[Question #13533] My HPV story + questions

 
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Male, 33, history of genital warts.
1st wart back in 2020, treated with cryotherapy, it recurred + bad post-treatment care (lots of nicks while shaving, the warts spread). From 2020 to 2025 I stopped treating them, they sometimes changed color to a lighter tone but never disappeared. Also, I smoked during all this time, which might not have helped (although saw from prev. answers you don't necessarily agree).

Fast forward to 2025, decided to treat it seriously:
- April: Had 5-6 warts (5 at the base of the penis, 3 of them in a cluster, 1 on the penis itself), got them all cryo-ed + got Gardasil-9 1st shot
- June: 1 in the cluster recurs, cryo-ed again 
- August: 1 in the cluster recurs again, cryo-ed
- October: Same thing, treated with pulse dye laser + got Gardasil-9 2nd shot
- No recurrence since then (still early, I know)

Quit smoking since June, multi-vitamins + starting inosine pranobex (3g/day, 28 days) - some studies suggest improved clearance rates, do you agree? Any other suggestion?