Is it too late if I am already sexually active?

No. The vaccine covers nine HPV types and it is unlikely you have encountered all of them. It protects against the ones you have not met. The benefit is largest before exposure, but it is not nothing afterwards.

Is it only for girls and women?

No. HPV causes anal, throat and penile cancers as well as cervical ones, and men are a large part of how it circulates. It is recommended regardless of gender.

How many doses will I need?

Two if the series starts before your fifteenth birthday, three if it starts at fifteen or later, and three for anyone whose immune system is suppressed. The schedule is confirmed at the appointment.

Do I still need cervical screening?

Yes. The vaccine covers most high-risk types but not every one, so screening remains part of the picture. The two work together rather than one replacing the other.

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Vaccination · Reviewed by a physician

HPV vaccination

HPV is common enough that most sexually active people encounter it. A small number of its types cause cancer years later. This vaccine covers the types responsible for the large majority of those cancers, and it works best before exposure.

From$285per dose

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At a glance

Appointment

20minutes

Review, dose, then a short wait.

Doses

2–3doses

Two if started before 15.

Protection begins

1month

After the final dose.

Protection lasts

10+years

No booster currently advised.

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Who it is for

Is this one for you?

Eligibility is a medical question, not a preference. A physician reviews your history before any dose is given.

How it works

It prevents an infection that causes cancer.

Most HPV infections clear on their own within two years and cause nothing. A minority persist, and a persistent infection with one of the high-risk types can, over a decade or more, drive normal cells to become cancerous. That is the mechanism behind almost all cervical cancer and a substantial share of anal, throat, penile and vulvar cancers.

The vaccine contains no virus and no viral DNA — only virus-like particles, protein shells with nothing inside. The immune system responds to the shell as though it were the real thing and builds antibodies. If the real virus arrives later, it is neutralised before it can establish the persistent infection that would matter. This is why it works best before exposure and why the series is offered to young people first.

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01
The dose
An injection into the muscle of the upper arm. It takes a few seconds.
02
The response
Your immune system learns to recognise the target and builds antibodies against it over the following weeks.
03
The memory
Those cells stay. If you meet the real thing later, the response is already prepared.

Your visit

One appointment, about 20 minutes.

Most of it is the review beforehand and the wait afterwards.

01
First
The review
Your vaccination history, your medical history, and what you are actually due — which is sometimes not what you booked for.
02
Then
The dose
An injection into the upper arm, recorded in your medical file.
03
15 minutes
The wait
You stay in the clinic afterwards. Immediate reactions are rare, and this is where they would be managed.

Dr. Andrew Gyopar, physician at Clinique Medix.

Who performs it

A physician reviews it first.

A vaccination at a medical clinic is not the same transaction as one at a counter. A physician reviews your history first — what you have had, what you are due, what you are travelling to, and whether anything in your record changes the answer — and the dose is recorded in a medical file rather than on a card you are asked to keep.

Dr. Andrew Gyopar

General Surgeon, Medical Director

Pricing

The price, agreed before anything starts.

What it costs, and what the figure is counted in. The plan and the price are written down and agreed at your evaluation, before any treatment begins.

From

$285per dose

Per dose. Two or three doses depending on the age at which the series starts.

Reviewed by Dr. Andrew Gyopar before administration.

Prices are before taxes and may change without notice. Results vary from one person to another. A medical evaluation is required before any treatment.

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Before and after