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What Causes Small Red Spots On Shaft Of Penis After Masturbating?

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Posted on Tue, 3 Jun 2014
Question: This is pretty embarrassing but it as been bothering me so I'll ask anyway,

About a week or so I noticed a few small red shiny spots, no bumps, on the shaft of my penis after masturbating. Shortly after they scabbed and I thought it was gone so I did again but it made it worse and scabbed and when I pick it off there's just a pink/red shiny spot. So I guess my question is if it is possible for this to happen from masterbating? Like is it a skin tear or something? I've felt no pain, no tingle XXXXXXX and only itched once or twice but I figured that was cause it was healing, there was never a bump or anything like that. I guess I just will feel safer knowing if that is what caused it. Thanks for any help!
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Answered by Dr. Geetika Paul (42 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Looks like superficial trauma, not std

Detailed Answer:
Hi

I understand your concern regarding your skin problem and I hope I am able to help you in the same .
From the description that you have provided , it seems very likely that you had developed some frictional tears over the penile region.
Since the lesions were self limiting which means that they scabbed and healed on their own, so the possibility of a std is almost negligible . There is however a small possibility of it being a minor superficial infection which can be bacterial or fungal.
Since you had disturbed the scabs, it lead to freshening of the wound again and thereby prolonged healing.
I would advise you to try and maintain proper hygiene of the area in the form of cleaning the area twice with lukewarm saline water. You can apply some topical antibiotic cream like neosporin or mupirocin over the affected areas twice a day in case the lesions tend to persist or re develop.
But I am not concerned about any std in your case since most of the std s need proper and definite treatment.


Hope this answers your query

Please ask if you need any further clarifications

Dr Geetika Paul
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What Causes Small Red Spots On Shaft Of Penis After Masturbating?

Brief Answer: Looks like superficial trauma, not std Detailed Answer: Hi I understand your concern regarding your skin problem and I hope I am able to help you in the same . From the description that you have provided , it seems very likely that you had developed some frictional tears over the penile region. Since the lesions were self limiting which means that they scabbed and healed on their own, so the possibility of a std is almost negligible . There is however a small possibility of it being a minor superficial infection which can be bacterial or fungal. Since you had disturbed the scabs, it lead to freshening of the wound again and thereby prolonged healing. I would advise you to try and maintain proper hygiene of the area in the form of cleaning the area twice with lukewarm saline water. You can apply some topical antibiotic cream like neosporin or mupirocin over the affected areas twice a day in case the lesions tend to persist or re develop. But I am not concerned about any std in your case since most of the std s need proper and definite treatment. Hope this answers your query Please ask if you need any further clarifications Dr Geetika Paul