything to them, so I just took to dipping the entirety of my junk in a cup of acv for 30-45 minutes a night. First night, no probs.. 2nd, mild stinging.. 3rd.. stinging.. 4th.. STINGING.. 5th.. stinging so bad that I was sweating and begging god to make the clock move faster. The results though, were awesome. One of the larger warts is gone. The other is half its original size. The ones on the shaft and head developed black heads that fell off. I think they may need another go of the acv in a few days, but they're almost gone.. but again, the scrotum. I found dozens, probably hundreds of little warts I couldn't have otherwise detected. More wash off every morning, and for the first time in three years my scrotum doesn't itch and burn. The skin is going back to a beige color after 3 years of always looking red.
I'm 35 and had a lot of sex 12-15 years ago (before hpv was on the radar) so these are probably mostly all very old and established warts. It wasn't until a much more recent encounter that I developed the two I was able to notice, and they died quick. I don't kid myself. There are probably some I've missed and some stubborn ones, but what a dramatic difference. I plan to let all the scabs fall off in their own time, take a few days, and go back at it again.. The kind of tissue they're growing on seems to make a significant difference in how easy they are to kill. Scrotum and foreskin = easy. Tip of penis or urethra = stubborn. Take the pain, take the time to do it right, and take the embarassing step of telling your gf so she can take care of herself too, or you'll just get it right back again. Do yourself first, and then explain you've discovered a little problem you both share, but that you have a real good treatment too!
If you can see one, you have 5. If you can see two or three, you have dozens. If a careful examination shows 5 or 6, you're loaded with em. It's like spotting a flea on a dog. I say drown as broad an area as you can for as many days as you can stand the pain. Then spot treat for a couple more days.. then take a break for a week and go back at it to make sure they're all gone. Don't forget the insides of your things and the mysterious nacha/taint!
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Posted by JB (USA) on 01/29/2009
hi D, sounds like the root of the wart... if the surrounding skin is pink, new, and/or tender, then let it heal. 3-7 days should be sufficient. you'll know when it feels good. then try to pinpoint the roots or "pimples" with Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV). It seems a cotton swab or Q-tip, soaked in ACV and held with direct pressure for about 15 min 2-3 times a day for 3 days. If painful, stop applying and rest. wait 2-4 days for results. IF any roots or "pimples" remain, repeat treatment. Much love, prayers and healing.
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Posted by Surf (Down South, Central America) on 01/29/2009
Well, I finally broke down and went to see a doctor, who's actually more like an old friend, so I felt comfortable talking to him about my situation. He said that I should have come to him earlier. I've got to stop using creams for a two days and then go get a swab sample of the white tissue on my shaft analyzed. He said that it looks like the ACV burnt through a couple of layers of sensitive skin. May have to take some antibiotics or use a cream. A neosporin type cream seemed to cause some irritation to the sensitive skin areas, after using it for a while. He said, that in the end, the white skin area could have a small scar, worst case scenario. I feel much better having a doctor now supervising my botched treatment. I just hope that after all that I've been through, I'll finally get everything cleared up. My girlfriend has been pretty cool about the whole thing. It was hard breaking the news. It's even harder not being able to be with her sexually. I know the whole subject is pretty embarassing, but I wish I that would hsve consulted the doc sooner. He's into natural treatments, too. Probably could have overseen the whole ACV treatment regimen and saved me alot of problems, in the end.
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Posted by Mike (Westland, MI) on 01/28/2009
I had similar results when I used ACV. The vinegar cleared about half of the warts, but did not affect the ones that looked like pimples. I also had to stop the ACV treatment because of scaring which I still have. I have been using tea tree oil which has been making them much smaller, but the stubborn basterds still won't fully go away. What creams are you using that have been working for you?
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Posted by Julia (Dallas, TX) on 01/27/2009
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I was just diagnosed with GW. I went to the dr. and she applied acid to it. Not much happened until I came to this website and read about ACV. Wow. Has that made a difference. I have been applying twice a day for 3 days. It is almost gone. Thank you!!!
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Posted by Mike (Southwest, Louisiana) on 01/26/2009
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I noticed a couple of very small, flat white spots on the shaft of my penis a few months ago. I didn't think much of it until they persisted so I went to the dermatologist so that he could take a look at what I feared were GW's. He said that they didn't look like anything to be concerned about, so I was obviously very relieved. He also mentioned that a good way to test is to put white vinegar on any suspected spots and that they would turn white within a minute or two if they were indeed warts.
I sorta forgot about them until one day I noticed that I actually had white vinegar in the house so I decided to give it a try. To my horror the spots (and a couple of other spots) turned bright white after a few minutes. I obvioulsy panicked and made a Dr appointment to have them frozen off. I then started doing web research and found that freezing them might not be the best option. I then luckily found this website!
I did the spot treatment method in which I taped small, wart-sized pieces of cotton ball which were soaked in ACV to the warts. I pretty much left the soaked cotten pieces on 24/7 for three days. I would take them off to shower and rinse with hydrogen peroxide after the shower. They turned white after Day 1, grey by Day 2, and began falling off by Day 3. HOWEVER, leaving the soaked cotton on 24/7 was a mistake. It did get rid of the warts, BUT seriously burned a lot of skin around them as well. I began using vitamin E oil (by piercing the gelcaps with a pin) and all eventually healed up. This was about 2 months ago.
Earlier this week I noticed a few more spots so I decided to check with white vinegar again, and indeed several spots illuminated. I suspect that I missed a couple of small warts with my previous 'spot' treatment, and irritated or spread them through contact. This time I am using a somewhat broader method by using a swatch of paper towel soaked in ACV to cover a larger area (hoping that I don't miss any this time). I left the 1" x 1" swatch taped to the shaft of my penis yesterday (Day 1) for about 8 hours, and when I removed it there were several more spots that I had not noticed before which had turned white, and a few which had already turned black. After showering last night, I rinsed with HP and put vitamin E oil on overnight. Repeated the 1" x 1" swatch this morning (Day 2), and will keep you posted.
I have also been taking vitamins since I first noticed the warts a few months ago. I take a vitamin e, stress B complex (lots of B vitamins, folic acid, and vitamin C), and multivitamin daily. I'm hoping that is helping internally with the virus itself.
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Posted by Flustered But Hopeful (Podunk, Kansas) on 01/26/2009
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i have been using ACV for a few days now. the first day i did a tampon soaked in full ACV and placed it in my vaginal canal i left it there for an hour. after removing it everything was white that i could see. i then repeated it again a few hours later this time leaving it in for 2hours and more whiteness appeared. i also have 4 warts on the entrance to my vagina and have been using a q-tip in acv applied to them as i am not wanting this area to be totally sore. other areas fromt he tampon around my vagina are sore/ raw from the ACV contact.. this was the first day...wednesday
now on thursday i tried the soaked tampon again and had it in there for 10-15 minutes as it hurt way bad i mean ouch! i was in pain so i took it out. i decided to take a break this day just spot treated with acv and tea tree oil to the outside ones that i have. the tea tree oil has seemed to make them bigger a little bloated as i think it is getting absorbed by the warts so i am sticking with this . i have heard that tea tree oil has removed warts for others.
friday i did a douche with ACV and this burnt too not as ad as the tampon was more bearable but boy did it make a mess. lol. i was still spot treating this i am assuming will take longer than the direct application but eventually i think will work it is in a hard place and i can't quite get and cotton ball or tape to stay put and they are very small the 4 of them. SOOOO....
on to saturday i did a spot treatment as much as possible kinda letting it rest but in the evening/night i started to get a itch in my vaginal opening. not sure if its cause it is cause the acv is dryingme out or what or from the burns that i have now. eaither way i can only feel relieved from it if i apply vitanmin E on the entrance and inside. when i did this it felt better .
sunday this is day 5 and i did another tampon soaked in the ACV and left it there for 1 hour it burnt jsut like the first time once again everything turned white. i also did a hydrogen peroxide douche before this to clean out any material in there before the tampon no chunkies have been coming out but the last few days i have been having a discharge. not sure if it is the skin from the warts or not. but i did have to apply more vitimin E as i am itchy still. IS ANYONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM GIRLS!!! ITS DRIVING ME NUTS I HOPE THIS IS NOT GONNA LAST! the vitamin E really helps sooth it and when i felt around in my canal with a latex glove on i didn't feel as many warts in there so i think i am making progress. i will mention that i have had these internal warts for about 6 years and they have never spread. i do not have any on the outside of my crotch just the very opening.
i am hopeing that the tea tree oil and the vitimin E are adding to the wart removal process. i heard of other rmoving their warts with the TTO and someone said they removed their warts with the Vitimin E so im using them all just in case. i will take this proceedure lightly as i a do not want to hurt myself too bad. i do not like pain especially in this area!!! i will post later to update you all.
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Posted by hoping and waiting (Omaha, NE) on 01/25/2009
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i tried the acv treatment. this is day 4. i have 2 warts next to my anus. i have tried the acv treatment for 3 days now. they have started turning white but i cannot do it today. it hurts to bad. im trying not to be overly aggressive. but i am a little discouraged. i want these suckers gone. i have not been diagnosed with hpv and i have never had an abnormal pap but my sister who used to work at a gyn said they were probably warts. my first one appeared 4 years ago about 3 inches from my anus. she used dental floss and tied that wart off. so much less painful than this acv treatment. it just fell off in 3 days. the 2 i have now are much larger than my 1st one 4 years ago. any advice? i want to keep using the acv. am i being impatient? 3 days about 2 hours a day and they are still here.
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Posted by Julia (Dallas, TX) on 01/24/2009
What is the remedy using ACV to help get rid of genital warts? How much ACV? Do you dilute it with water?
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Posted by Surf (Down South, Central America) on 01/23/2009
Apple cider vinegar for genital warts.
Hi. I'm going through a divorce and have been 'dating' since moving out of the house. I noticed what looked like a couple of genital warts in December.
My girlfriend had to take a trip, so I thought I'd give ACV a try. I didn't find this site until after I'd botched the treatment. I drink a little ACV everyday, so it didn't occur to me how strong it really is. I soaked a cotton pad that was in contact with my shaft and head for about 2 nights, then just a pad on my shaft for a couple more nights. Needless to say it was painful and I've developed infections under the head, on each side of the glans, I believe it's called. I didn't use HP nor did I use antiboitic creams, until after I stopped with the ACV, which is when the infections developed. I am now using a couple of different creams that seem to be slowly working in clearing up what look like acne pimples. The ACV also burned some of the skin near the bottom of my shaft, which turned black, then white, and the white is almost all gone. The new skin seems very sensitive and sometimes develops pimples that go away in a day or two. I'm hoping that everything clears up soon. Has anyone had any similar experiences? Any advice? I plan to keep up with the creams until everything is cleared up. I'll post my results. Thanks. I'm not sure how I'll tell my girlfriend. What I've got now looks a hell of a lot worse than a couple of warts.
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Posted by Steven (Miami, FL) on 01/23/2009
i am having the exact same problem!!! it appears that there are like new wart clusters and/or the acv is irritating my skin causing a rash that appear like new warts... i'm freaking out!
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Posted by Lisa (far far away, Indiana) on 01/23/2009
it could be and very well so that the new warts that you are seeing and believing to be spreading are actually warts that were invisible to your eye. you can have warts and not even see them. this was my experience. just keep at it. take breaks if you need to. remember that everyones experience is different. Good luck and please post back with your story when you are finished. many people need encouragment.:)
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Posted by James (Tuscon, AZ) on 01/22/2009
I have been using the paper towel soaked in ACV wrapped in saran wrap for about 5 days. It is effective in killing the warts that were already there. However, it seems that new warts are popping up everywhere... like the ACV is spreading them somehow. Any advice? I have gotten very discouraged after initally having some optimism
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Posted by Mauro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) on 01/21/2009
Hi Katie, Don't worry about this. The truth is, these warts (in my opinion) have nothing to do sex. I'm a guy and was terrified to find several on my anus. No sexual activity I ever engaged in could explain that. ACV got rid of ALL of them. Most of it was gone on the third and forth day. One was stubborn, but I kept going. Don't overdue it and let it become too sensitive/irritated. If it is, take a break one day and start all over. You may also gently scratch the outer surface of them once you have done this for a few days, and keep going on until they are gone. Trust me, it works!
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Posted by Katie (Guelph, ON) on 01/21/2009
Apple cider vinegar: Trying for the first time tonight and praying it works. Was just diagnosed today and am mortified. I have been dating someone for the last 3 months. How do I tell him without him running for the hills!
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Posted by Mary (Main St., Canada) on 01/18/2009
I also forgot to mention that when I was doing the tampon treatment, I was getting a pinkish discharge, which I assume was blood mixed with something else, not the discharge the other Earth Clinic users had talked about. This was scary, so that was another reason why I stopped the tampon treatment.
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Posted by Mary (Main St., Canada) on 01/18/2009
Reporting back on this--
I didn't have any conclusive evidence with the apple cider vinegar when used on internal genital warts.
I used a diluted solution with a tampon for 6 hours (broken up into 2 parts) for 2 days, plus put ACV on cotton balls and stuffed it into the opening of my vagina. I didn't see any discharge or any indication that the ACV was working, so I stopped because it hurt too badly.
The ACV also burned my skin and the inside of my vagina-- I went to the free clinic to see if they could zap any warts and when the doctor put the speculum in, I was practically screaming because I was so tender.
I've also been taking so many vitamins: B-complex, garlic, beta carotene, multivitamin, echinacea. I've kept up with this regimen.
Finally, yesterday I found a liquid vitamin E at Wegmans, a supermarket. Instead of putting the drops under my tongue as directed, I've been laying on my back on my bed and insert the dropper into my vagina-- this way, the vitamin E can go far in, perfect for those hard-to-reach warts.
I think my warts are getting better-- when I insert the dropper or feel around with some toilet paper, it doesn't hurt as much as it used to.
On a side note, my external warts haven't been back since, thank God. Not sure why that is.
Hope this provides some extra ideas!
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Posted by Darrell (Perth, Western Australia) on 01/17/2009
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Well....I am sold on ACV. After a drastic attempt using petty spurge, which worked, but which removed all of the skin and the warts in one go, but which had them coming back in much-increased numbers,possibly due to the extensive skin damage, I decided to use ACV. I thought it was never going to work, and it probably took the best part of three weeks, but it DEFINITELY WORKED!
The warts did not turn black, though some became rather greyish before they finally came off.
I used some steroid cream and some antibiotic ointment on the area to aid healing and prevent infection.
If any more appear I shall just keep up with the ACV. There was a bit of stinging but, by and large, it wasn't too bad at all. And, after being told by an "expert" that ACV "won't work", I am pleased to report that it DEFINITELY DOES! You have to give your skin a break to prevent too much damage, but at least you can judge it fairly well.
I didn't even have to bother with cotton-wool. Just used carefully-folded wads of toilet paper which stayed in position all night.
Thank God for this site, and I'm not religious!
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Posted by Ema (Texas, usa) on 01/16/2009
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I saw about ACV and how it treats GW on youtube. i didnt want to mess with it without knowing how exactly it would work on me. i had my dermatologist's appointment today to burn them. i did this morning. it hurts. anyway last week i applied to ACV to my anus where i have 3-4 warts. i applied it only for 3 times. i soaked a cotton ball and taped it for 30 mins each for 1st 2 times then 2 hours for 3rd (last) time. could not do for any more times as it hurt. and my skin was very itchy and was burning. after 2nd use, i saw the skin became lighter. only 1-2 warts. after using 3rd time, one of them came of as i was washing them .i did not use ACV after that as i did not want to make my skin sore before the doctors treatment. but 2 days ago, i realized all of the 5 warts arround my anus have gone. i was happy.anyway i am positive that it will help me in future.
i have a ques, does any one know how to diagnose internal warts? so far i can see inside my vagina, i dont see any bad color or skin. i have pap next saturday.hopefully it will come normal.pray for me and it will be helpful if any further advise can be given.
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Posted by Fiona (San Francisco, CA) on 01/15/2009
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So I gave it a few more days and the ACV definitely did work! I think I was expecting it to work in 3 days because it did for some, but everyones bodies are different. Mine worked in about 5 days. I really started to see a difference using a Q-Tip instead of a cotton ball. Since I only had one very small wart, the cotton ball burned a lot of my good skin. My wart was at the very opening of my vagina which was an extremely hard spot to get a band-aid to stick. Instead what I did was applied ACV to the end of a q-tip and held it onto the wart for just about 10 minutes every day. The direct pressure on the wart itself made all the difference.
Don't freak out if your wart does not turn black, mine didn't. It stayed white, and eventually got smaller, until I could just scrape it away. Today, it appeared to be completely gone. I'm hoping it stays gone and that I don't have another out-break in the future, but if I do, at least I know I have this wonderful site to post my ordeal on. You are all beautiful & strong people for getting through this!
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Posted by Ema (Texas, USA) on 01/15/2009
it can be any regular skin irritation. if you arent sure about GW, u should not use it as it can cause damage to ur cell. check with a doctor and be sure that its wart. then u can choose to use ACV
