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Permanent skin irritation from GH?

Hey Guys,

Sorry for the vivid description below but I really need some help.

After having genital HSV1 for about three months now (initial outbreak and possibly a second much milder outbreak), the skin on my penis has not healed. The head is very red and wrinkly and will cut/soar if there is too much friction. It even looks scaly, especially around the rim (I am uncircumcised).

The shaft too is dry and I can see lots more bright red vesicles under the skin than I ever used too. Everything even feels a little hot down there.

Any maybe I am seeing things, but the veins when filled with blood look bigger and "blacker" than they ever used to. I also experience lots of weakness and tingling in the groin area.

Has anyone experienced this before? I was given anti-fungal cream but this doesn't seem to a do a whole lot (it's more of a band-aid solution and in any even I tested negative to fungal infection).

Thanks
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How often did you use the antifungal cream and for how long?  

If you think this is just a dry skin issue then pick up an otc cream like aquaphor, a&d, eucerin, zinc oxide , bag balm etc and apply it to the skin 2x/day and see if that helps. It'll take at least a week to see a noticeable difference.

This is not a direct result of herpes though.

grace
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First of all not all that goes on down yonder is herpes if you have herpes. I know with the ladies they can have yeaat, bacterial and UTI infections that can mimic herpes. Since you are uncircucised is it  posible that you have gotten some other problems that are causing you dsicomfort. I don't know but like we tell the gals go in and get  a thoourgh work up to confirm it is only herpes and check to make sure it is not something else going on down yonder. That is all I can recommend.. It is possible that something is lurking in the uncircumsiced area to be bothering youther than herpes..
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