How can I stop my genital warts from spreading on myself?

Aug. 11, 2021 min read

By Attia @ Planned Parenthood

None

If you already have genital warts, you can’t spread them to other places on your own body. Genital warts are caused by HPV. They’re different from warts you might get elsewhere on your body, and you can’t get HPV-caused genital warts by touching yourself (or a partner) with a wart that’s on your hand or foot.

There’s no way to know how or exactly where genital warts will show up on your genitals. They show up differently on every person and sometimes no warts show up at all. It’s also possible to get or spread HPV when there are no visible warts, so using condoms and dental dams can help you and your partners prevent HPV and genital warts.

Tags: STDs, HPV, genital warts

Explore more on

Ask the Experts

Planned Parenthood cares about your data privacy. We and our third-party vendors use cookies and other tools to collect, store, monitor, and analyze information about your interaction with our site to improve performance, analyze your use of our sites and assist in our marketing efforts. You may opt out of the use of these cookies and other tools at any time by visiting Cookie Settings. By clicking “Allow All Cookies” you consent to our collection and use of such data, and our Terms of Use. For more information, see our Privacy Notice.

Cookie Settings

Planned Parenthood cares about your data privacy. We and our third-party vendors, use cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies to collect, store, monitor, and process certain information about you when you access and use our services, read our emails, or otherwise engage with us. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences, or your device. We use that information to make the site work, analyze performance and traffic on our website, to provide a more personalized web experience, and assist in our marketing efforts. We also share information with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners. You can change your default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of required cookies when utilizing our site; this includes necessary cookies that help our site to function (such as remembering your cookie preference settings). For more information, please see our Privacy Notice.

Marketing

We use online advertising to promote our mission and help constituents find our services. Marketing pixels help us measure the success of our campaigns.

Performance

We use qualitative data, including session replay, to learn about your user experience and improve our products and services.

Analytics

We use web analytics to help us understand user engagement with our website, trends, and overall reach of our products.