Hi. I am very grateful to find this forum. I am a 38-year-old woman who has just had a pap smear that indicated the presence of abnormal cells and high-risk HPV strain second time over the course of last year. I have scheduled colposcopy. My question is whether, once the pap smear finds the persistence of abnormal cells, they ever go away on their own. In other words, should I prepare myself for a freezing or zapping procedure? And, if so, what procedure is best? I am concerned over this.