I have had a friction burn for about a year now. it started out bad and got better for awhile. About 6 months down the road it turned shiny and pale on my shaft i tried to masturbate without touching the area but i had a slight pain right below the shaft a bit. And a new vein showed up or what i assume is a vein seem to pop up during a erection. Currently I m about a year in and the shaft still is pale and a bit shiny. The pain i had is more dull then anything now. Touching the pale area feels cold to the touch and stings/hurts still. This made me worry so i went to have it checked and the doctor tells me i don t know what the problem is...he can t seem to find anything wrong. But the pain still remains It s not as bad as it was a year ago but is still there. I ve had no discharge no swelling nothing weird in urine No infection as far as i know. Nothing has gotten worse over the year but nothing has 100% healed either. I was told to leave it alone no sex or masturbation for a month and see if it heals. I was masturbating in between (i shouldn t of been at all ) but for the most part i left it alone also i never touched the area when masturbating. I went from extreme pain to medium-min pain in a year. So my question is is this going to heal on it s own? I was also told i could of gave the shaft trauma or bruise and needs more time to heal. i beat it up pretty bad last year there was no bleeding either. I m out of options so if there is anything...anything at all i can do to fix this please let me know. I just don t know what to do at this point. Sorry it s a wall of text.