can you please help me?

[worried18]

I have a bump on my outer lip of my vagina. It hurts with friction or when I touch it but it hasn't popped like a zit or anything. It doesn't itch, and I don't think I've had any symptoms related to genital herpes as I have read them. It's not red, it's only kinda white, it was bigger yesterday but now it seems to be going away. Since I started my period and developing into an adult I've had these bumps appear occasionally. It will either be just one or two but never a complete outbreak. My mother says it may be a zit but I'm unsure as to whether it could or could not be. Ive never had sex, but I have been touched, and had oral...though they've never touched me right after they touched themselves. Even so, these bumps appeared before I had anything done to me sexually. Is it really natural?...or could it be something serious?

[mumma53]

I have had that and once it was just a zit and another time an ingrown hair.

[libertywec]

I agree you should see a dr., but as you do keep in mind i have had what sounds very similar and it was just a swollen gland. They do go away- but until you know for sure get checked out. It can be scary, but most of the time it's nothing too serious.

[ProudMomof3]

I also had the same thing going on.. My doc said it was just like pimples under the skin.. ? also do you shave cuz I do and thats when I would get them there like fesstered hairs. I owuldnt worry .

[Keith Downing, MD]

Hello,

A number of skin conditions, many of them benign and non-infectious, can result in "bumps" or papules of the vulvar area.  I suggest you see your physician to have it evaluated when the bumps are most notable.  

Best regards,

Dr. Downing