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I had sex 1 week after colposcopy what's the least wait time ?

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Depends: Did they do a biopsy? If they only looked and didn't biopsy, sex is fine whenever. If they did a biopsy, we usually tell patients 2 weeks.

Answered 8/22/2012

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