Genital Warts & Apple Cider Vinegar

Hey everyone, I was hoping someone could help me with my little problem here. I've read that a good, natural way to get rid of genital warts is to apply apple cider vinegar (ACV) directly to the spots. The problem was, I could never read any directions which said for how long. I've read an hour at a time, or I've read overnight...

Well I tried to do it an hour at a time, but that didn't seem to work too well. Then I tried it overnight, and I woke up the next morning and thought my unit was about to fall off! Clearly it was too long because all the skin died and the entire thing scabbed over and a week later it's just about all healed up - but the warts are still there, arg!!

So, I was wondering, what kind of length do you apply to cider vinegar to the warts? Since my over-the-top dosage was too much, I'm guessing it needs to be applied more frequently for shorter periods of time. Could you guys help me out? Thanks

Talk to your doctor, genital warts is nothing to fool around with. Your doctor may be able to suggest non medical remedies.

I don't trust doctors. All they will tell me is that I need to continue having the warts frozen off, which obviously doesn't work. Could anyone else help me out??

Genital warts can't be frozzen off. You have them for life. You NEED to be on medication for it or you can have constant out breaks and you WILL infect your partner, you need to be on MEDS.

No, I don't need any medication, thank you.

Then get used to the warts. Your on your own. Be honest with your future partners.

Genital warts caused by the herpes simplex is entirely incurable, your doctor can freeze off the visible wart, which will reduce pain, spreading, and the likelyhood of transmission to others but will not cure it (to be honest i didn't know they froze it off, i only thought they used topical creams) . Likewise neither will apple cider vinegar be able to cure it.

If you want your genital warts to go away, use meds and have faith in a doctors ability to provide relief as opposed to hockey remedies you read on the internet which make your dick feel like its gonna fall off.

Originally Posted by sarahrei

Genital warts can't be frozzen off. You have them for life. You NEED to be on medication for it or you can have constant out breaks and you WILL infect your partner, you need to be on MEDS.

First off this is wrong, genital warts can be frozen off ...its called Cyrotherapy and uses liquid nitrogen to "freeze them off"...However before resulting to that kind of treatment a doctor will generally prescribe a patient applied cream - either Aladra or Condylox usually. If the warts do not go away then your doctor will move on to Cyrotherapy. If that does not work, surgical removal may be required (ouch!) and is done by either tangential scissor excision, shave excision, curettage or electrosurgery.


And secondly to the person that said that Genital Warts is caused by the Herpes virus.... WRONG... Genital warts is caused by a strain of HPV (the human papilloma virus) and while the HPV virus never leaves your system, once your visible warts are treated and disappear it is still possible to have future outbreaks. Some people never have another outbreak again. It depends on the person.

But yes, if you are infected with the strain of HPV that causes genital warts (or any strain of HPV for that matter) it is necessary to tell current and future sexual partners and make sure to be careful to avoid spreading. Do not have sex while having an outbreak of genital warts.

Many genital warts can be removed without them returning. Not all genital warts are HPV related.

Many years ago I had 4 or 5 removed by a doctor, but a few months later a couple returned. I snipped them with cuticle scissors … very little pain …. little blood … and they haven’t returned in the more than 50 years since.

Genital warts are detected by using a vinegar soak, that's what they do in the STD clinics.