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

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Part of the skin on the head of my penis has become slightly red and is causing some pain/irritation.

It first appeared the day after I used a condom so I think I must have had a reaction to the latex or some other substance in the condom.

The tip of the penis became super sensitive and noticeably hurt whenever it touched my underwear.

The skin was and still is noticeably red close to and directly around the meatus. This redness gets worse and bigger after I've come out the shower or masturbated.

An hour or so after ejaculation, I get a slight burn/irritation at the very end of the urethra when I urinate and this can last for a few days before subsiding. This has put me off from masturbating as much now.

This has lasted for about 3 months now with no signs of improvement.

I saw a doctor and was prescribed timodine/hydrocortisone cream and this didn't have much effect and am slightly worried it may just make things worse so have stopped using it for now.

It almost seems as if the redness comes from within the skin rather than on the surface.

I don't think its balanitis as I haven't had that for over 12 years when I was a kid and that was with the usual smegma discharge etc, whereas this is just redness. 

I've attached images to show how it looks straight after showering, which is when the redness is at its worst and the contrast between the normal skin colour and the redness can be clearly seen.

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    Hi all. Thankful I found this thread, same issues as the OP and many of the others. Red inflamed areas on my penis and foreskin caused by friction which has made sex and masturbation difficult/painful.. Will try the last person's recommendation of castor oil. Please keep this thread alive and share any tips which may make the issue better or more manageable. Thanks,

    • Posted

      hey guys, any luck of finding a solution for this problem we all have?
  • Posted

    All, I've been reading about Zoon's balanitis and they describe the symptoms and risk factors pretty closely, i.e. friction, uncircumcised, etc. Also by looking at the pictures they also match my own symptoms of the rash very closely. Anyone else think this could be it?

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    Mine is 100% from a one night stand, never there before. Some days it’s  un noticeable, but after sex and masturbation, very prominent, no symptoms at all just visible. This has been going on for over 12 months, defo no gonnorhea, chlamydia, syphillis or hiv, please help, baffled.
  • Posted

    I'm trying max strength desitin for a few days, will let y'all know how it goes.

  • Posted

    Hi Jason

    I think I have a similar problem than you. Did you solve it?

    Thanks!

  • Posted

    Update on symptoms and tests I forgot to mention I had done months ago.  Tingling of the scrotum is another annoying symptom I've gotten used to in the last year.  It's not constant but is fairly consistent.  

    I also had a full urine panel completed by different labs several months apart.  This was not just the usual quick panel they run at the doctors office.  I got a multipage report back that gave me a clean bill of health for any sort of negative kidney or liver functions that would appear in a urine sample.  The only flag was a bilirubin test that came back on the lowest end of the range outside normal but it turns out that number is subjective and depends on the lab that runs the test.  So this one lab flagged the number but other labs would not and my doctor said my range was just fine.  The search continues...

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    So I'm working over in the UAE and I've just seen another dermatologist yesterday, after the treatments I received from a so called penile dermo expert in London 6 weeks ago did absolutely nothing. I was very unhappy with his consultation as usual I got palmed off with contact dermo. Anyway this new lady yesterday again couldn't see much wrong! It's so obvious to me but it really gets me second guessing wether it's all in my head! I'm now on an excema related cream and taking diflucan whilst she recommmede coconut oil as a moisturiser. Will keep you posted if anything helps this time around . 

    • Posted

      Hi Toby, I am also in UAE can you share the contact information so we can exchange the information?
    • Posted

      Hi mate I was visiting a dermatologist in a clinic at yas mall, Abu Dhabi. The doctor has been quite willing to experiment with treatments which has been refreshing but unfortunately I'm yet to find any relief from what we've tried. I have been away from there for a couple of months but plan to go back for further testing next month.  I can give you the details of the place but like I said it hasn't been much help so far! 

  • Posted

     I’ve had the same thing for six months now, I live in the US 
  • Posted

     I’ve had all the test done and everything  negative  been to the urologist for a scope he said all is good,  dermatologist said it looks like nothing , I have been to some massage places  where I think I got athletes foot. Then I got jock itch  and this all started after using steroid cream on my penis 
  • Posted

    Been dealing with this for the past 18 months. It’s prostatitis/cpps. It happened to me after having sex one night. Some kind of nerve irritation going on, made worse after sitting. Nightmare no cure found yet had dozens of antibiotics too. Good luck. 
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      Given EVERYTHING I've been through for more than a year I'm also leaning toward some sort of nerve damage which is somewhat difficult to get diagnosed.  The genesis for me was also a sexual encounter that was rather raucous.  I've been tested out the wazoo for every possible STI, seen every type of doctor I can (multiple times in many cases including specialists) with nothing to show for it other than a whole bunch of anxiety. If it is a nerve damage situation it can literally take many months or years even to heal if no medical intervention.  My symptoms have subsided over the past year (slowly but surely) so the nerve damage theory in that context would make sense for me.  I certainly don't have any diseases detectable via blood or urine test.  Of that I am confident.     

    • Posted

      This condition what ever it is causes bad anxiety as you can never get a diagnosis. I have had a cytoscopy, antibiotics creams, and loads of urine and blood tests too. My urologist believes it will take time to settle if there is Inflamation in the prostate. I definitely strained something down there after a one night stand which inclvolved a lot of drinking too that night. The symptoms  flared up with in 24 hours and was really bad at first pain wise and has slowly got better over the year however my erections are not as hard as before and sometimes can struggle with ejaculation so it’s got to be something nerve related. Or it could be tight pelvic floor muscles, seems to be worse after sitting or after exercise.  I understand the stress it causes and I feel it’s best to try and not think about it as it can make you depressed.
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      Having battled this for as long as I have at this point I've learned a couple of very valuable lessons.  I won't bore you with the inner personal stuff.  I'll stick to the matter at hand.  I will say I did in fact end up clinically depressed over all of this.  I had to get on some anti depressants for the better part of a year but I'm okay now.  I guess the big lesson turned out to be that I should focus on what is known to be true and to not obsess over the highly improbable or clinically unprovable.  Things are rarely worse case scenario but its so easy to get caught up in the vortex then swirl the drain to the abyss.  There is SO MUCH out there on the internet and you can become consumed by all the possibilities and stories of woe.  I turned all of that off.  The only thread I'm monitoring and following is this one because so many guys are reporting this very narrow set of circumstances that match what I've been experiencing the last year.  

      The urologist who saw me twice ultimately sent me to a physical therapist because he believes I've got my pelvic muscles all screwed up now from the anxiety.  I did the exercises for a while but it didn't produce immediate results so I gave up at the time but I'm going to give those a shot again now that I'm in a better place.  

    • Posted

      Let’s hope we can get this poorly understood condition sorted. Gonna go down the physical therapy route too. Good luck. 
    • Posted

      But it could be HPV?

      Zoon's balanitis is supposedly associated with one form of HPV.

      This is increasingly the conclusion that I'm coming to about my own issue.

    • Posted

      Any update. I have same issue with CPPS. Have you been tested for hsv ?
    • Posted

      I just got sent to a pelvic floor therapist. Haven’t started yet.  I’m skeptical of it having any impacts and it’s expensive.

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