HELP! - white flakes on penis

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okay, so i need some MAJOR help!I did a brief search on the forums, and a very big and wide search on google, but couldn't find anything, so I thought I would post here.Basically, I have a girlfriend of 3 years now and we have had intercourse for quite a while. Over the summer I had a random fling with another girl, no protection, and ever since then, my penis has had white flakes on it. Now its really quite odd because it comes and goes. Sometimes, the flakes will be peasized, sometimes it will be a lot smaller than that.My girlfriend really doesnt care and still goes down on me. When there are flakes, and saliva touches it, they seem to go away. Also, I noticed that whenever I get a hand job, the flakes come back. I was just wondering what you guys thought the problem is and what the solution is. If we ever break up, I don't think I could get a girl to go down on me.AnonDudeP.S. I have done a lot of reading on the net and have heard a lot of different takes on what it could be. If necessary, I can attach a picture

Maybe the skin is too dry and flakes off I guess, you could try using some moisturizing lotion. But better get it checked out by a doc.Just curious--are you using any type of lube (bodily fluids-saliva etc or store bought ones) during the hand jobs?

Nope no lube.And I have no insurance to go to a doctor.

Where ever there is skin.........it could get dry once in a while. Try using lubes during handjobs........it may help in reducing the flakes that appear afterwards. As you saliva soothes it down that means the skin is dry.

Welcome back, anondude!My guess is a fungal infection. These don't necessarily itch, and they can cause flaking skin. A good example is dandruff.It won't hurt to try some antifungal cream and see if it fixes the problem. If it's fungal, you should see it get much better in a few days. In that case, keep using the cream for at least a week, preferably two, after it has all gone, or it may come back.

I agree with you.

Haha, do you remember me Ineligible? hahaAnyways, yeah, the saliva doesn't always do it, but I think Ineligible hit it right on the head (no puns intended ) But it kind of looks like dandruff. It is ONLY on the upper part of the shaft right under the head. I don't know what kind of anti fungal cream to get. I did some research and some people suggested some 1% OTC hydrocortisone cream, but i didn't know if that's the right stuff. I have something for psoriasis but I think that is a lot worse skin condition.This one does NOT itch, nor does it really ever get red (unless there's vaginal sex, but for the most part, the redness is just due to natural occurrences, aka me getting an orgasm Thanks for the help tho guys! Nothing major, but if I ever get a new girlfriend, it'd have to be fixed, and its a personally a slight concern to me. Thanks!

Of course I remember you, and welcome back. Hydrocortisone is not an antifungal. It's an anti-inflammatory, so it suppresses the symptoms of inflammation (redness, swelling, etc) without dealing with the underlying causes. Any true antifungal cream should be suitable - there are quite a few. Anything that says it can be used for athlete's foot or ringworm or thrush or candida or tinea or jock itch should be usable.If you get psoriasis it is of course possible that the psoriasis has spread to your penis and you'll need your psoriasis cream there, but I'd try the antifungal first because it's milder.

You could try Nizral (ketaconazol) cream/lotion which is a good anitfungal........thats what my dad (he is a doctor) told me to use if I had 'problems' ..........its works well........hydrocortizones may not be helpful in your case.

Well now I feel good because someone remembered me! Haha, now the question is what do you remember! haha.As for the advice, thanks! I'll definitely have to look into anti fungal creams. I have psoriasis cream, but like you said, it is SUPER strong, heh.Appreciate it!

yo i have the same thing!!so glad i came on this thing today.im takin this stuff for advice >=)

**Yeah, so I think the best advice is to get some type of anti fungal cream, because I have tried just about everything else!
And good job on using the search function! A lot of people don't know how to do that, heh.**