Penile rash mystery

Thanks for responding.

I meant I have had the tight hard to retract foreskin all my life, or atleast for as far back as I can remember. I'm 28 and the tightness has always been a nuisance to me when having sex, so thats how I know thats not a totally new addition.

I haven't had a biopsy yet. I'm planning on having one now though. I put it off for a while but now its not responding so well to the Dermovate I want to know for sure what I am dealing with.

I've been using dermovate twice a day for about 2 months now. I massage it in to each area for about a minute, usually after I've gotten out of the shower.

diet wise, I'm pretty healthy most of the time. I rarely eat dairy which I know I'm slightly intolerant to. I take B Complex, D3, Omega complex, Vit C and a Probiotic everyday. Also, since I found out I'm borderline deficient in Vit D and B12 I've started a course of injections to boost my levels even quicker. 

I use condoms when I have sex yeah. I had some rough sex last week and that made the situation a. lot worse and irritated the glans quite a bit.

My hygiene regime is - I clean the area every morning and night in the shower with a cream my doctor gave me thats extremely bland and made for that area. Then whenever I go to the toilet I make sure there is no urine left anywhere.

I guess the bits that are baffling me about the LS diagnosis is the lack of white patches that are so iconic of LS. Mine is just very red. Also the pictures where it came up in raised red spots.. I've never seen anyone mention that happening with their LS. Its annoying that it responds so minimally to the dermovate because as far as I'm aware thats the only official treatment available for LS. I'm pretty worried that if it is that then my condition will soon worsen even whilst I'm doing everything I can to keep it at bay.

I think the biopsy is definitely needed. Any ideas as to what else it could be?

No probs: what I would suggest you do is treat this as a LS type condition anyway until a Biopsy proves otherwise.

The raised red spots you mention look to me like a severe dermatological reaction to something your glans / exposed foreskin is in regular contact with.  The most dangerous time for an adverse reaction to happen is when you are asleep for a number of hours. This is when you need to ensure there is nothing whatsoever in terms of any form or chemical left under your foreskin that may have got there during sex, masturbation, or simply following showering / washing your penis.

I have no other suggestions as to what your condition could actually be.  If you are are concerned about preventing your condition worsening this is what I would do:

> No oil based products (mineral or plant), no soap, no Lubes, ointments, creams, hair shampoo, body wash etc to get anywhere near to your exposed foreskin or glans / head of your penis

> use water only to lightly wash by rubbing your exposed glans / retracted foreskin with after you have showered normally - wash this way after sex, masturbation and every time you urinate

> if you need to retain your condom use find ones for sensitive skin types - it is all the 'gunk' - spermicide and 'easy-on' type chemicals that are positively dangerous to your exposed glans and foreskin, particularly during extended sex sessions when you have this kind of condition

> wash all clothes, towels etc that come in contact with your penis with natural soap flakes only - you can get 'Liquid Soap Flakes' from most reasonable sized supermarkets - so you can bung all these clothes in the washing machine

** the essential is that you address the tight foreskin issues, as, this situation is most likely to worsen with this type of condition.  I combine applying Clobetasol {Dermovate / ClobaDerm} when I massage it in with doing foreskin stretch exercises to retain as much elasticity in my foreskin as possible.

> I have addressed particular stretching exercises for the foreskin in many of my other posts.  here it what I would reiterate: -

- always start with gentle exercises using minimal pressure - build on repetitions, pressure and intensity over an extended period of months, rather than days or weeks

- there are two simple main stretches to do,  during / immediately after a shower: i.) draw the entire skin of the shaft of the penis towards the body, this is best done if you are partially erect rather than flaccid or fully erect.  AGAIN, start with minimal pressure - add the amount of time in seconds you hold this for, over a period of months; ii.) grasp the loose foreskin with two fingers and draw the entire foreskin as far forward as possible.  IF your foreskin is particularly tight you may not be able to achieve much movement forward away from the glans.  gently does it adding repetitions and the amount of time you hold the stretch for over a period of extended months.

NOTE: I had Phimosis what I was about 17 YOA, it actually took me until I was in my mid-fifties to achieve full-movement in my foreskin and this is when my penis took on the typical helmet look of most exposed male genitalia. = It often takes time to achieve what you may consider normal!

If you want to look up the stretches you can do for your tight foreskin, do this kind of keyword search:-

Phimosis - Stretches - Tight Foreskin - Stretching

Hopefully you will get a Biopsy sooner, so that you can have a definite on what it is you are actually dealing with ......

thanks for all your advice I will implement them immediately. 

Also I'll update this thread once I have the biopsy

what about your biopsy? you still had these lesion?