males with lichen sclerosus?

In the beginning it was just a couple of white patches on the head of my penis, no irritation or soreness at all. Went to my GP that eventually referred me to the dermatologist, who confirmed what I already suspected... LS. Dermatologist prescribed me Dermovate, which did nothing for the white patches. Then about 6-8 weeks ago I experienced my first flare up which is only just now beginning to get under control (I hope/think). Flare up is very sore foreskin with red patches creeping across the head. I'm not convinced the Dermovate has helped to be honest, it's only now I'm down to using it every few days that things appear to be improving. I'm hoping diet and lifestyle changes will keep things under control going forward.

Hi Jared, I'm a 63 year old female and was was suffering with chronic LS, white patches, itching, burning, skin tearing and scar tissue forming, sex was totally out of the question. I started using plain cheap home brand olive oil and completely stopped using the creams that the gyro had prescribed that l found were not working at all, l just have an egg cup full if olive oil in the toilet and apply it EVERY TIME l use the toilet, massage it over the affected area leaving the affected skin just a little bit moist with the oil. Within 3 days l noticed a huge improvement, the itching, burning and inflammation was completely gone within 3 months the white patches had almost completely disappeared and the skin lesions were also completely gone as well, give the oil a try as skin is skin whether it be male or femal. Good luck Barb 😊

I have the same white patches for about 8 months and they are spreading... however it's hard to see unless your looking from above so doctors are ignoring me...one dermatologist looked with a uv light and you could see where it all spread to but he immediately just said vitiligo...it doesn't look like vitiligo to me at all though

Mine started the same as your's, just white patches no itching or burning that came later.

hi jared, I was diagnosed with LS / BXO around 7 years ago.  The beginnings of the condition are difficult to track as my LS is, I believe, connected to the Phimosis I had from childhood - so it is possible 'the circumstances required' for the beginnings of my LS were present from around 8 YOA.

In my teenage years no one told my about penile hygiene or the need to stretch my foreskin.  In terms of my LS 'journey' from then onwards, I think I was always applying antiseptic lotion, then the likes of baby oil and skin creams to my penis for my sexual practices.

The situation came to a head [no pun intended] when, in 2011 I stopped working because of the huge amount of stress I was under at work {this in itself had been present for 10 / 11 years} and, I simply could no longer function productively.  In terms of penile symptomology, at this time, my penis became more and more irritated, and I constantly searched for the 'right' ointment to apply to relieve this.  Nothing ever did.  Then I got the scarring and what seemed like endless dead skin {similar to that you would have on the heal of your foot that had completely dried out} in the same area where scar tissue remained from me eventually being able to retract most of my foreskin.  This 'dead skin' was so annoying I even took a modeler's scalpel {NO, don't try this yourself, ANYONE!!!} to it and removed it for myself - but, eventually, it would come back again.  And, my foreskin became more and more irritated - then I got the tell-tale Lichen type pin-prick marking on the head / glans of my penis.

I visited a UK GP and was given a steroidal until a biopsy with a dermatologist to rule out penile cancer revealed it was LS.  Since then I have used Clobetasol which I apply either every other day, or if I am sexually active, sometimes even 3 times within a 24 hour period. > *For others using steroidal ointment, I found you have to spend between 5 and 10 minutes massaging it into the effected area to get any real benefit from it! < 

As I said, the complication from my teenage years was my Phimosis, and thanks to using the Clob, it is only in the last 2 years {I am now 61 YOA} that I have been able to expose {almost} the whole of my glans {other than the underside, which remains fused} and my penis now looks like an adult erect penis would normally look, for the first time in my life!

In terms of your diagnosis, I have just been reading a post from a lady in the Solihull area I think it was who was singing the praises of Sexual Health Clinics in that area.  It sounds like you have not had the right professional advice, so perhaps, if you are in the UK, either a Sexual Health Clinic {and, no it does not have to be a STD / STI condition, only, that they look at} or a GUM Clinic at your local General Hospital {look it up as 'GUM Clinic near me' on the internet}  - Good Luck - W.D.