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Penis is Red and Itchy and layer of foreskin coming off
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center Brookline - MA
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Penis is Red and Itchy and layer of foreskin coming off

by Diti, May 09, 2006 12:00AM
Hello, i am 19 years old and i am not sexually active, i am healthy and had no problems of thit type before.  My problem is that at the head of the penis the skin is itchy and red. it look like an irrtation and a layer of the forskin is coming off.  Im am kind of scared cuz it never happend to me before.  I have includet two pictures:

http://www24.brinkster.com/fierilive/una1.jpg
http://www24.brinkster.com/fierilive/una2.jpg

by Alan Rockoff, MD, May 09, 2006 12:00AM
It looks like psoriasis.  Get some 1% hydrocortisone cream in the drugstore (no prescription needed) and apply it twice a day while you wait to see a doctor for definitive diagnosis.  Psoriasis is not contagious, and on the penis it's very easy to treat.

Best.

Dr. Rockoff
Member Comments (2)

by Diti, May 09, 2006 12:00AM
Also one more thing! The white stuff you see on the picture is just pieces of foreskin that came off.

by gangakk, May 21, 2008 09:55AM
A related discussion, white layer of thing on penis was started.

by anthony_globe1, Oct 01, 2009 07:00AM
A related discussion, pernis layer covered was started.
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