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

Any progress with your situation? I have very similar symptoms and had them for almost two years now Tried everything, nothing seems to work.

Have any of you guys noticed any strange chronic illnesses in your family lately? Pelvic pain, swelling, kidney failure, cancer, etc?

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ok latest diagnosed of zoons balanitis. also inam worried if it could be penile cancer

Here is an update that will likely help many of you. I had a post previously where I had discovered my problem was contact dermatitis. Not everyone's symptoms are the same here, but for those of you that have the blotchy redness that looks like the original poster, then you likely have contact dermatitis. I was able to clear my problem temporarily as discussed in my original post, but after a month or so, it came back again.

I have had this issue for 2 years, and it is very frustrating. But finally, I found the original culprit, and it is my washing detergent. Seriously, it is that simple. I bought a laundry detergent that is labeled "free and clear," and literally immediately my issue disappeared. There are many brands, but the brand I got was "All Free and Clear." Buy this stuff and wash your underwear at a minimum in it. I would wash everything in it, because I was having some red itchy spots on my chest that looked different than my penis, but turns out this cleared up now too.

I believe that something else originally triggered the issue and caused my skin to become sensitive to the detergents. My problem originally started after I had a reaction to a condom, so I think something in the condom started it all up, and caused my skin to be more sensitive. But after taking every antibiotic known to man, going through countless cremes and lotions the doctors prescribed or suggested, the one thing that finally rid me of the issue was the change in laundry detergent. The previous post has suggestions that will help, but to completely clear the issue, you have to get rid of the issue that causes it, and that was washing detergents.

Make sure whatever brand you get is "free and clear" of all dyes and perfumes. Don't use the pod version, make sure you get the liquid version, as they seem to be different for whatever reason. But immediately upon washing my underwear in this detergent and using the double rinse cycle on my washer, my problem vanished. I no longer have the rash, no longer have the burning and stinging and no flare ups after any type of friction or contact as I had previously.

Hope it works for some of you as well!

Thanks for the follow up... reminds me I should do one also...

Basically, I got infected with Lyme disease and/or co-infections. In my case, it expressed as Morgellons also, but a mild case....So long story short, a bacterial infection. I did everything I could to treat it, that included rest, sun, sleep, no stress, cutting ALL sugar, eating super clean, herbals, antibiotics. Started in march after UPS with a girl in California (who by the way has ZERO symptoms etc. or that I know of)... peaked in June/July, better in fall and now pretty much back to normal... still some residual stuff but just more of a minor nuisance vs. over the summer, where the infection affected every aspect of my life. Pain, fatigue, skin inflammation and irritation etc. So about 6-8months total to get the infection under control.... so far so good. Will update in a year or two.

No more two night stands for me, this $hit changed my life, NEVER taking that chance again, protection or not, talk about a major turn off.....

sending positive vibes to everyone here! hang in there.

Nice to see people are finding solutions! MI

Nice to see people are finding solutions!

For me, after a great deal of research in medical journals, I have found that Aloe Vera gel seems to work. I'm UK based and uncut, with my problems starting 2 months after a recurring yeast infection I received from unprotected sex.

My new regimen is as follows:

1. Shower in the morning, wash penis with Dermol 500 (moisturising soap substitute with antimicrobial properties).
2. Dry penis with hair dryer carefully.
3. Apply Epaderm Ointment (a simple emollient but works really well).
4. Wait 30 minutes.
5. Apply Aloe Vera Gel all over (I use the highest rated one on Amazon UK).

I do this when I wake up and an hour before bed everyday.

I've only been doing it for about 13 days so far and plan on doing it for at least 8 weeks.

So far it appears to be helping a lot, but I can't tell if it's already plateaued, and I'm not sure if as soon as I stop it'll all come back.

Either way it definitely makes things better, I just can't tell if it will cure anything for good.

Can anyone else recommend their regimens? I'm thinking I may ask a Dr for an antibacterial cream soon and try that angle in case.

Also, something that will be very interesting to people is a medical paper I found.

It's called: 'Mild Balanoposthitis' by the Department of Dermatology, University of Padua, Italy.

I would HIGHLY recommend everyone read the full paper (2 pages) as it contains every possible cause of our condition. I'm going to see a Dermatologist soon and bring the paper printed out and get a dialogue going.

I wish you all well, please keep me updated with any progress you find. I'm going to cure this thing and help you all in the process!

Seems i'm not alone with this ailment. I've been getting recurring balanitis on my glans for months now. I clean my glans every morning in the shower, let it dry before letting my foreskin back to its normal position and still it flares up. The latest was on Saturday and my glans still really red and sore. Anyone had similar that has been cured?

I saw a new dermatologist recently everyone and he presented a new possible reason. For me he thinks it's a subcutaneous fungal infection. For me it started with a yeast infection that I didn't treat properly, and then I went on to cause trauma to the skin further by continuing to have sex, driving the fungal infection deeper into the skin.

He has prescribed me 14 days of 100mg of fluconazole tablets and mometasone (steroid cream) to treat it.

I've been trying clotrimazole cream for 2 weeks to see if I could do that instead but doesn't appear to be working.

I'm gonna start fluconazole soon but wondering what other peoples thoughts are. I think we're all having problems because whatever we have is subcutaneous, making it impossible to treat properly with topicals.

I really want to avoid using fluconazole if I can but looks like I may have no choice.