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skin tags, scar tissue or warts
Answered by
Edward W Hook, MD - HIV Prevention, stds
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skin tags, scar tissue or warts
by 83tired, Jun 30, 2008 12:34PM
HI DOCOTOR
i recently noticed a small fleshy and slighttly darker than the rest of the penis skin patch dircetly on the brown ring in the skin fold on the underside of the penis....the skin patch can be kinda folded over when i run my finger over it...it may have always been there but i have never paid close attention until now...it looks like the rest of the wrinkled skin fold around my penis when the penis is not erect, it can only be seen well when the penis is erect or i stretch the skin....i have been to two doctors the first one said she didnt think it was anything but extra skin and just part of the normal penis but it did have some charactersitics of a wart(which i was thinking too) so she couldnt be certain but in all her experience with gen. warts she never had to strectch the skin to see one so she sent me to another doctor and this doctor told me it was not a wart it was just scar tissue from the circumscion especially since it was located directly on the circumscion line and gen warts are uncommon in this area.........do these sound like accuate diagnosis to you of what it could be? should i trust them? there is also a much smaller one 1/4 inch to the on the same circumscion line on the underside, is it possible to have two scar tissue spots or skin tags on the penis
thanks for your help, it is very appreciated!
i recently noticed a small fleshy and slighttly darker than the rest of the penis skin patch dircetly on the brown ring in the skin fold on the underside of the penis....the skin patch can be kinda folded over when i run my finger over it...it may have always been there but i have never paid close attention until now...it looks like the rest of the wrinkled skin fold around my penis when the penis is not erect, it can only be seen well when the penis is erect or i stretch the skin....i have been to two doctors the first one said she didnt think it was anything but extra skin and just part of the normal penis but it did have some charactersitics of a wart(which i was thinking too) so she couldnt be certain but in all her experience with gen. warts she never had to strectch the skin to see one so she sent me to another doctor and this doctor told me it was not a wart it was just scar tissue from the circumscion especially since it was located directly on the circumscion line and gen warts are uncommon in this area.........do these sound like accuate diagnosis to you of what it could be? should i trust them? there is also a much smaller one 1/4 inch to the on the same circumscion line on the underside, is it possible to have two scar tissue spots or skin tags on the penis
thanks for your help, it is very appreciated!
Doctor's Answer
by Edward W Hook, MD, Jun 30, 2008 06:08PM
, Jun 30, 2008 06:08PM
Trust them. Whether it is a normal skin tag or some residual skin tag, both doctors are comfortable is saying it is normal and not something to be concerned about. Although I have not have the advantage they have of examining you, I had the same thoughts as I read your description. I would urge you not to worry about it. If it is causing a huge amount of (unnecessary) concern for you, it can be readily taken care of by a trip to dermatologist who could remove it. EWH
