A few years ago Dr Hook very helpfully advised me on some questions I had related to HPV , clearance, disclosure etc, after I had a wart frozen off in Jan of 2019.  After a couple years, I had no reoccurrence and felt confident I had put HPV behind me. I've started a relationship since which is now in it's second year. 

This week I had a reoccurrence of a second wart which was frozen off. I informed my girlfriend who was very supportive. My question is really about how to proceed from here and to understand my situation a bit better:

Based on my reoccurrence after 4 years, is it safe to assume that I'm in the unlucky group, in that my HPV infection is of the latent variety with more warts incoming in future years , or do I still maintain a possibility of clearing the infection if I stick with healthy habits around diet, exercise, etc? I've already received gardasil back in 2018. Furthermore, my girlfriend advised me that she received HPV vaccination sometime in her teens , around 2005/2006. Should she vaccinate with the latest gardasil again? At this stage I would like to know how best to prevent transmitting HPV to my girlfriend if I have not done so already, and what my odds are of truly clearing HPV. I understand that there are no guarantees, but it would be good to know if I still have some chances to clear, and what steps I can take to help the situation.

Thanks in advance for reading my question and for your great work on this site.

Thank you for your response, it's good to hear from you again.

I did not consider that this reoccurrence could be something other than a wart, though if that's possible I would be happy to share more details and get your opinion:  This new wart did not occur in the exact same area. If I recall correctly my first wart was quite small, maybe 2mm, very dark, hard, oval, raised, and at the base/bottom of the penis. This reoccurring wart was maybe a bit bigger at 2-3mm, round, raised, a browner version of my skin tone (caucasian), soft, and about 2 inches away from where my first wart was, higher up in the pubic area. It was hard to see but I think it had a bit of a bumpy texture to it, and it also had 3 hairs growing out of the side of it, almost as if they were coming out of the same follicle? if that makes sense. My GP remarked that it looked like it had "wart-like characteristics" but he did say it was unusual to see hair coming from the side of a wart. I think I just took his word for it being a wart. 

I feel happy knowing that the vaccine my GF roughly got 17/18 years ago would have protected her against the hpv strains most likely to express warts. Without revealing any personal information, would all countries in North America and Europe at this time roll out the same type of hpv vaccine? Would be curious to know if we need to dig more into the exact vaccine she got in our region, or if they were all roughly the same. Was her vaccine still recent enough that she would have some protection, or would it be waning somewhat by now? Lastly is the advantage of getting a booster simply to protect against other strains that were not included in the vaccine at the original time she got it?

Thanks again for your time Dr Hook