ingrown hair or herpes?

im a male and i shave my pubic area with a razor and clippers.
i never really noticed anything before until about 2 months ago
i had this bump that appeared to look like a pimple with a white head on it around the top left side of my scrotum at the base of my penis. i now have about 7 of these bumps 2 on the right top side of scrotum 1 on my lower stomach area and 1 on each inner top thigh . any how its prolly ingrown hairs but they never seem to go away. they dont hurt itch or burn. tonight i tried to pick at 1 and it blead alittle so i stopped.these are not bunched up like a rash just spread out . i have had sex unprotected many times but spread out thru the years and the last time was last summer. i shaved tonight to see if any more come up in the next days but im curious to what these could possibly be. i dont have any on my penis. i thought about taking a picture and seeing if i could post it here which would really help in determning the problem.

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

These are indeed probably inflamed follicles rather than an STD.  These can come from shaving, but they can also come from nothing in particular.  There is a chance that they could be molluscum warts, which are mostly not sexually-transmitted.  I advise you to leave the lesions alone and show them to a doctor for definitive diagnosis.  Meantime, apply on OTC antibiotic like bacitracin daily.

Take care.

Dr. Rockoff

[daddy614]

it's probably just ingrown hairs

[puff40000]

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