Hi, I have a question whether I have genital warts or not. This condition started as an ingrown hair that I picked and kept compulsively picking at for about a month. As time went on, it got bigger, scabbed, and then, raised. Yesterday, I applied over the counter wart remover on it which caused the dark ring around the area. My girlfriend and I have been in a monogamous relationship for the past year and a half. She has been vaccinated for HPV (Gardasil) and had a negative HPV test last summer. I had one round of HPV vaccinations after having sex with several partners. I haven t slept with anyone other than my girlfriend (and vice versa) for over two full years. My body and immune system has also been in much worse physical shape since then with no visible warts present. Aside from the Dr. Scholl s wart freezer, I have also put garlic, apple cider vinegar, and tea tree oil on this consistently for the past couple days. Could this just be scar tissue from picking at this consistently and then applying harsh treatments to it?