HPV or scar tissue? Please help!

In April I slept with a prostitute and got a genital wart. Before she came over I shaved down there and knicked myself and drew a spec of blood. It stopped bleeding immediately and I didn't think anything of it. It was at the top of my penis shaft where the hair meets the base. I noticed the wart about 2-3 weeks after the encounter in the place where I knicked myself and now I am kicking myself for being so stupid.

Anyway, about a month after the encounter I went to the hospital and the doctor confirmed it was a genital wart and then froze it off. I was given some cream to put on after a few days and it cleared up and went away. I noticed about a couple of weeks later that there was a lump at that spot that looked sort of like another wart, so i went back to get it checked out. The doctor (a different woman) told me that it was probably scar tissue (after inspecting it) and told me not to worry about it.

That was 2-3 months ago and the 'scar tissue' is still there and I think it may have gotten bigger (it's hard to say as the wart and the scar tissue when I first noticed it weren't very big anyway). I think it's gotten bigger and it looks sort of like a wart, a little darker than my skin and raised slightly, sort of the same when it was actually a wart. I can stretch it when I pull the skin either side in opposite directions. The doctor said that if I could do that then it's scar tissue.

My questions are:
- Does this sound like a genital wart reoccurance or is it scar tissue?
- Could scar tissue get slightly bigger over the months following the cyro?
- How long does it take for scar tissue to heal?

Please help!

[Ryan_11]

can anyone help please?

[Ryan_11]

could someone please give me some advice?

[Amie635]

Don't take it too hard if people don't respond, it's just because they don't know the answer to your questions. I really wish I could help you, but I don't want to attempt to answer questions I might misinform you on! Any chance you could ring up your Dr to ask about if the scar tissue would get bigger etc? Just wait a month or so, if it is still there and bothering you get it looked at. Having HPV is such a frustrating thing

[Ryan_11]

Hi,
It's been 4 months since I first got HPV and 2 months since I was told by the doctor that I have 'scar tissue' in the spot where it used to be.

I went and got it checked again a month ago by another doctor at a STI clinic, but I made the mistake of saying that the last doctor said it was scar tissue before I showed the new doctor. At first the doctor didn't seem to have heard of scar tissue from freezing of warts, but after showing the lump she said it was scar tissue as well.

I'm not sure if its the same size or is a little bit bigger now, but it's still there. It does bother me and I'm thinking about going back again for another opinon and even see if I can get the 'scar tissue' or whatever it is frozen off.

Has anyone ever been through this kind of thing before? Any advice is much appreciated!

[Sam_75]

I am struggling with the very same thing. I was diagnosed with HPV more than 5 years ago. I experience a breakout on average every six months. This past year however, the breakouts have become much more frequent. I had sex with someone about two months ago, and about a week after I discovered 3 or 4 clusters of warts on various areas of my penis. I had them all burnt off with liquid nitrogen. Instead of disappearing after a week or two like usual, "scar tissue" has remained on my penis in those areas. It's been a month since I was treated. This is not normal. Does anyone know what is happening here? I have been able to keep a fairly positive attitude about this incredibly frustrating and uncertain condition, however, this time around I am having a hard time and feel myself slipping into a depression. This condition sucks! We need a solution. The dismal state of not having any idea of when it may end is not an acceptable way to live. Please help!!!