Apple Cider Vinegar for Genital Warts

Apple Cider Vinegar absolutely works. I have a small wart on the foreskin of my penis. Since it was on the foreskin that can be wrapped over the head, I decided it may work better if I don't use any tape or Band-Aid. I just took a cotton swab and remove the small amount of cotton from the tip. Then dipped into the ACV. The cotton with ACV was placed on the foreskin near the head. That is where the wart was. Then the foreskin is wrapped over the head keeping the cotton in place. I started at midnight. I had it in place until 9am in the morning. When I check in the morning, it was white and bigger than before. Then I replaced a new cotton containing more ACV. I had this on for another 9 hours until end of work day at 6PM. When I when to take a shower at around 9PM. The wart fell off when I try to clean it before another application.

I am currently applying one last application to ensure the wart is totally destroyed. My first and second application was not painful at all. The last application sting just a little bit. This pain is very light as I don't have high tolerance for pain. The only other thing to mention is that there is a small color change on skin right next to it. It is so small that this not much to worry about. I am sure it will heal in the next few days so I am not going to try to apply anything else to it after my last application.

I really appreciate all the feed and input from people on this site. I read quite a few before take this step. But this turn out so good that I owe it to all you to post my experience hoping that this can help others.

wow a lot of you guys have found awsome results. i just have a couple questions. 1) how long should i apply the acv. i am thinking 30min then wash it off and repeat 3 times a day for about 3 days?

2) the scarring that occurs will it heal back to normal fully if i apply the vitamin e?

3) will drinking acv help prevent future outbreaks taking of course that applying it to the infected areas works first?

John, applying acv treatment over night and removing it in the morning will be sufficient to remove the warts. Remember it can take much longer than 3 days so give it time :)
I didn't have ANY scarring at all and I used the vitamin e oil with acv treatment. It can also be a good idea to apply vitamin e oil in the morning, after you have removed the bandage and showered and whatnot.

As for acv consumption preventing future warts, I'm sorry I can't say. The best thing you can do is to clear the virus. Take your vitamins, exercise, don't smoke or drink.
If you have any questions, do visit http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/196

Good luck! :)

I noticed a small bump around the outside of my vagina a few months ago, i was still in the denial about it so left it there thinking it would go away, but it didnt it gotten worse, now im sitting with colliflower bumps around the opening of my vagina, its so embarasing and been reading about acv and tried it about 3 weeks ago together with caster oil, garlic and tea tree oil. on and off, theres a couple of the small ones that turned black and fell off like the following day. But ive also noticed that it has spread to the inside of my vagina.. PLEASE can anyone give me some advice about a few things thats really driving me nuts..

1.how can i treat the warts inside my vagina? without damaging anything!!!the acv sounds abit harsh.
can i use garlic and leave it there over night? has anyone tried this? and how will i know that its gone completly?

2.Does your immune system eventually clear the virus?

3.should i just persist even though its burning the living S... out of me, cause i dont see much difference in the rest of the warts and ive been using the agv over night like once a week

4.im just confused what am i doing wrong??
hope anyone can shed some light on this as this is emotionally draining me.Im aslo scared that i might getter cancer from this as i did not go to the docter, im waiting for the warts to go away before i will go for a pap smear.

i am exactly like you!! i want to know how have u got on? when i left the ACV on over night its turns a grey colour and its liek the warts get bigger. and yes liek me 2 its stings sooo bad that you want to cry.

Desire, for some people, the warts go away on their own. But for others, they don't go away. For any questions you have regarding Hpv do visit the MedHelp Hpv community forum at http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/196
Good luck :)

Apple Cider Vinegar for genital warts

YES! This totally works! I am so excited because I didn't really expect it to work at all, but figured I'd give it a shot anyway. I have been self-conscious about this for a long time and now it's completely gone! I am so pleased!

While most people state their wart was removed within 3 or 4 days, my treatment took 9 days. I think this is because I'd had the wart for a long time (6 years) and it was quite large. I did not have the same trouble a lot of people mentioned with this treatment. It was really easy and totally convenient for me. I never developed any raw skin as a result of the treatment. I did have a little burning after the first few days, but only for 10-15 minutes and it wasn't bad AT ALL!

Here's what I did- at night I'd apply VITAMIN E OIL to the area surrounding the wart using a q-tip. I tried to be careful not to get any on the wart. I think this is why I did not experience any discomfort during the treatment. Then I'd apply a very small (just large enough to cover the wart) ball of cotton that was soaked in Apple Cider Vinegar. Then I'd cover it with a bandaid. In the morning I'd shower and apply the vitamin E oil again to the surrounding skin.

My wart did not just simply fall off, but I'd see discolored pieces of it and knew they were ready to come off. So I'd pick at it really gently and the pieces would come right off. After doing this for over a week, the wart finally became so small it eventually rolled right off of my skin when I pushed it with my finger.

I hope this helps! If you're anything like me, you're thinking this treatment might not work for you but TRY IT! It really works! And if you think you might experience skin discomfort, try vitamin E oil with your treatment!

I heard about using apple cider vinegar to remove genital warts, and after trying to have them frozen off numerous times with little success, I figured I would go ahead and try it. I applied it to a cotton ball and taped it to my penis. It seemed to work great, except I couldn't find a clear direction on how long to apply it for. Unfortunately, I kept it on too long overnight damaging all of the skin on my penis which caused scabbing for a very long time. Even worse, these scabs have fallen off and left me with a giant patches of scarred skin on my penis that is much lighter in color than the surrounding flesh.

This cure did work to remove the warts, but I replaced them with scars that are even uglier!! Does anybody have any advice on healing these scars? The only cures I can find are directed at lightening dark scars, whereas my scar is very light color and the surrounding skin is much darker. I need to get rid of these!! :(

Try Vitamin E cream and/or vitamin E oil

Try Mederma...you apply it 3 to 4 times a day..i have used it for about a month now, and although the scar hasn't totally vanished, i have seen a significant change. (the scar is getting darker, more towards normal skin color.)

Eight days ago I suspected I may have GW's. I'm currently unemployed and have no insurance but decided this was a huge deal so I decided to pay out of pocket to see my doctor; $150. Ouch!

He's a nice guy, he gave me a free one-month supply of Aldara (the rest I would need to buy at the pharmacy $$$), told me to apply it 3 nights a week at bedtime, not to have sex for 3-6 months and most importantly, "You're gonna be ok."

Normally, I'm a confident, athletic, yet easy going, 31 year old male. Even with my customary attitudes and the Doc's re-assurance, I was depressed... 3-6 months?!? I couldn't barely stand to look at these 3 GW's on my penis' shaft for another 3 minutes! So, I walked home dejected, disappointed and depressed.

I couldn't just sit and wait so I started surfing the internet until I came to the cdc website. It states that in 90% of cases the virus will be suppressed in 1-2 years. This made me feel slightly better.

Then I came to earthclinic.com. I was happily surprised and further comforted when I read each and every entry for GW remedies... Thank you to every one of you for sharing. Whenever I start to feel upset about this virus, I re-read All of the entries again. Since I don't feel comfortable talking about this with any friends or family, re-reading helps my mood knowing that I'm not alone.

My regiment: I cut a bad-aid in-half, the long way so to make it narrower. Then pulled a q-tip ball off the stick, trimmed with scissors and dipped it in ACV.

Then placed the ACV soaked q-tip ball on GW and covered with the thin cut band-aid. I covered each GW this way and did this for 3 consecutive nights before bed.

Now it is day 4. One GW has scabbed up and looks like it'll fall off in a day or so (promising). One has turned red with a small black dot in the center (not sure what to think of this one). And the last one is a deep purple along with all the surrounding skin (not good, think I've damaged the skin. I hope it doesn't scar).

For the rest of the day today, before bed tonight and Day 5 I'll be piercing a vitamin E capsule and spreading liquid center on GW's in hopes of healing skin.

I've also been cleaning with hydrogen-peroxide after showering.

A few questions:

1. Has anyone had their wives / girlfriends get the female only approved vaccination? Will this prevent future significant others from getting this annoying virus and GW's?

I'd be very disappointed in myself if I knowingly gave this to a future girlfriend / wife.

2. How do you know when/if it's ever safe to have sex with long term partner without a condom?

All my doctor did was give me a bandage wrapped in white vinegar and look for white spots.

3. Has anyone spoken to a sexual health counselor?

4. Any other recommendations as far as my current regiment?

5. What are some success stories concerning longest time without any recurrence. I read one writer say 8 years.

I'm thankful to earthclinic.com and everyone who has shared their experiences and encouragement. I will post again in a few days and am hopeful that I can add to the groups success stories.

I have been diagnosed with HPV. I went to the dr and got my anual check up and he told me i had an abnormal pap, and that i have HPV. I am reading all these remedies using ACV, and topical treatments, but do not have an outbreak. Is there any treatment to cure HPV orally, like to kill the bacteria inside, and how long do you have to do it?

To anonymous from Norfolk with HPV:

Hello anonymous,

Since the V in HPV stands for virus, I would say that L-lysine 2 grams (2000 mgms) mealtimes and bedtime should be worth a try since it is known to work againt many viruses inluding Herpes simplex and Herpes Zoster (shingles).

You can find this at any health food store Or just about anywhere vitamins, minerals and supplements are found.

HPV cannot be cured. The body suppresses it eventually, often in 1-2 years depending on the strain. For now, boosting your immune system by eating healthy and exercising is the only option.

There are tea tree oil suppositories available that I've read help with cervical dysplasia. I myself was diagnosed with mild cervical dysplasia yesterday when my pap came back abnormal. I have not tried this, but I am thinking about it.

Well, after being diagnosed with GW last week I was referred to a gyno and it was an awful experience. The guy treated me like crap and I felt like I was the only one in the world with this problem. He told me that the only way to get rid of them would be to have surgery - burn them off - even having to put me to sleep!!! After crying all the way home from the doctor I got on here and read everyone's amazing stories about the home remedies. I am so thankful to first, find out that there are other people feeling as desperate and awful as I do, but also to learn that there are cures that won't cost me a million dollars as well as my sanity/ego.

Last night I ran to the store to get a plethora of supplies. ACV, Hydrogen Peroxide, Cottonballs, tape, vitamin E, garlic capsuls, A&D ointment - I'm sure I looked like I was doing an experiment!! I came home and bathed in warm water for about 15-20 mins. Got out, dried the area, cleansed it with HP and then applied cotton balls with ACV on it and WHOA kinda burned!! At first it was okay and it progressively got a little more uncomfortable. I got used to it and could not even believe what I saw when I removed the cotton --- all my GW were bright WHITE even one of the larger ones had turned grey!!! I couldn't believe this. I knew it was working. I only had left it on for about an hour and this is what I saw. I didn't want to leave it over night because I thought that might be too much at first. I'm glad I didn't. This morning I woke up and owie!! My vaginal opening (where I had one larger one) is soo sore and swollen. It really hurt. I took another bath and then after getting out tried to do more ACV and NO WAY!!! I did it on a few of them, including one silly one near my bum and another one up above my clitoris. These were okay for a while, but my vag couldn't handle it! Poor thing! So I took Laura from NC's advice and I'm trying the Vitamin E - I took capsuls and pierced them and took the get and rubbed it all over my labia and inside my vag. It feels so much better.

So that's where I'm at!!!

Anyone have any advice about applying ACV again tonight? Should I try it? If it burns like crazy - like I feel like I'm going to cry, should I still do it??? I do have a high pain threshhold, so it is BAD!! LET ME KNOW!!!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!! ESPECIALLY EARTH CLINIC!!!

Christy,

Happy to know this place made a difference for you. it did for me, big time.

Not sure what size cotton balls you are using but the regualer ones covered a wider area then needed for me. I found that using the tips of cotton swabs works better as it leavs the other parts of the "healthy skin intact. it makes the treatment more specific and the whole area heals faster.

Just my 2 cents...

Keep us posted and hang in there, personally I know how NOT easy it is to keep this "secret".

ACV Treatment Cont.

Well it's been 5 days since I first started treatment and I have to say I'm pretty impressed with how things are going. The three day miracle that I was hoping for didn't exactly come true, but I am well on my way!! I'm choosing to do the slowly but surely method of things instead of ripping my skin apart trying to get rid of these things overnight. The past few days I did a couple 'spot treatments' at the reccommendation of Mr. E (THANK YOU!!) using cotton swab tips and ACV. I left them in place for about an hour. A couple times I felt like I could pass out from the burning/stinging, but I stuck it out. I was pretty tender today so I chose to forego much ACV - just on one spot that creeped up, but it's tiny and I think that should be gone soon. I did have some skin that got a little burned right outside of my vaginal opening so I have been spot treating it with A&D ointment and it's feeling way better.

I've also been bathing lots in warm water and then keeping the entire area dry and clean with hydrogen peroxide. I've also been taking a shot of ACV in a glass of water in the mornings (tastes like hell, but whatever) as well as garlic and vitamin e tablets in addition to the multivitamin that I always take. I'm also really watching my diet and exercising everyday. I did so some Vitamin E treatments yesterday but really kept it simple today with just a little ACV because, again, I don't want to do any real damage! I will probably do another round of ACV maybe tomorrow or the following day.

I'm worried about internal warts at this point. Has anyone tried douching with ACV? I've never douched because as it's said not to be such a good thing, but I figure it wouldn't be a bad idea all things considered. Ladies - let me know if you've done this and how you went about it and what your results were! THANKS ALL!! I'll be back to report in a few days!

i was actually considering soaking a tampon with ACV to get further up the canal... but i'm not sure if that would do more damage than necessary. have you heard of anyone doing this, either successfully or not?
thanks!

I also thought about using a tampon soaked in ACV but I was afraid it would destory all the "good" bacteria too or get raw in there and how in the world would you get an ointment to treat it up there good? I was wanting the ones gone on the inside gone so Bad though that I decided to try douching with it. So I mixed about 2 parts distilled water with about 1 part vinager. That was last night and this morning when I checked alot of dead white nasty looking skin came out and Im just hoping I havent hurt myself and thats just the warts eating away. Im new to all this and only started the ACV treatments yesterday but I am really hopeful that its gonna work out. When I put the ACV on the outside for a couple of hours yesterday the tips was a little white but not much else had changed so I Soaked cotton balls in tea tree oil that I had picked up at the pharmacy with my many other supplies. Anyway, I put the soaked cotton balls on the area of clusters and covered it wiyh gauze and taped it all down. I left it on for about four hours and when I started feeling really raw I took it off and lots was white then when I got up this morning all kinds of white stuff was coming off my "butterfly" At first I thought it was the ointment I had put on but then I realized it was dead skin off the warts. I took a bath and cleand the area and put more tea tree oil on but I plan to switch out tonight with ACV cause I really dont know which one is working but im just glad SOMETHING is working, But if anyone has tried the tampon soaked in ACV PLEASE let me know the results. THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT POSTED ON THIS SITE ITS REALLY TOOK A LOAD OFF MY MIND AND NOW I DONT FEEL SO ALONE!

I started the ACV Friday night, I slept with it on from 1 am until 10 am the next morning when I got up. I then took a shower and re-applied from 1 pm to 4 pm. Took a shower and went out for the evening. When I got home Sunday, I wasn't able to put any ACV on because I felt raw where I had been applying it. I have not noticed a change in the few warts I have. I have pulled a couple out with tweezers, but the rest aren't large enough to grasp. So, should I re-apply the AVC tonight? I was afraid to apply any on Monday due to the rawness and a semi-constant burning I had.

No...Let the area heal. When I first used ACV, I went all out and kept the bandage there for a day or 2 straight. That is a bad idea, because the acid is literally eating the (good)skin off your body. I have figured out that if you keep it on overnight, it usually does the trick. Wait a day or 2 and see what the condition is, and re-apply if you have to. In my experience, with small ones, the wart will scab over about 24 hours after the first application. Neosporin is usually good to put on the area. I know you probably want to get rid of them NOW, but dont rush it... because you will do some serious harm to your skin. Trust me.

HPV and ACV : I have 2 days now been applying ACV and not seeing much difference, turned black on the first day of using and a layer came off but only on one wart, all the rest do seem bloated so hopefully will see a difference soon, thanks to all who post here and give advice, really does help when you think you're the only one with this ailment !

Just as a warning (even though if your reading these it's probably too late) they don't have a STD test for genital warts :( not in urine or blood tests.

I have started the ACV remedy. I started it after finding your site last night. My warts are small, and in my 'taint' area. My outbreak showed up about three weeks ago when I lost my job and health insurance. The ACV seemed to be the most promising home remedy I found online. My ex called me a little over a month ago to let me know his wife had them and that I should get checked. (He and I messed around after I kicked him out, when they got together. Oh the mistakes we make). I had to put a whole piece of gauze over the cotton balls because they wouldn't stay. I slept with it on and it burned a little all night, but not so much that I couldn't sleep. This morning I can't see any difference. I will do it for a few hours today, but i'm going to a party for the football game tonight and don't want to smell like ACV, so i'll re-apply tomorrow. I hope this works! And Thank You all in advance!!

OMG!!! I have not had any sexual contact with anyone in at least 8 years and I just notices these funny bumps on my labia . So I searched online and it's warts. In the next 5 days they got bigger and multiplied ..I now have them all along my vagina opening and I can even see some inside my vagina. and i also have lots of tiny white bumps all along my inner thighs. I've been using the acv for 3 days now and it really hurts ,they turn white ,but after about an hour later they go back to pink. I'm using ambasol to numb the pain and cotten balls with the acv.as i'm trying to get rid of the 2 big ones will they just spread ?

WORKED TEMPORARILY

I used the ACV method. I put it on for 3 days and it burned badly for a few minutes. It made the warts turn white and they went down to skin level. All the surrounding skin was burned also. I quit using it so I could heal the skin by apply vaseline, but now the original warts plus more are growing.

I had a small wart growing on the shaft of my penis, so I tried the apple cider vinegar remedy. It worked, and I am now wart free. The only down side is that I now have a scar that is much larger than the actual size of the former wart. If I were to do it again, I would apply a smaller piece of cotton to the wart to try to minimize the affected area. I was just too eager to get rid of it. Oh well, I'd rather have a small scar than a wart.

Mederma cream minimizes scarring. Costs about $15.00. Best result are on new scar tissue. A little dab will do ya (3-4 times a day)

ok.....in the last 3 months i've had four little warts show up, 3 on inside of my vaginal walls, and another on the surrounding area, and then about a month ago i got an anal one that has since grown huge and like flappy, and begun sprouting it's own wart that i just noticed today. SO after crying for about an hour and a half straight telling myself "omg I'm so gross that even my genital warts have genital warts." I hit up my the drugstore and am sitting here with alcohol wipes and an xacto knife.......not so smart, I know, but I'm desperate. Anyway i couldn't do it and that's how i ended up here....so now, at 3 30 in the morning, i am posting this and immediately leaving to go pick up some acv......i really hope this works.....I will absolutely be posting my updates :) i was, however, wondering if anyone with multiple sized warts that had sucess with this treatment could tell me if they saw results faster on larger warts or smaller warts?? I can live with little ones, but the big one has got to go...it makes me feel yucky.

Ok so today will be day 3 of treatment, meaning i've done it 2 days now, and one of the little ones turned white and kinda black on one side, but the three that are together have done nothing at all.....the big one is white now but the whole area like burns and i am almost tempted to stick with liquids until it's gone so that i don't have to have anymore bowel movements. Whoever said it burns more each time you use it is completely right. Also i'm kinda having a hard time getting the cotton balls to stay in place which may be why the 3 haven't had any improvement. I move around alot when i sleep because i am renovating my room and sleeping on a super uncomfy couch, but i think tonight i am gonna stick one of those massive super absorbant overnight pads on and see if that will help keep things in place. One more question, do i need to have the acv on constantly, or do you think i would still see results if i only used it overnight?

So this morning i woke up and the three in a cluster that i thought weren't budging are completely gone!! the other big ones are white and hopefully on their way out, but now there are like 6 little ones in the anal region that i never noticed and probably a hundred little tiny white ones that have popped up and i think that they are ones that were there before that just never showed before, but part of me wonders if i maybe spread the virus by messing with it.???? I'm gonna keep up with it though since the three are gone and will continue to update.

Hi I am a couple days into the ACV for genital warts and am scared because my Dr just said on the telephone, "hmmm im worried you will be damaging your mucosa". She is a wonderful woman who is not pushing anything on me as she knows how inhibiting the price of the cream is or the burning off process. Well i have not had anyone even touch me in many years and had sex without protection and contracted them all over my vaginal area and anal area even though i did not have anal sex. It took weeks for them to come to the surface and the Dr thought i just had 2 small ones 4 days ago. The cream she recommended costs over 300 so i looked on line and found you guys. When i put the acv on i couldnt believe how they were everywhere dotted front to back inside and out and side to side. The Dr wanted me to get them burned off but how the heck can you burn off 100+... Swear that's how many i have at least, and they are small but hurt like hell.

So i started homeopathic thuja 30c 4 times a day and it did not help at all. i started the acv (cotton balls dipped and covered with a pad and tape the pad down) and it hurt so bad... after 6 hours yesterday though, i saw alarming white and some grey/black which is scary as hell, but all of you guys say this is the way... so i trust you and thus i have the acv on now again. A couple questions maybe you guys can help me out with:
1. does anyone know if vitamin e capsules rubbed on after the acv work to soothe or do i need aloe?
2. does anyone know about damage to the mucosa? None of you have lost sensitivity in the area have you?
3. A guy today posted that he is all scarred. Does anyone else have scars?
4. Has anyone else seen 100 small warts? I feel like all the other cases have just a few 1-3 seems average.
Thanks i will let you know how it goes.
Any encouragement or help will be greatly appreciated
:)

Vitamin E should be soothing & promote healing without scarring. I have had one patient tell me that vitamin E removed warts from her fingers so piercing an E soft gel and applying it to genital warts several times a day might work on genital warts. It would be worth trying. Of course the doctor doesn't make any money from patients using ACV instead of letting her burn them off - which would also most likely cause scarring of the mucosa.

P.S. Before deciding to have a little romance everyone should ask themselves if this prospective partner is worth the risk of getting STD's from them. We now have resistant strains of GC, syphilis, AIDS ia now said to be epidemic in USA because the CDC has been underestimating the cases by 40%. Also that nasty old STD that used to found only in port areas had moved inland by the early 80's.