'Lined' marks on penis

I have noticed some marks on the underside of my penis just below the head.  They are shaped like parallel 'lines' (4 or 5 of them) across the underside of the shaft...sort of like stretch marks...mostly in the soft skin below the head. They don't hurt, but they have not always been there.  I also have a fugus in my groin area being treated with Nystatin/Triamcinolone cream.  The nurse wants me to use the same cream on these marks and to abstain from sex until they are better.  She doesn't think they are warts.  Maybe yeast infection, but she's not sure.  What do you think these are?

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

Warts don't look like parallel lines.  Triamcinolone is too strong for regular use on the penis--it may actually thin the skin and cause "stretch marks."  If you wait till lines go away before having sex, you may not have sexc for quite some time.

I suggest a more confident diagnosis and appropriate treatment.  If the lines are not significant, you can leave them alone and just get on with it.

Best.

Dr. Rockoff

[tom22]

I have been using Spectazole for some time for what seems to be jock itch.  It helps some, but the itch continues.  Would this other medicine help with this?

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

I doubt it, but there's no harm in using it.

Dr. Rockoff

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