APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

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!"

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."

[YEA]  01/27/2009: Julia from Dallas, TX writes: "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!!!"

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  01/26/2009: Flustered But Hopeful from Podunk, Kansas writes: "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."

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."

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  01/25/2009: hoping and waiting from Omaha, NE writes: "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."

[QUESTION]  01/24/2009: Julia from Dallas, TX writes: "What is the remedy using ACV to help get rid of genital warts? How much ACV? Do you dilute it with water? "

[SIDE EFFECTS]  01/23/2009: Surf from Down South, Central America writes: "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. "

[QUESTION]  01/22/2009: James from Tuscon, AZ writes: "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"

[QUESTION]  01/21/2009: Katie from Guelph, ON writes: "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!"

[YEA]  01/17/2009: Darrell from Perth, Western Australia writes: "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!"

[YEA]  01/16/2009: Ema from Texas, usa writes: "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."

[YEA]  01/15/2009: Ema from Texas, USA writes: "I used ACV arround my anus for 3 days. i left for 2-3 hours a day. never tried overnight because it seemed burning my skin. but i did get rid of my GW that was arround my anus. dont leave it too long or overnight if you are having sored skin. also let it heal for 1-2 days. dont use anything.try again. im sure you can get rid of it. "

01/14/2009: Darrell from Perth, Western Australia writes: "When trying to deal with things like anal warts which, let's face it, are not exactly easy to see clearly, I found the following approach to be helpful.

I used a long, narrow cheval mirror which I placed on the floor and squatted over it, with my back towards the centre of the room (and thus the lights). This had the effect of opening up the anal area as well as could be done, but also directing the reflected overhead light exactly onto the area. It gave me a clear, well-lit view of exactly what I was dealing with.

The long mirror makes it easier to adjust your position to maximize the lighting, without having to change the angle of the mirror, or the position of your rear-end.Also the butt-cheeks are well spread apart, freeing both hands for applying medication etc.

I just found it all so much easier once I had adopted that method."

[YEA]  01/14/2009: David from Anaheim, California writes: "I have posted here before when I first started trying this several months ago. At first, I was just dealing with one on the right side of my shaft that was about 1/8" wide. After a while, some of it turned black and part of it fell off. I stopped after that to let it heal. Well.. there was also one on the left side of the shaft that was pretty small and I wasn't doing anything with that one.

A couple days ago, I decided to go at them.. both. I put some ACV on a piece of cotton (2 pieces) and applied each piece of cotton to each wart and then wrapped my shaft with that medical tape thread stuff. I left it on over night. Took it off in the morning. Both were white. I left the bandage off to give them some air. They both started to and eventually turned black. The smaller one fell off a couple days ago. The larger one.. that one stayed around and itched like crazy until last night.. I guess I was itching and it was ready and popped off. SWEET! That SOB has been there for about 10 years. Finally got rid of em.. for now. This stuff works.

Just let them breathe for a while after you remove the cotton and ACV. Also.. the ACV WILL irritate/burn the skin around the wart if you put a huge piece of cotton filled with ACV over it..... so try to make the cotton piece about the size of the wart. Also, don't go for really long periods of time. That and if some burning around the wart happens, dont put any ACV there for a day or 2 and let the skin around the wart heal up. You don't want to be burning that skin over and over and over.. let it breathe. Good Luck!"

01/13/2009: Fiona from San Francisco, CA writes: "Ok so I just have one small wart on the opening of my vagina... it's very small. At first I thought it was a skin tag, but I was diagnosed with HPV last summer and that is when it appeared. My doctor said it looked like it was from the HPV. I was totally ecstatic when I saw this site! Everyone is so awesome for posting their stories, so that no one has to feel alone in this!

Basically I've been trying the apple cider vinegar treatment for 3 days now and nothing has happened. The wart has turned white, but it's not turning black or anything. I've been using a bandaid and soaked cotton ball on the wart for long periods of time, usually at least 5 hours during the day and then sleeping with it on at night. I'm surprised it hasn't turned black yet, it shows no signs of falling off.

In the mean time the rest of my skin is getting pretty burned and damaged from all the apple cider treatment. I'm not sure what to do, or how to make my wart come off. Also, I've not been using Hydrogen Peroxide like some people, just ACV. Does the HP really make a big difference in the treatment?"

[QUESTION]  01/10/2009: Mary from Main St., Canada writes: "Okay, girls, I need your help on this one (regarding internal warts). Guys, this might be too much info for ya!

I got my warts zapped twice w/ liquid nitrogen, but they came back (note: not as much, though! Seems to have helped).

Well, after two months without sex with my boyfriend (long-distance AND I was out of the country for a month!), we finally did the dirty.

Ohhh, Lord, I knew something wasn't right-- it hurt, right up against my vaginal walls. Ughhh. I had a feeling I had internal warts, even though the external ones were gone.

I've been reading here about the extreme methods people go through-- keeping apple cider vinegar on for 24 hours or overnight. I'm trying to be really gentle because I don't want to do any damage/scarring.

I soaked a small cotton pad with 2 parts water, 1 part ACV and rolled it up and stuck it in my vagina for two hours. I took it out and there were definitely some white areas. Gross.

I'm planning on doing 2 hours for three times a day (maybe less... don't want to overdo it-- although is it less effective if you spread it out like that?)

QUESTIONS:

- The tampon thing, does it work if you insert a tampon normally or do you need it closer to the opening of the vagina b/c the warts are there? How many other girls have tried this? I know Lola has, but I want to hear if others have, too.

- Has anyone had a wart outbreak after a cut in their skin? It seems like every time my boyfriend and I have sex, my perineum tears (the area between the vagina and the anus). Instead of healing, I started getting a growth in its place, like a half an inch long. That's when I was diagnosed. I feel like that's what caused these outbreaks by allowing the virus to enter or something.

Anyways! Any help would be wonderful."

[YEA]  01/09/2009: Karl from Las Vegas, NV writes: "i started using ACV for my GW 3 days ago, and everything is working like you guys said it would! they turned white, and now they are black. i used ACV, and a little pice of cotton ball... I am also taking alot of vitamins (E, C, multivitamin... etc.) and running and exercising every day... so pretty much doing everything im suposed to.

My doctor said i have I have Condylomata acuminata. and when i was looking at different kind of warts on internet, mine just looked different! mine looks like a bug bite... its about the size of pumpkin seed and just red most of the time... idk... anyways, i just DONT see how this thing is just gona fall off... so if anyone had something like that and could help me, i would really appreciate it!!!"

01/06/2009: Carl from Boulder, CO writes: "Does anyone have experience using ACV on the glans (head) of the penis to treat genital warts? I'm guessing it might be more painful than on the shaft, but I'm more concerned about how safe and effective it is to use ACV on the glans. Thanks!"

[YEA]  01/06/2009: Wil from Wherever, Fl, USA writes: "I got what I believe to be GWs after having rough sex leaving my penis chaffed. I put neosporin cream on the chaffed spots and they healed. I later felt some bumps around the vagina of the girl I was having sex with. She went to two different Gynos and was diagnosed with skin tags. I then later noticed some small bunmps appearing in the same area that experienced the chaffing. I applied acv by taking a round flat cotton swab, soaking it in acv and using medical tape to secure it to the shaft. I left it on over night and in the morning there were some white areas/clusters and other bumpy areas that didnt turn any color but got bumpy and rough. Within another day or two the areas that turned white had come off in the shower. I'm still not positive that what turns white is definitely GWs but I dont care. Now the other area is rough and bumpy but doesnt turn any color when acv is applied. I'm now wrapping my entire penis with the flat cotton rounds soaked in acv. Im gonna leave it on for 4-5 hours just to see if anything else turns white. If it doesnt I feel like its probably just some type of irritation or scabbing. Thats my story."

01/04/2009: Adr from Dayton, Ohio USA writes: "I have been suffering with outbreaks for nearly 11 years with GW. It is the most embarrassing thing ever! I have tried all the prescription meds, and they are horribly painful! After reading several of these posts, and seeing the Side Effects section, my recommendation to all of you using the ACV treatment, is to be absolutely sure that the ACV is only applied to the GW and trying to avoid the skin all together. I know that is what is highly recommended when using the prescriptions. My first time having an outbreak, the doctor applied a GW remover (acid) in the office and instructed me to go home in 1 hour or so, and wash off. Well I fell asleep. After waking up, I remembered and washed off. The horrible side effect was that my anus had swollen so bad that I couldn't have a BM and became constipated!!! My mom just laughed at me...but it was horrible! I am so glad that I found this website/blog. I was actually searching for homemade shampoo recipes and just happened to see this link for ACV GW... I am definitely going to try the ACV treatment, being very careful! I hate having them, and thanks to an unfaithful high school sweetheart, I will always remember him!!!! Has anyone who has had a successful try with this remedy had any additional outbreaks? I know that GW's are a virus, which is 'suppose' to always be in your system and can appear at any time. And for women who are pregnant or PMS time, you can have an outbreak and unfortunately if your pregnant, they don't recommend using the acid treatments because they aren't sure of if the chemicals are absorbed into the body and cause the fetus to be affected. That was a horrible 9 months for!!"

[YEA]  01/04/2009: Jason from Cleveland, OH writes: "I used apple cider vinegar to cure my genital warts and they were gone in 4 days!!! It was the first thing I tried and I was amazed with my results. I did the cotton ball dipped in apple cider vinger and ten taped it over the warts. While I was doing this I was taking 3 to 4 400mg pills of Vitiman E per day. After night one they were all white. After night 2 they were all black (which means they are close to dead) I took the next night off then did it again the following 2 nights and they were gone. However apple cider vinigar is an acid and it can cause damage to your shaft. So don't rush and when you are done with the acv treatment use neosporin and apply vitamin E directly on your skin. You can break the Vitamin E pill with a toothpick and will ooze out. do this for 3 or 4 more days and everything will be back to normal within 10 days."

[YEA]  01/03/2009: Sarah from New york, New york writes: "I recently discovered a small growth on the inside of my vagina, and within a month there were two more. I was almost certain they were warts, so I looked up home remedies on the internet and came across this site. I read all the positive feedback and hoped that it would work for me too, and it did! I applied the vinegar onto the affected area, and immediately all of them, even ones I couldnt see, turned white. It stung just a bit, and I did experience some throbbing, but nothing even close to unbearable discomfort. I left a wad of cotton with vinegar on it for about four hours, and then removed it and went to bed. The next morning the little ones, the ones invisible to the naked eye had turned black, and the one i first discovered was disintegrating.. I couldnt believe it! So I decided that I must give my feedback on this site too, as its such an embarassing issue, and this is such an effective cure! Thank you to all who have posted here."

[YEA]  01/03/2009: Drew from Savannah, Georgia writes: "Apple Cider Vinegar cured Genital Warts....I started this treatment five days ago and have a 90% success rate so far....I had a bunch of warts completely circling my anal area....The first night, I soaked a paper towel and left it on for a few hours....the second night, I applied a soaked cotton ball...I could only do this about 30 mins due to the burning....the next two nights I was able to keep the cotton ball applied for less than ten minutes - the stinging was pretty unbearable....I didn't do anything the fifth night except clean it with HP and apply some lotion w/aloe vera (I also used the lotion and HP between each of the treatments during the day).

I'm gonna wait one more day before I continue the treatment...the area was real sore and tender from the ACV "burning" the area - no visible damage, just very tender....I'm thinking a couple of more treatments on the few remaining warts and I should be ready to go.

I can't believe how well this worked - the stinging was bad, but not near as bad as the stigma attached to having the warts.... I was way too embarrassed to go to the doctor and was just hoping these things would go away on their own - they didn't. Anyhow, try it...it works!"