vaginapagina | High-Risk HPV and Oral Sex (Reply)

Hi ladies (and gents, potentially), question for you all.

So, I have a high-risk strain of HPV. In February, I had my abnormal cells lasered away (at least that was the plan) and I don't have any warts, nor have I ever. I am due to go back for my follow up pap in July.

However, a potential partner is coming to visit next week, and we want to make sure we're on the up and up about transmission, so she doesn't get it. We have plenty of dams and gloves, and are clear on the risk of transmission from finger to genital contact, but most of the information we have come across in regard to transmission risk with oral sex is in reference to low-risk HPV, or warts.

So, any thoughts on the risks of transmitting a high-risk strain of HPV through oral sex? My last partner stopped going down after I was diagnosed (not because he read anything or had any solid info, he just was weirded out by it), plus he was a dude and probably had it anyway, so it would be hard to know whether he could have contracted it through oral sex. So, we're just not sure what's necessary to protect her from contracting it.

Thanks for your help. You all are the best!