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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
Small black bumps
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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Small black bumps
by cooki, Sep 09, 2004 12:00AM
Hello I am a 31 year old male and I have noticed two very small black bumps very close to each other on the top left side of the foreskin of my penis. They have been there maybe 4 months. They are hard in texture but no pain is present. I see the hint of two more appearing right next to the two making a set of four. I have seen a doctor and they have tried a genital wart vinegar test but no changes in color occured. I have been sexually active in the last year but I don't feel that these are genital warts or anyother STI. Could this be a cyst or something harmless? Again they are very small in size and very black and hard.
Thank you,
Thank you,
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Sep 10, 2004 12:00AM
, Sep 10, 2004 12:00AM
They don't sound like warts to me, but they don't sound like much of anything else either. Maybe they're small blood vessels. I doubt they are of any concern, but you should show them to a dermatologist or STD specialist so you won't have to worry about them. Meantime, leave them alone so they'll be recognizable (no squeezing.)
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
