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molluscum contagious, genital wart, or possibly skin tag?

molluscum contagious, genital wart, or possibly skin tag?

Doctor,

I have a single growth at the very top of my pubic hair a few inches below my belly button, it is a slightly raised perfectly circular, flesh colored flat bump and does not cause any pain or discomfort besides making me very self conscious. It started out about a month and a half to two months ago as a small bump.  thinking it was a pimple, i picked at it a few times and it grew and became slightly raised.  Becoming scared of what this may be, i started looking up images and information about genital warts but it does not look like one at all and in my research i found that genital warts tend to form on the penis, scrotum, and around the anus and i have none of those. I had a steady girlfriend for over a year but the growth showed up about 5 months after we broke up and i had not been with anyone since.  I have had no other bumps anywhere else, just a single one at the top of the pubic hair.  I am confused as to what this may be and my best guess would be molluscum, although i don't know if it could be because i only have one growth and i read that there are usually multiple ones.  Being that this is a sensitive subject i do not want to go to a family doctor or have to get my parents involved for they would be extremely disappointed.  I understand that since you can not see it, you could not know exactly what it is; however, from my description above what do you think it probably is? i have thought anything from wart, to ingrown hair, to molluscum, to skin tag but it looks closest to molluscum although it is not very indented in the middle. I have not picked at it since the first couple weeks and it is starting to become less raised recently so i am thinking it is healing although i am not positive. Please ask any questions that would help describe it in a better way if that would help you understand better if need be. Any help, suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated and would help put my mind at ease.

Thank you
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