Those look like genital warts (HPV.) You should see a doctor for definitive diagnosis and treatment. There are several methods, such as freezing or burning, which ought to work. It's impossible to gauge exactly when you contracted the warts; they may have been from a contact a long time before. In any case, you'll want to minimize the chances of spreading them by getting rid of the visible ones. As you say yourself, you don't have to put your life on indefinite hold after an HPV diagnosis.
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
Hello Dr. Rockoff, I am not attempting to hijack this thread; I just have a similar problem. If you wish for me to pay another $15 I will post a new topic. I posted on another section and some of my questions were answered but M.D -HHH said you would look at the pictures.
1) Does this appear to be a genital wart? The following picture is enlarged and the actual wart is approx. 1mm. It is located on the shaft of my penis.
http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sta60011oh8.jpg
I am not sure when I first discovered the wart but I think it is safe to say it's probably been there for almost 1 year with only slight enlargement. It looks like a brown mole from the naked eye, but as you can see from the zoomed in photo it's really not all that dark.
2) I went to the doctor and after looking at it for several seconds he simply prescribed Treinoin Cream .1%. He was unsure that it was a genital wart. Tretinoin cream seems like a rather unorthodox treatment method, so do you suggest I see another doctor, or will the tretinoin cream suffice?
Thank you for your time!
What about the mole looking thing and the two bumps underneath the head? I was afraid that is what the other ones were, thank you for you time and help.