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What is this growth on my meatus?

I am a 21 year old gay male. Three years ago, I received a a rough hand job from another male and he used an unknown lubricant. He also rubbed his genitals with mine. We did not have oral or anal sex and it was my first sexual encounter. Four days later, I woke up and my meatus looked like a pair of lips, very stretched out. It was not discolored and it did not hurt or burn, it was flesh colored. I tested for all of the major STDs and everything came back negative. Two months later, I visited a urologist who told me that it was not a wart and did not look like any STD he had ever seen. The problem is, it's been three years since that encounter and the opening of my penis still looks odd. It used to be flat before the encounter,  but now it looks raised and misshaped. I have included two pictures, it looks like a small growth on the top left side. I know that you are normally hesitant to look at pictures, but  I plan on seeing an experienced dermatologist next month and you're input would be helpful while I wait for my appointment (he was completely booked for 2 months). It would be helpful if you were able to get a visual of what I'm talking about. Do you think I have HPV or some other STD? I have not had sex in 3 years because of this, I would feel guilty about giving an STD to someone. I am almost certain that this happened to me because of the encounter, it could not possibly be a coincidence and magically appear on my penis four days after and not be directly related.

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Thank you for your input!
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239123 tn?1267647614
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On this forum we have a rule against looking at posted photos.  In this case, I broke it and glanced at the pictures you posted.  I see nothing abnormal about the appearance of your urethra.  Nothing is wrong.
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239123 tn?1267647614
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Welcome to the forum.  But I'm afraid I can't help very much.

First, it is very unlikely you have warts to explain the appearance of your urethra.  The urologist's judgement that it was not a wart is highly reliable.  Second, genital warts clear up on their own within a few months; it would not persist 3 years.  And by the way, even if you had a wart, you did not acquire it during the hand job described.  HPV warts are rarely if ever transmitted by hand-genital contact; and warts generally take 3-9 months to appear after catching HPV; 4 days is impossible.  If it truly appeared 4 days after that event, it had to be the result of an injury of some sort.  But my guess is that it in fact had been there before the exposure.  Anxiety does wonders for our ability to recognize and "see" something for the first time that was present earlier.

No other STD is a likely cause of the things you describe.  The appearance of a normal urethral meatus is highly variable from one person to another, and my guess is that you have nothing abnormal.  In any case, this is a forum strictly related to STD, not to diagnosis of non-STD genital problems.

It is a mistake to be avoiding sex on account of this problem.  If you continue to be concerned, see a health care provider -- then trust what s/he says about it.  In the meantime, try to stop worrying.  It is exceedingly unlikely you have HPV, warts, or any other STD.

Regards--  HHH, MD
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I also wanted to add that I noticed that several other men have posted about the same problem on other sites. The penis opening looks like a pair of lips shortly after an encounter, and does not go back to normal. Unfortunately, no one is able to give a solid answer about what exactly caused this to happen.
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