What is this?! Pictures!

yes dry. it does look different. it definitely has changed. I've seen it dry up too, once it was even peeling a bit

Do you know the status of your ex and have you had a full std panel including hsv 1 and 2 ?

Also what other symptoms have you notice ?

well i went to the dr a couple weeks ago. She said it didn't look herpetic. I wanted to test for herpes but she was reluctant to do so. I told her I've read a visual diagnoses is not always accurate and she seemed to get offended and said "I went to med school, and thats not herpes" she instead just gave me a referral to see a dermatologist.

I have something similar that's why , I went to 3 dermatologist already and each say it's normal, but I know my own penis and it wasn't like that . I took plenty of hsv test , pcr swabs and igg blood test also the full panel test. They were all negative but what concerns me is that after 5 months from possible exposure , my penis has stayed the same. I received protected oral from a sex worker, for like 2 mins and 3 days later I began to feel symptoms. My concern is hsv 1 in the genitals , even if I've tested negative even after 5 months. Everyone tells me no it's not hsv but who knows really. What was your exposure

well they say after 4 months, as long as you havent taken any antivirals, your test should be considered conclusive. Ever hear of the western blot test? They say thats the most accurate. A lot of false negatives with hsv1 but western blot I hear is less likely to miss although its expensive. Ive been going thru this for almost 4 months and yea we all know our johnsons like the back of our hand. We KNOW when something is different. All this started after having sex with my ex girlfriend. No oral and no condom vaginal sex. She and i broke up months ago and when i told her what i was experiencing she told me not to bother her. All I know is that she is negative for hiv, clamydia and gonnereha. The standard stds. 

I'll be honest and tell you that if you've tested that much, from swabbing to IGG's, you're clear man. But I know how it is to look down there everyday and freak out. It has literally consumed my thoughts every moment of every day the past 4 months. Its hard to feel happy anymore. really is...

It's is , I took 2 western blots type test here in L.A. it's considered the closest to WB, but it only looks for hsv2 , I'm convinced I don't have it , I'm concerned about Ghsv1 though. These last 2 weeks I've actually been better, less symptoms, less on other forums and Google. But when I look at my Johnson. It ok still looks different. Hopefully it's just my anxiety and guilt of paying a sex worker, even if it was protected oral.

Protected oral..I'd say it will be pretty damn hard to catch it orally through a condom. A condom is 96% effective vaginally against hsv2. I'm sure its even harder for hsv1 to be transmitted that way. The odds are totally in your favor bro. I know its hard to accept because we see things we haven't seen before, and its almost like its to good to be true, but I sure hope if i were to take those tests I'll come up with a negative result as well. I'd feel so much better about things. I'll see what the dermatologist says soon. I'm hoping it will be good news. Praying...

Keep me posted , we all gotta stick together when no one knows what we really have. Sure sucks that all we ever wanted was just sex and now this happens to us.

Yea man I'm constantly on forums and google and all types of websites, damn near reading every encyclopedia on std's u name it! Check out what I just read on Terri Warrens website. The irony!

"I’m sorry that you’re still struggling with this question. I’m afraid I cannot help you with any other tools at my disposal. The Western blot should be definitive for you. But you also have a negative swab tests so that is great. At some point, you’re going to need to believe the results that you’ve been given. Best possible diagnostic tools have been used and there is just nothing else to do here. This inability to accept that you are not infected with herpes is a common problem among people so you are not alone. It appears to be a very special kind of anxiety disorder. I hope you can learn to accept your negative results in the future. 

Terri"

Chris, I hope this helps. If I can help alleviate the anxiety, worry and depression that I've been going through the past 4 months, then maybe I can find something similar to feel better myself. 

She wrote that to you ?

No not to me personally. That's another forum where people pay her money to give her expert opinion. This girl was swabbed and blood tested and all, a few times since last dec. and still doubts her negative results. 

Sucks , I know it happens to many of us, and many on this forum never find what caused their genital pain and change. I myself had one of the most painful experiences, since I don't get lesions , blisters, ulcers or whatever , I can't get it swabbed. I don't rely that much on blood test , so when I was having discomfort in my urethral I decided to it swabbed , I thought I might be shedding or something . So I took a pcr cell swab test, it wasn't an ordinary swab , it was more brush like all around. They had to put it inside the urethra and scrape inside and all around 3 to 4 times. Really really painful, the test came back negative for both hsv 1 and 2. Either I'm negative or I wasn't shedding at all. Plus this test was expensive, 360 dollars

you're trying your best to find out whats happening to you. nothing wrong with that. But I can only imagine how obsessed you are with it, I can relate 100%!! And I know we're making ourselves mentally unhealthy because of it. Lets try to take it easy...easier said than done I know. But we need to get our lives back on track. Right? 

I'm trying , and many on this forum are as well. Well let's hope for the best and update anything new that comes up.

definitely!