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

I have similar symptoms, these three years the sensitive glans is the most obvious symptom. Sitting long will make it worse and glans more redness. Standing can relieve the symptom. last year red bumps started to appear on my head, especially on the temple, on and off, like folliculitis .Just like you, I think this is real and not in my head. I also hope there is solution in this thread. I hope others have similar symptoms can update their situation, especially some biopsy been done. I will appreciate it.

Hi have you done herpes test? I just did igg at 12 weeks and was negative. I've also done Igm at 18 days post exposure which was negative, igg at 6.5 weeks which was negative too.

I don't feel the same penis, looks different with rash and redness. Worse after shower, foreskin is tighter when erect. A lot more bumps on glans. Redness and some small bumps under glans.

Also had burning on lips once which lasted 10 days, cuts on side of one lip and the emergence of Fordyce spots on corners of mouth which haven't gone.

I also have an itchy scalp and more folliculitis style spots on inner thighs then I can remember (both sides).

I'm really struggling after trying anti fungal and steroid creams. I can only think it can be herpes. Debating whether to try and get the Western blot test for closure. Seen dermatologists who state lichen planus but his came after risky encounter in Nov.

Link to pics attached

https://patient.info/forums/discuss/suspected-herpes-795293

Seems liek a lot of similarities to others in this thread?

hey buddy i know this is an old forum. But did u ever found out what it is????. I am suffering from the same. plz do reply if you found out the treatment

this is lichen sclerosis. you can tell from the paled skin.

For me - the following things are true.

When my penis is flaccid, it's barely noticeable. It's worst when my penis is erect, or if I wear tight pants/boxers which squeeze on the head.

If I push in on the head with my thumb, you can see something happen - like discolouration?

The tip of my penis is the most red which is why I think it might be an internal infection. Here is what I have tried so far.

I tried an anti-fungal and an anti-bacterial. I did a full comprehensive STD test, nothing turned up. But I did however have a gardnerella infection, which my doc gave me a combination of clindamycin topical and flagyl to treat it. It's a common bacteria in women that can sometimes overload the urethea in men. Typically harmless. But that didn't help.

I'm going to do some further testing with a comprehensive urine/semen test to see if anything shows up. If it does I'll post here.

Can anyone else confirm they are the same as me? It's worst when erect or wearing tight pants. The head sort of feels "raw". For me it doesn't hurt, but definitely feels like it's raw. It's difficult to explain.

For me the redness is mostly on the tip and down the middle of my head, not the sides.

It's quite unsettling for me.

Also - does anyone else have erection issues and loss of libido? I dunno if it's related.

My own thoughts are that maybe it's a rarely checked bacteria causing an internal infection and when we urinate or ejaculate, we're spreading it onto the tip of our penis? Maybe prostatitis or urethritis? I'm not sure.

I have had the same thing for 9 months. nothing works. I have burns, redness more or less strong. all the tests come back negative, I hydrate every day. I hope someone will find a solution.

I had something similar a few summers ago.

turns out the underwear I was wearing (the stretchy , moisture wicking kind), were holding moisture and rubbing against my penis head.

I switched to cotton underwear , and it almost improved overnight.

if you haven't tried that, I'd give it a go

I made an account just to reply to this... I have had the exact same issue for over 2 years now and I've been unable to solve it. My penis head looks identical to yours as well with the redness. Doctors just dismiss me like it's nothing but its irritating and not nothing. I've been tested for STIs many times but always come back negative. At best a doctor tells me to use antifungal creams which don't seem to do anything. This all started when I had unprotected sex with a woman over 2 year ago. I've convinced doctors to at least try some antibiotics and I've tried two different cycles of antibiotics (Azithromycin and Doxycycline) without much luck, though the antibiotics did seem to kind of help.

I wish someone would find a solution this this.

I've had a suspicion that it might be Mycoplasma Genitalium (the antibiotic resistant kind) but I can barely find a doctor or clinic where I live that has even heard of this and knows how to test for it. I don't want to use antibiotics anymore unless I know for certain. The only other thing I can think of is Oral Herpes (Herpes-1). I know I caught Oral Herpes from the same girl I seemed to get this issue from and I remember my mouth feeling irritated in a similar way my penis head has been. Doctors dismiss this idea though. This, I wonder if the Herpes infection messes up my body's natural remedies against foreign organisms and perhaps this is bacterial/fungal/parasitic but something Herpes has interfered enough with myself to cause this secondary infection to persist.

I'm no doctor though. I just wish someone could find a solution.