Nutrition Health Chat: Tuesday, Dec. 8th, 5-6 PM Eastern. Learn how vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients affect your health. Free live Q&A. Join us!
Member Comments are provided by individuals and reflect their personal opinions only. Under NO circumstances should you act on any advice or opinion posted in this forum. ALWAYS check with your personal physician before taking any action regarding your health! MedHelp International and our partners, sponsors and affiliates have no obligation to monitor any comments posted on this site, or the content and/or accuracy of such exchanges. MedHelp International does not endorse the views of any user.
Dermatology (Expert Forum)
brown discoloration on penis
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
Welcome to the DERMATOLOGY FORUM! Questions in this forum are answered by Dermatologists from St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, under the direction of Andrew Alexis, M.D., M.P.H.
brown discoloration on penis
by Macts, Mar 16, 2007 12:00AM
I have recently (4-5 months ago) developed a brown discoloration on the shaft of my penis that is approx. 1-2 cm in length. It is located directly adjacent to a beauty mark that I have had there since birth. It doesn't seem to have grown at all since I've noticed it. The brown spot is lighter than the beauty mark and twice the size of it. Any possible causes, and should I get it looked at by a doctor?
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Mar 17, 2007 12:00AM
, Mar 17, 2007 12:00AM
It sounds like a freckle of some sort. Not sure without looking, though it doesn't sound significant. I'd show it to a doctor next time you go. Since it might be the result of irritation, I'd leave it alone, and it may actually fade on its own before you see the doctor.
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
