I am interested in a woman who has HPV (from what i understood, she has the lil growth.. something like that).

Now I have my HPV vaccine.. do i still run the risk of getting it? by the way, I am a lesbian.

Since the vaccination protects against 90% of genital warts I would say that your good to go.

I can't answer the question about the riskiness of transmission in a lesbian situation but since it is a skin-to-skin contact transmission I would assume the odds are not as high as with penetrative intercourse but would still be there.

The HPV vaccine Gardasil protects against only two EACH of the roughly 30 sexually transmitted HPV strains that cause genital warts and lead to cervical cell changes which can lead to cervical cancer. That's 2 wart, 2 cancer strains. The company is working on more cancer causing strains but is not there yet.

Incidentally, protected or not, the strains that cause cancer do not cause warts or vice versa but there is no rule saying that more than one strain can be transmitted.

Vital Information:

* Lesbians and health care providers often assumed that lesbians are not at risk for cervical cancer, because the human papilloma virus (HPV), which is a cause of this type of cancer, is thought to only be spread by male-female intercourse.
* New research shows that although it is rare, lesbians can be infected with HPV, possibly through oral sexual contact or sharing sex toys, and should be receiving regular cervical or Pap smears.
* In addition to the problem of health care providers being misinformed, many lesbians may not receive appropriate health care because of a fear of discrimination based on their sexual orientation.

I don't think the vaccine protects against ALL cases of HPV. I believe it's only 4 types. Talk to your doctor if that doesn't help.

yes there is always the chance no matter what the vaccine. just be careful!