Can you still get the HPV vaccine if you're not a virgin?

Absolutely! Doctors recommend women get the HPV vaccine sometime before they're 26. It won't cure the virus if you currently have it, nor will it cure cervical cancer, but Guardasil will help PREVENT future HPV outbreaks and possibly help prevent cervical cancer.

Unless you've had innumerable partners and lots of unprotected sex, you should be golden to get the HPV vaccine.

Yes, but the vaccine has not been around long enough to be proven safe. The vaccine is not good enough to treat all strains, so you may get a strain not covered by the vaccine. It's also NOT the vaccine they promised they would release back in 2005.

I wouldn't bother getting the vaccine. It's a ripoff.

HPV does NOT always go away on its own whether you show symptoms (warts) or not. You're contagious even if you're dormant. I have had HPV for 6 years now. It was dormant in my second year, but it's active now.

Just keep yourself monitored with regular pap tests and HPV tests, treat as needed. Be sure to have sex only with a monogamous partner; although that is NOT a guarantee you won't get HPV. Guys can have it and not know it - that's how I got it.

You can but they are not recommending it because...you can carry HPV for years and years and not know you have it, so whats the point in vaccination if it hides in your blood stream until it decides to surface, if it does. Also HPV can be cured on it's own. I was diagnosed with HPV 4 yrs ago when they really had no clue what it was, but no trace of it since then. It is a virus that causes genital warts, because it is in the warts family, and can cause internal warts along the cervix. I wouldn't even recommend the vaccine so much if you are a virgin, as HPV is transmitted via skin to skin contact. So if you ever used a tampon that someone else made by hand, or used a toilet that someone used without a toilet seat cover than you could carry the virus right now.

Also condoms don't reduce the risk. We are not able to count the numbers and numbers of people who carry this virus probably because it is a reoccurring sexually transmitted virus. One more thing, you could have HPV and your male partner not, men carry HPV like BV or yeast. They can pass it on, and it clear up in them on its on.

Actually, it is an unneeded vaccine so unless required DONT GET IT

really im serious merek drug company is just trying to earn lots of $$$$$$$$ by making a drug that they dont even know works to a bunch of kids. also it hasnt been in testing long enough to know all of the sideaffects. it could be a really dangerous.

also the shot itself costs $400 a shot. it is a series of 3 shots so it is really expensive as i mentioned earlier. also many people dont know this but there is a drug called Folic Acid it is a multivitamin that actually ITSELF protects against the servical cancer which is what HPV may cause. Folic Acid is usually in most mutivitamin tablets anyway so u really dont have to buy a new bottle of medicine to keep u healthy. just check the label of the multivitamin tablet u are currently taking. Folic Acid also is necessary for the production and maintenance of new cells. This is especially important during periods of rapid cell division and growth such as infancy and pregnancy. It is needed to replicate DNA.

HPV is also treatable so if u get it it can be treated anyway

this just shows that this shot is unneeded and shouldnt be manditory

but u can get the shot if u are still and plan to be a virgin for a while. it is just a precautionary shot

yeah, but it wont cure an HPV infection if you already have it.... but there are many strains and it can prevent infection from additional strains so it still does have benefits. talk to your doc about it next time you see him/her. the manufacturer's website probabaly has info on it as well http://www.gardasil.com/

yes. it is currently approved for women ages 9-26 because it works best at an early age. it also works best for people who are still virgins, but it isn't solely reserved for them. if your doctor won't give it to you because you are not a virgin, find another doc or a place like planned parenthood that will.

Yes, but it won't cure it if you already have it. It prevents you from getting it in the future.