[Question #13425] HPV in men

 
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I’m 29M. Skin tag history since college in the pubic area. Recently, I nicked one shaving, then a month later had sex (Oct 2024). Nov 2024: one dark, round “wart” with tiny dots on groin; cryotherapy, did not return. Also a flat velvety nickel-sized patch at base/scrotum judged “not HPV”; I removed with ACV, it peeled. Mar 2025: a few tiny bumps that did not look like a typical wart on hair-bearing base/groin/inner thigh; only one looked cauliflower-like on inner thigh; all treated with cryo. Last treatment Apr 2025; none since. None on the shaft or scrotum. Completed 3-dose HPV vaccine in 2025. Now laser hair removal. I shaved multiple times in Jan, March, and Sep. Plan: abstinent until Apr 2027 (2 yrs wart-free). Questions: For men, how long is HPV transmissible once warts are gone? If bumps recur at different hair-bearing sites but treated promptly, does the clock restart? Thoughts on the flat velvety patch? Is 2 yrs wart-free a conservative, safe cutoff to resume sex?