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In pregnancy this matters more, because penicillin is the treatment with documented efficacy for the baby and the alternatives are not considered equivalent. That is the situation where desensitisation is standard rather than optional.

Whatever they decide, make sure your partner is being treated too. Retreating you while an untreated partner is still around is the fastest way back to where you started.

What did measurably change things for me was sleep and not being permanently exhausted. Unglamorous, free, and more reliable than anything in a bottle.

The word doing the work in that sentence is durably.

U=U rests on the viral load staying undetectable, which in practice means taking treatment consistently and having it confirmed by regular blood tests rather than one good result from a while back. That is why monitoring is part of the deal and not an optional extra.

If he is on treatment and keeping his appointments, that is the condition being met. Asking when his last viral load was is a fair question and not an accusation.

How to tell what you are looking at, since checking daily without knowing what counts is its own kind of torment.

Empty egg cases stay glued to the hair after hatching and do not brush off. They can sit there for a long time and are not evidence of anything ongoing. What matters is whether you find something moving, or eggs sitting right at the hair and skin junction, which is where newly laid ones are.

Nothing moving and nothing at the base usually means it worked and the skin is still settling.

Pigment change after freezing is common and it happens because the treatment affects pigment producing cells along with the wart tissue. It often improves over months.

It can be long lasting, particularly on darker skin, which is worth raising before further sessions rather than after.

If saying it out loud is the barrier, some services have a form or a tick sheet instead. Ask whether there is a written version. It is a much easier way to be accurate.