I've had both of my kids, girl and boy "gardasiled" early on and begged them to abstain as they went through the three rounds. opened up a lot of dialogue, some edgy, some really funny, but glad we had it.

as brian notes, the body can clear out HPV on its own, and you have to have the vaccine before you are sexually active...all the doctors we've talked with agree on this. but is there research on how long HPV stays in the system? 20 years? 2 years? and even if it clears on its own, can it spur an OC down the road? really confused on this.