Abnormal cells does not mean they had/have HPV
Certain forms of HPV lead to cervical cancer, again this thread is about HPV not paps that can be abnormal due to 1 billion reasons
The teens I'm speaking of (and have seen first hand) by and large are HPV+ more often than not.
I have seen women test positive for high-risk HPV on one pap, and come back to test negative on a later pap, because their bodies clear the virus. It does happen and is more common than you think.
In an ideal world, people would abstain until marriage or use a condom religiously until marriage, thus protecting themselves and future partners from these nasty little bugs. You ask if I would be angry with my partner if I tested positive for HR HPV....no. And I tell patients the same thing. If you are sexually active, the likelihood that you have come in contact with the HPV virus is very high. Thus, there is honestly no way to prove when, where, or from whom you contracted the virus. And if you are getting yearly pap smears, then you are ahead of the game because aside from using condoms/abstinence, that is the best way to protect yourself. EARLY DETECTION, bottom line.
Moca, the procedure you mentioned is called a colposcopy and is use to determine if a biopsy is needed by viewing the magnified cervix and looking for certain markers like puctation, blood vessels feeding certain areas, mosaicism in cells, etc. Treatment varies from cryo (freezing of the transformation zone where new cells are made), LEEP (an electrified loop is used to cut away/cauterize affected areas of the cervix), and CKC (surgical procedure to basically core out the cervix so new cells can grow in). Worse case scenario would require a partial/complete hysterectomy. In most cases we just have the patient re-pap every 6 months for up to two years and see if it progresses or resolves on its own. Gardasil is offered to eligible patients 12-24.
The people I see who have less than optimal outcomes are those who do not get paps every year (often skipping years) and those with family history of cervical cancer. Oddly enough, it's the women with a family or personal history of cervical cancer that DON'T get papped yearly out of fear...
ETA I have been an OB/GYN RMA going on five years, and work within a residency program/teaching facility...if it's new/up-in-coming/on the rise, we usually hear about it first.