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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
Pimples on my penis?
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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Pimples on my penis?
by fred7890, Mar 05, 2001 12:00AM
Hi,
i know you have lots of posts about this but they don't seem to answer my question. I have pimples they are EXACTLY like pimples on the side of my shaft( on the skin) nowhere else. I am only 18 and have never had sex so i don't think they are a STD but i'm still worried. I don't want to go see a doctor. The thing is when you touch them they hurt (as with pimples on the face), except the skin more sensitive so it hurts much more, this would be aggonizing for sex. How can i get rid of them? i have tried lots of soap but i don't think that did much. They are continoiusly going away and coming back like normal pimples on the face. Also, sometimes they pop(well the top bit comes off, again like on the face) and a weird scab(as on the face) forms on top of it like a normal sore. I really don't want to see a doctor so could you please suggest any methods of removing them,
Thankyou,
Anonymous
i know you have lots of posts about this but they don't seem to answer my question. I have pimples they are EXACTLY like pimples on the side of my shaft( on the skin) nowhere else. I am only 18 and have never had sex so i don't think they are a STD but i'm still worried. I don't want to go see a doctor. The thing is when you touch them they hurt (as with pimples on the face), except the skin more sensitive so it hurts much more, this would be aggonizing for sex. How can i get rid of them? i have tried lots of soap but i don't think that did much. They are continoiusly going away and coming back like normal pimples on the face. Also, sometimes they pop(well the top bit comes off, again like on the face) and a weird scab(as on the face) forms on top of it like a normal sore. I really don't want to see a doctor so could you please suggest any methods of removing them,
Thankyou,
Anonymous
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Mar 06, 2001 12:00AM
, Mar 06, 2001 12:00AM
You're right about one thing--if you haven't had sex, you don't have an STD. The only way pimples of the sort you describe could get a scab on them is if you pick at them. I have little doubt that you're doing that because you are worried about what they aren and are worried that sex will be too painful to tolerate. It won't. These pimples are almost certainly the normal cysts I have described to so many other questioners. You cannot remove them. Please don't try. They're part of you, and they belong there.
If you're as worried as all that, you need to consider medical and/or psychological counseling. I know the prospect embarrasses you, but you deserve to overcome your anxiety and have too do what ut takes so you can get on with things.
Good luck.
Dr. Rockoff
If you're as worried as all that, you need to consider medical and/or psychological counseling. I know the prospect embarrasses you, but you deserve to overcome your anxiety and have too do what ut takes so you can get on with things.
Good luck.
Dr. Rockoff
