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Can hpv be spread onto your actual butt cheeks, not just anus? if so can you spread it through the toilet, please please clarify.

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Unlikely to spread: if you maintain good hygiene , although it is contagious virus need repeated body to body contact . At 21 you still a candidate for vaccination . Speak to your doctor also a preventive measure for genital cancers .

Answered 6/12/2015

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Site specific: The various strains of genital HPV are site specific.In simple terms, they only go where they like to live & in this case it is the genital skin.There appears to be a direct skin to skin contact for these strains to transfer, so toilet seat transfer is a myth.

Answered 4/13/2017

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