Worried about growth on penis

[hypocondriac]

I noticed some bumps below the head, 3 that are together that havent changed over a few months. then 2 on the top together under the ridge of the head appeared recently. when i strech the skin they disappear, they are also almost invisible when erect. they are soft and smooth and do not appear anything like the pictures i've seen of genital warts. i havent had sex so could i have gotten something from being in the dorm at college(i.e. toilet, etc.) i'm really scared that these are warts. i used to have a masterbation problem so when i first saw these i thought nothing of them thinking it was from the skin being streched, until the ones on top showed up. i am going to go to the dr. but could these be warts? maybe just extra skin?

[Ben123456789]

Hey guys, underneath the head of my penis i too has noticed little skin coloured lumps which are almost less then a mm in size, i have had these for over a year now and i'am now currently 15 years old, a year ago i did not have unprotected sex or come anywhere near contact with a chick. During my teenage years of 14 though i did masturbate regulary. The little bumps are not irratated , sore or even itchy at all, they are just there but i would like to know what they are? how could i of got them? and how do i make them go away?.... i did recently have unprotected sex wit my girlfriend but  before that i had had these bumps for more then a year and never been anywhere  close to even touchin a chick so i have no idea if i could of possibly caught something. Please help, i really wanna know what these tiny bumps are under the head of my penis, they are also on the head of my penis but are very hard to see unless you look real carefully, could any of you help me out in any way, i really need answers and i just cant get the nerve to see a doc. I just want them to go away, they just dont look good, even though they are tiny.

[jingles]

I have several growths on my penis that appear to have popped up where i have injured myself during a little too rough masturbation.  Could these possibly be genital warts?  Also is there anyway i can find out for sure without going to the doctor?  I have no medical insurance right now and can't afford a doctor visit!

[Angelos]

I think I've got the cyst problem too, so my question is, will they ever go away? Or, is there a way to get rid of them? Its kind of embarassing, and explaining to your sexual partner what they are every time you date someone new isn't the most pleasing experience either.

[logic1]

I thought I'd add my own experience here.  Seems a lot of guys have the same worries over these types of things & it's hard to find someone whose problem exactly matches your own.  Also, it's not the type of thing where you can turn to your co-worker and say, "Hey, Bob, what do you think of THIS?"  So here's mine:

I noticed an irritation on the underside of my penis, about halfway down.  The irritation is pretty minute and painless, but it's made more prominent by a small area of "puffy" skin that seems to outline the bottom half of the irritation.  It feels like regular skin (i.e. not hard or wart-like), but it just looks strange to me.  I left it completely alone for a month to see if it would improve.  Honestly, it looks the same to me unless it's healing so slowly that I can't notice it.  I just saw a dermatologist today, and he said that it's completely normal, probably a scar from circumcision that was irritated by friction.  

I have to say that I'm relieved, though not completely happy.  I was hoping that there'd be some sort of treatment for it because it just doesn't look right to me.  I guess it's not SOOOOO bad, but the question I failed to ask him was, "Will it ever return to normal?"  Should I continue to abstain from masturbation & intercourse?  Should I stop sleeping on my stomach?  Or should I just live with it?  If this sounds farmiliar to anyone, please respond.

Thanks,
Mark

[hypocondriac]

thank you

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

I very much doubt they're warts.  They sound to me like the kind of small cysts many men have on penile skin.  They are normal variants of the was the skin looks in this area.  They are not viral or contagious, and it's best to do nothing about them.

Please keep your doctor's appointment.  I'm confident you'll be reassured.

Best.

Dr. Rockoff