What exactly do genital warts look like?

[Ruteger Simpson]

I noticed on my penis an area of skin that is very slighty raised when the penis is erect.  It's located on the underside, up near the top.  When it's flacid, the area it's in kind of folds back like an accordian so it's not really noticable as that entire region is all folded up.

The area in question is the same colour as the surronding area and doesn't itch and isn't moist.  I've seen pictures of warts on hands and feet and it doesn't look like those but I wasn't sure what exactly genital warts looked like.  I've only just noticed it but then again I never really examined that area until recently.  Do genital warts look like those you see on hands/feet?  Do genital warts spread all over the place or would it just be localised to one area?

[shane]

I have a Q about the head of my penis.  When my penis is flacid it looks normal on the head.  Then when it is erect, the top of the head where it meets the shaft, the view when you look down.  The head looks a little rough like the skin is bein stretched to where it looks like bumps only in a certain area.  They are not raised bumps and only noticable when penis is erect mostly.  They are not painful but you can feel them to the touch as if the skin were a little rough.

[Nathan lane]

For about five years now,I have had these pumps on the tops on my head. My doctor put me on antibocdise but they seem to come back after a couple of weeks. I have been on all types of medicantion and they still are there. In addition, when I wash my hair they seem to come down, also with a little bitter of rubbing alchol and the medcine the doctor gave,but I find myself having to wash my hair every day. whats wrong.

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

Mr Simpson:

What you describe most certainly does not sound like a wart.  Penile warts occur for the most part on the shaft.  They are visible whether the member is erect or not.  They tend to remain in a localized clsuter, though some people may get many warts, or a single one.

Best.

Dr. R