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Are There Any Anti-inflammatory Creams That Do Not Damage The Skin On Penis ?

Posted on Thu, 19 Apr 2012

Question: For a long time ago since I was 8 years old, due the redness of my penis (balanitis) that now I presume, according my doctor, I am allergic for soap, I used to control my penis inflamation Triamcinolone acetonide, who is a synthetic corticosteroid used to treat various skin conditions. So I have been sttoping it almost 2 years, even because my penis skin became thinning. In XXXXXXX this year, I had an episode of lichen planus on my foreskin. Since that I never use anymore soap ( wash my penis only with water according my doctor)) and my skin became better,I was cured of lichen planus, but the redness in my penis still remains, mainly when I make sex. What should I do in order to diminish this redness, and sometimes little heat? Boric Acid liquid ( according mu doctor)? Or another cream that is not synthetic corticosteroid ? The problem is redness and heat , but it depends on the day, for example, if I expose my penis to air as in front a fan it´s getting better. When I used synthetic corticosteroid at that time, I could control this redness, but as I told you, I stoped due thinning of the skin. Another doctor once gave me once prednisolone, a drug name Advantan, but, who get better, but it is also cortisone. Could you help me? Is there any cream anti inflamatory to control it who does not damage the skin? Or someting natural to handle it?
Thanks

Answered by Dr. Bharat Chawda (21 hours later)

Hi Rizzolot,

Thank you for the query,

You seems to be having allergic contact dermatitis over penis head due to some unknown agent (probably soap). Since you are having it from such a long time, it should not be a fungal infection.
You have been rightly using steroid (cortisone) over it to control it, but then it should not be used for long, as you correctly said that it causes thinning of skin. Now even for lichen planus the medicine usually prescribed is a steroid cream.

But if it is a lichen planus (if diagnosed by a dermatologist) then the drug of choice is oral dapsone. Oral steroid can also be prescribed at times. Since both these drugs are prescription based drugs ,you need to consult a dermatologist for proper prescription. As you reported that the symptoms of lichen planus have diminished, you may not need these medications now.

I would like to tell you that for both lichen planus and allergic contact dermatitis, there is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory cream available which can be safely used without any side effects. The pharmacological name of the cream is "Tacrolimus & Pimecrolimus". It does not have any side effects as that of a steroid.

I would advise you to consult your dermatologist and request him to consider this cream instead of a steroid.

Hope I have answered your query. I will be available for follow up query if any.

Regards,
Dr.Bharat chawda

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