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Dermatology  (Expert Forum)
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Black Spot on Penis?
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center Brookline - MA
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Black Spot on Penis?

by Need advice, May 10, 2004 12:00AM
A few months ago, I had acquired a new sex partner.  Until then, I hadn’t had sexual relations for three years.  The first time we had intercourse it was very rigorous and intense, and the condom fit very tight and was very uncomfortable, but I used it anyway.  Afterward, my skin on the shaft of my penis felt very irritated and turned red for quite sometime.  Felt a lot like rug burn or an abrasion.  Two or three days later, I noticed a black spot about midway on the shaft, not quite the circumference of a pencil eraser.  It was oval shaped and not raised.  A month or so later it began to raise slightly.  Not very much, however.  If you ran your finger over the shaft you would scarcely know it was there.  Three months later, and the spot is still there.  Still black, oval, and very slightly raised.  It looks a lot like a mole.  It’s about as raised as, say, if I had scar tissue on the shaft.  When the penis is erect, it stretches out to be flush with the surrounding skin and turns from black to dark brown.  I thought it might be HPV, though not from my new partner since I read that it takes a couple of months from infection to form a wart rather than a couple of days.  But I also thought it could be HPV from my previous partner 3 years ago.  So I’m rather perplexed.  It’s not that troublesome (doesn’t hurt or look really unattractive).  What could this be and how could I get rid of it?

by Alan Rockoff, MD, May 10, 2004 12:00AM
It could be a mole or freckle, I suppose, but I can't think of a connection with your sexual encounter.  Perhaps it's a bruise of some sort from trauma.  Either way, you'll need to show someone to get a specific diagnosis.  But I can't think of any STD that looks anything like this.

Best.

Dr. Rockoff
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by rambler45, Mar 24, 2009 03:18PM
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