Hi i am 18 and ever since i was 15 years i remeber having like small pimples. Since i am not circumsized these pimple like occur on the skin that covers the penis. I dont this it is an STD...I hope not. BUt im curious what is it?
I'm sure he meant that these bumps have appeared here and there, randomly over 1 and a half years, not that each lesion has lasted 1.5yrs. This makes molluscum a good bet?
No problem. I have squeezed a known cyst before. The obvious difference to me was the granules in the core - I am fairly sure that this is caused by molluscum. You probably have cysts too, but they eject white paste, rather than the white, harder granules. I would still go and get properly diagnosed though, just to be sure. If it turns out to be molluscum, please reply. Best of luck, you will be fine.
Thank you englishman for reading my entire posting. I have a feeling that the doctor did not recognize that i was describing not one but THREE different issues, with the possible molluscum being at the forefront. Knowing that someone else is experiencing this is comforting. I am aware that they arent genital warts or anything else too serious so I can rest a little at ease about it. Thanks.
Because they've been there a year and a half. And because at least one of the spots he cored out was an ingrown hair. To name two reasons. Physical exam will be needed to be definitive.
Dr. Rockoff
Oh yeah, and just to clarify something, it turns out that there was an ingrown hair NEXT to where the core came out from. Maybe related, maybe not, but I feel better about it anyway.
The look like molluscum, started as 1 "classic" looking molluscum, then they spread over a couple of weeks, got diagnosed. The lesions are pearly, using a magnifying glass many have a small dimple. They never have a hair growing out of them, they are different from my "normal" anatomy - I can see fordyce spots etc. Why don't you think they are molluscum? I have read other accounts, even the UK NHS site mentions how the core can be squeezed out. What do you think they are then?
I very much doubt that they are molluscum even though molluscum can look slightly similar.
Dr. Rockoff
Also, my STD clinician and the leaflet she gave me said that they are rarely contagious - despite the name!
I am pretty certain you have Molluscum. I have this at the moment, exactly the same symptoms, you describe the white cores exactly as I find them, the bleeding is the same as I experience. The lesions come and go over time, the whole lot can last 2 yrs. I have had it for about 2 months now. I was diagnosed by an STD clinician, the white cores are signs that it is not HPV, HPV warts have no core and can not be squeezed - as far as I am aware. See what the doc thinks never-the-less.
I think you have the small follicular cysts which are common and normal on the penis and scrotum. They have white stuff inside that comes out when you squeeze them. However, you are doing yourself no good by coring them out. Please leave them alone, show them to a doctor next time you see one, and then ignore them. They are part of you and get to stay there.
Best.
Dr. Rockoff