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What Causes Raphe Of Penis?

Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2015

Question: "RAPHE PENIS" ? The doctor told me that everything is ok. Nevertheless I'm going to explain and show you my problem now: It's about a thick brown line on the underside of my penis. The doctor explained that it's a so called "Raphe Penis". I'm not sure if it's really a "Raphe penis"..:/. If I did't think about sex for about 1-2weeks, so my penis wasn't "hard" then, I clearly can see that this line became weaker and brighter. Because of this line I absolutely don't feel confident to start a relationship with a girl/woman. Please tell me your opinion. Do you think I could remove this line? I already had the plan to don't get a hard penis for a long time (about 1months) so that I could see if this line would stop existing. What is your advice?

Answered by Dr. Deepak Kishore Kaltari (13 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Penile Raphe is normal

Detailed Answer:
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Dear Sir

Raphe Penis is normally present in all the individual. It has its origin since birth (iit occurs along the line of embryonic closure of skin fold ). In some individual these Raphe which runs along the length of undersurface of penis is hyperpigmented and looks very much prominent. This will in no way affect the normal erection and sexual relationship.
Removal of this line is not recommended as it's not cause of your problem. The main cause of your problem with erection is due to psychological and stress associated with the thought of Raphe. As you have not mentioned your age , I assume you are quite young and there should not be any problem with erection.

Do get back to me if you need any further assistance, will be glad to assist you.

Wishing you great Health

Best regards
Dr Deepak Kaltari
Consultant Surgeon

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Deepak Kishore Kaltari (15 hours later)

Dear Dr. XXXXXXX Kaltari,
thank you very much for your answer but it is not really what I needed as answer. I already knew that a ''Perineal Raphe'' is no problem for having sex etc.
I also didn't want to hear that it's just important to have a functioning and health penis. In my opinion it is also important to have a attractive penis.
So please tell me every options to get a more attractive penis what means to lose the prominence of my raphe and also to get a straight Penis.

The following link will lead you to an uploaded video of my penis:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-zB50JWf7dyTVNLaDVjQS15TVk/view?pli=1

As you can see my penis is not completely straight. Do you know any stretching exercises or programs to get a straighter penis without curves?
Furthermore my penis looks a little erected nevertheless it isn't, do you think it is unusual?

Answered by Dr. Deepak Kishore Kaltari (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Massage will be helpful

Detailed Answer:
Dear Mr XXXX

Thanks for providing the video. There is only slight ventral curvature which is insignificant and can be considered completely normal. It's also not unusual to have erected look even though it's not erect.

As you seem to be still worried about the looks , I would suggest you the following

1. Massage : Using aloe Vera based cream with Vitamin E . Gently apply it and massage the penis with movements from the base of penis to tip of penis . Do it 19 minutes every day twice a day . Long term massage for more than 4 to 8 weeks will really be helpful

2. Avoid wearing tight underwear.

3. Preferably sleep without underwear while you go to bed.

Wishing you great Health

Best regards
Dr Deepak

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar