I was 17 when first diagnosed. My last two paps were normal. After three normals it's considered being completely out of your system... I'm currently 35 years old. It took a while but it's better late than never.
I keep testing every year and it doesn't seem to go away:( I have had it for about 7 years and luckily it has not turned into cancer but I wish my body could fight it off.
My Pap smear was positive of HPV in 2013 and negative 2014.... Never tested positive b4 ( I don't recalled). I never had genial warts but had warts on my fingers when I was little and thought maybe I body already had antibody to fight that. My ex had gential warts b4 when we were going out but I never had it. Hope this helps ....