As has been said, ribbons arent that hard to find... you should have at least a couple in your inventory by that point in the game. They're found in chests in a few places. And though they dont get rid of condemned (notice I didnt say it got rid of all the status effects), it gets rid of everything else which makes the process considerably easier. And, as has been said, if you arent fighting difficult monsters that take forever, condemned doesnt make a bit of difference.