Blotchy red rash/irritated skin on penile head (lasted for over 3 moths now)?

Would you please be so kind as to post an update? I am facing the EXACT same problem

I've been following with this post for half a year now with the same described symptoms from a similar situation and I have a completely different theory. Fordyce, It usually targets the lips but rarely can go to the tip of the penis. It would explain all the negative test results and weird rash. Doctors still don't know the cause of Fordyce but it is definitely can be related to sex. 

Personally this issue happened to me after a sexual encounter. I noticed Fordyce on my lips and soon had burning sensation after urination and started to get the rash on the penis tip. Soon after I felt Prostatitis symptoms. I believe the Prostatitis  is also caused by the Fordyce moving internally. Again this is just my theory.

Now my symptoms are manageable. The head still has the rash but the discomfort is minimal. The Prostatitis sensation is this there but used to at pain level 7 and is now at a 1 even 0 at times. I believe time will take that pain away completely but if I get another Fordyce flare up it can cause issues again.

The good is if it is Fordyce it can be removed from the skin however I believe it would be really painful with laser.

Just to add I did see a dermatologist, urologist and they couldn't figure it out. Tested for all stds and uti and all came back negative. Ive been on antibiotics for the last 6 months, used corticosteroids, antifungal hydrocortisone cream and clotrimazole.

I found best treatment occasional vaseline. Any strong creams just makes things worse and aggravates.

Like everyone else in this thread, I have similar symptoms.  It took me awhile to figure out the cause and effect, but now I am certain of what's causing the redness/splotches on the glans.  After ejaculation, the splotches will appear...at times almost immediately.  The more frequent the ejaculation, the worse the redness.  I have contacted a GP, dermatologist and now a few urologists.  I've had diagnosis from prostatitis, urethritis, balanitis, etc.  I recently was tested for gonorrhea/chlamydia and was negative.

I've had HSV since 2008 but these symptoms haven't come on until last August (2017).  I don't think they are sex-related, but right after I started dating someone I started getting the symptoms.  It originally was told it was a rare yeast infection, but the treatment didn't seem to do much...then it developed into what they thought was belanitis...I applied the cream they recommended but eventually it just went away.  It could have been just because I stopped having sex.  Regardless, I know I am not offering much help here except it's nice for us all the know it isn't in our heads.  I am disappointed in the medical community that they don't seem to have much of a clue as to what the remedy is for something that appears to be more commonplace that I first thought.  I think it is good for us to continue to share our experiences so as to maybe help rule out what isn't working for us and what is.  I will pledge to offer any updates. 

Good luck to you all gentlemen!

KC Planner

So I came to this forum several months ago for the same reason as everyone else here. And I wasn't going to post unless I made some progress, so here's my story. 

My irritation started a year ago March of 2017, when I noticed a burning redness on the right side of my foreskin. At first I thought it was chafing from working out, or vigorous masturbation, so for two weeks I did nothing and tried to be "delicate", and it just got more painful. So I went to my GP, two urgent care physicians, and a walk-in clinic over the course of the next three weeks desperate for someone to give me a quick easy cure. None of them could confirm anything solid by looking at it. So I was told to try some over the counter anti-fungals since I've been prone to jock itch in the past.

For two months I treated it meticulously, and it seems to improve some, but then would get worse and better with seemingly no pattern. So one of the family practitioners suggested cortisone cream, and I tried that, but it seemed to make it spread, and I ended up with splotchy red marks on my glans too after using it, but there wasn't any discomfort with those red marks. The burning and inflamed skin on the right side stayed though 

Finally in May of 2017, I saw a dermatologist, and she told me it looked like dermatits. (non-speciific irritation). Great! So she prescribed another cortisone cream and told me to call back if it didn't clear up. I applied the cortisone, and it felt better but was even more red. So I convinced myself she didn't know I had a fungal infection and got more religious with the Lotrimin. Besides, it wasn't bothering me that much, and if I slept nude, and wore loose boxers I thought it was getting better. 

I'll jump forward to February of 2018.So I'd spent the last 9 months applying anti-fungal (Lotrimin) every day, and would look at my penis at least 20 times a day, convincing myself it was mostly better - and sometimes it was!. Then while on vacation, I'd spent a day on the beach and in the rain, and for some reason it became irrited like it was day one all over again, and stayed painful for the rest of vacation. 

I'd had enough, so I called the original dermatologist and went back. Fortunately she cultured the affected area, and two days later reported her findings. She said that the culture showed Klebsiella pnumonia growing, which is a normal bacteria found in the gut, but I had it as a skin infection on my penis. She treated me with an anti-biotic for the bacteria, and then prescribed Hydrocortisone Butyrate for the inflamed skin. And I cleareed up quite a bit, but not 100%

So when I went back for the follow up appointment, I saw the practices founding dermatologis (30+ years expeience) for a second opinion, and he said that it was contact dermatitist (something I'm coming in contact with). I asked him if the bacterial infection had caused the dermatitist? (they can be mutually exclusive evidently) And he said that it was likely the other way around. The dermatitis allowed the bacteria to settle in to the weakened skin. 

So here's the real cure. Contact dermatitis kept sticking in my head, and I noticed that the rash was the best every morning when I got out of bed after sleeping nude. No pain, and no redness. Then  as the day wore on, I could feel it a little and it would get more irritated. I also noticed that I felt best nude in general, or wearing these lightweight cotton pajamas around the house. Anything else I wore seemed to irritate it. All year, I thought the rash was made worse with heat, so I spent most of my time at home letting things breath so to speak. 

Bottom line, it was my underwear. I switched to 100% cotton underwear from the cotton blends, and polyester blends I used to wear. No redness, No pain. No drugs or creams anymore. Today is March 19th of 2018, and my culture and treatment started on February 14th. I can still feel it a little after sex, but it no longer looks red and irritated at all. 

I'll keep my fingers crossed, but the dermatologist told me that many skin conditions don't really cure - that I may have to live with it. He said that It may come and go throughout my life. What they (dermatologists) hope to do is get these skin conditions into remission, and keep them there. Many can't be cured completely. 

I hope that helps some of you. I was just as desperate as most of you are to solve this. And I'm sure my condition was a bit unique to me. But keep seeing the professionals until someone can help you. 

After reading blckshep68 comment I've done some more reading and it's very interesting. I found this link which has some useful comments and also a link to a very comprehensive skin diagnosis website. Well worth a look and I am now definitely pursuing the idea of a synthetic allergy of some sorts!

https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Dermatology/penis-skin/show/1107659?page=2[/b]