please help!

[johnnybags]

I am a 21 year old male, and 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.
Thanks

[johnnybags]

i don't know if either of you have ever dealt with a problem of your own, if you have, i have uploaded a picture of the growth i described above. This may help better understand what i am dealing with, if you know i would really appreciate the help, and if you do not know what it is than i thank you for time and help.

[LightningF]

it's always better to find someone who's a STD specialist. What i mean by STD specialist is someone who often get patients whom were infected by STDs. This way, they would have way more experience in differing warts to MC and also to just normal skin tags. There are a lot of dermatologists that are just specializing themselves in beauty treatment (like acne and all that). Despite they should have the skills in treating STDs but they rarely find new patients with STDs therefore it's not your best bet.

To find a famous STD specialist in your place, you could ask friends or local forum.

[johnnybags]

can i see any dermatologist, like the one i am seeing in a few weeks or do i need one specializing in that type of area? thank you for your response.

[SkaterDave]

I'd hit the dermatologist, they do it for a living.  At Planned Parenthood for my first diagnosis I had one NP say it's not a wart and one say it is.  It could be a wart but not be a genital wart. I've got one on my calf such as you describe.  Molluscum would have a little dimple in the middle I think.  

Either way I think you are making more of this that it will turn out to be.  Time will tell though.

[johnnybags]

i have an appointment with a dermatologist in a few weeks, should i tell them when i see them or should i try and find a specialist in this type of area or should i go to something like planned parenthood?  I have read that genital warts only really form on the penis, scrotum and around the anus and if mine is indeed a wart, why would it be at the top of my pubic hair.  i read that molluscum can form on the lower stomach but usually there are more than one which i only have one.  its so confusing and really stressing me out.  Also, over the past week and a half it seems to be getting better, it is not nearly as raised as it once was, does this mean it is going away or do they even go away on their own?  Thank you for your response i truly do appreciate it.

[LightningF]

impossible if it's just skin tag because you said you picked it up few times and it grew back. Since it doesnt hurt and it grew 5 months after your last sexual encounter, i think the only explanation is indeed genital warts/molluscum contagosium....I would say it's wart though as wart is way more common as far as i know

Of course not all genital warts look like the pics you see on the net. Mine is different too. Best chance for you is to find STD clinic/dermatologist who is specialized in treating STDs (so they have been encountering lots of patients like you). If you really havent been with anyone except your GF, most likely it's your GF who infected you. HPV is very tricky. Its initial infection can take months or even years to show up. This wasnt the case with me (it showed up only weeks after my sexual encounter) but apparently this is the case with you (showed up months later).

Genital wart can be single or multiple, can be raised or flat, can form a group or separated one to another. It's very2 tricky and variative one to another. Hence why you better ask someone who is specialized in treating warts to get a conclusive answer.

I would say it's wart or at least molluscum contagosium.