Thank you for taking the time to read this.. Let me explain..When I was around the age of 9-11 I noticed small little bumps on my scrotum. They are skin-colored and about 2-3mm in diameter. They do not itch and are not reddish at all. They do not ooze or crust over or anything similar. When I was younger (9-11) I grabbed some of my fathers medical books (his a doctor) and came to the conclusion I had herpes based on a white and black photo showing a shaft of a penis and tiny little dots in clusters. Ever since then I thought I had herpes.I finally worked up the nerve to tell my grandpa when I was spending time with him and my grandparents over the summer. He looked at it and said it wasn't anything serious and put some kind of cream on it. I pretended it went away. It didn't.BTW I was of course a virgin.I soon forgot about the bumps. Eventually I remembered the bumps and now they have fully covered my scrotum and have extended themselves upwards towards the base of my penis and the lower side. (the side laying down on the scrotum)During this whole duration they are still tiny, skin colored, and are "migrating" up my penis and once my scrotum. When I was 16 I lost my virginity. My girlfriend of 7 years got regular check ups with her doctor in accordance to her moms wishes and never once noticed my bumps and never once said the doctors noticed any stds during her swab when she was 18.Now after breaking up with her after 9 years I've met the love of my life in college. As a college pre-med student about to apply to medical school and ask this girl for her hand I find it my responsibility to get this resolved before I ask her for her hand.I'm sorry this is long. I wanted to tell you my story.Now in my 20-ish the "dots" are maybe.. 100 percent all over my scrotum and 1/4 covering the base of my penis and around the shaft. You can't notice them unless you look; however, I've noticed after further examination that tiny tiny little dots are extending up the shaft showing signs of maturation. So it's taken years to get to this point.I'm embarrassed to go to the doctor. I'm willing to post pics showing skin but not the full genital.So let me restate this:Small skin-colored "dots"2mm-3mm in diameterabout 5mm to 8mm away from each otherso in otherwords they are not in clusters or "patches"no whiteheads, no red irritation it's taken years to go from my scrotum to the shaft of my penisbut at this pace i'd suspect full coverage in 10-15 years...from research i dont believe its herpes but i could be wrong.the irony in this is i had these since i was little way before sexual contact.i've deduced it down to the idea that my parents never had and dont currently have any stds.any help?? any ideas??if you need pictures im willing to post
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Clarification on penis "bumps"
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oh, and for what it's worth.. because of this fear of what it is for years i've decided to specialize in dermatology if possible after med school.
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Welcome to A2A, Vandy! The "dots" you are referring to are probably hair follicles. All guys have them. They're most noticeable on the genitals because the skin is thinner there. The quantity has probably increased as you got older and deeper into puberty and developed more hair in that part of your body.
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Welcome to A2A, vandy11. Your post is a particularly good example of how so many people worry about these bumps, just because they don't get mentioned much in popular literature.These bumps are sebaceous glands. You have these all over your body, in nearly all your skin. Their purpose is to secrete sebum, a greasy white gunk that acts as the skin's natural moisturiser. They get bigger and more active at puberty (which is why people get zits then - zits are infected sebaceous glands).Usually they sit fairly deep in the skin, at the base of hair follicles. However, the skin on the scrotum and penis is thinner than elsewhere, and therefore when they enlarge at puberty they can be quite visible there. (Not always equally visible - people vary.) They can also be visible in some other places, including lips and vaginal lips. The resulting spots are sometimes called Fordyce's spots.They are perfectly normal, though their visibility varies in different people, and there is also variation in, for example, how far they go up the penis shaft. They slowly shrink again in middle age and onward. Many guys worry about them and how girls will react, but we have never had any report here of a girl ever worrying about them. I think very few even notice.
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Thanks guys. I was worried about this also, and didn't know how to ask it A2A really is very helpful. Random, I know, but thanks everyone. This site is a great help
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Oh that
s completely normal it isn
t anything to worry about`your fine.Good luck in your proposal,hope she says yes.