What is the possiblity of the warts returning?
Some people have only one outbreak, some people have outbreak after outbreak. It depends on your immune system. Also, in most cases the immune system is eventually able to reduce the virus so that it no longer shows symptoms and is no longer contagious. However, this can take a while, years perhaps depending on your own immune response. Click on my curable page for more info.

If I had a mild outbreak the first time, would the next one be more severe?
No, most likely. My guess is they'd be the same, unless you let one go for a long time without treating it.

Okay, so I went to the doctor, got diagnosed, and treated in the doctor’s office. Is there anything I should be doing that I am not?
Well, it's like this. HPV is something you can keep under control by boosting your immune system. This would include living a healthy lifestyle, eating a lot of good food, and taking vitamin supplements. I cannot stress to you enough how important it is to be healthy. We eat, drink, and take into our bodies SO MANY things that are not good for us, and it completely wrecks our capability for healing. Health is not something that some people have, and other people are just not born with. It's something most of us had at one point, but we destroyed it through our own bad practices. Your body has an amazing capacity for healing, but it's only as good as the things you put into it.

Are there vitamins I can take to reduce chances of an outbreak?
A good multivitamin, and also some echinacea. I have also read about a study where they gave women with dysplasia a set amount of vitamin C over a period of time, and it greatly increased their ability to fight off the virus. So I would definitely recommend a lot of vitamin C.

Is smoking a risk factor for HPV?
Smoking is probably one of the biggest risk factors for HPV, especially in women. The material in cigarette smoke collects in the lining of the vagina and cervix, thus making the female organs more susceptible to HPV infection. And if you have dysplasia, smoking will speed up its progression to cancer. The same goes for smoking marijuana, because even though it appears to be better for your health than regular cigarette smoke, it still has the material that can collect in the linings of the organs. However, cancer usually takes at least several years to develop, and this is only if the dysplasia is left untreated. If you get regular pap smears, then you probably won't progress to cancer. Still, you should stop smoking. Other risk factors include HIV infection - one study done showed that over 90% of gay men with HIV had HPV too (I don't have any studies done with women, sorry!). Also, multiple sex partners is a BIG risk, because the more people you sleep with, the more you're exposed to. ASHA says that if you have had more than 4 partners, your risk of having HPV is somewhere around 80%.