Dry Penis

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recently, whenever i pull my foreskin back and rub the head or shaft of my penis my penis gets extremely dry and skin starts to shed. a minute later the dry skin is flakey and can just be wiped off with my hand. by then my penis is no longer dry and i cannot rub it again to have this "shedding skin" appear. it looks like this - what gives? what can it be from ? what should I put on it ? pic is with my foreskin pulled back and all the dry skin or whatever towards the head.Ps no it is not dry cum

My guess is a fungal or yeast infection - that often causes skin to shed (dandruff is caused by a fungus). That would be easily treated - any cream for tinea/ringworm/athlete's foot or thrush/candida should be suitable.

I think that's just smegma, which is mostly made up of dead skin cells anyway. It just may be an issue where the smegma is not forming by itself during the day, and the skin is only sloughing off when your rub your foreskin and the head of your penis. Dead skin cells, especially on the head and inner foreskin, are constantly coming off the surface of the skin. Normally these skin cells would just accumulate and bunch up under the foreskin, mix with oil, sweat, urine, etc. and form smegma, which you would notice as you pull your foreskin back. I think what's happening with your penis, is these dead skin cells are remaining in place on the skin, until you rub your penis, then they come off and form smegma then. I don't think you have anything to worry about - smegma is completely normal, and if yours isn't formed until you rub your penis, there's no harm in that.

thanks!see that was my guess at first (fungal) but now hearing about smegma and looking it up it does seem reasonable. should i continue rubbing it off everyday ? it gets quite irritating and i don't want to be in a switching where i am about to get oral and she finds my penis all dried up. i take a shower 2x a day. once before work and once after work (after the gym). i make sure i CLEAN my penis real good with the water but it still forms. will this eventually go away?

Before you do anything, why don't you try washing with soap and water and see if the same thing happens. It's just the accumulation of oils and a thin layer of smegma that dries when you expose the glans to air.

did the soap and water thing. few hours later i rubbed it and normally it would start forming and start flaking off but not this time. the foreskin kinda feels raw in a way... almost as if new inner skin on my foreskin (sulcus) has been forming and becoming less sensitive.

Actually, the soap you are using could be causing the problem. Some soaps have a drying effect on the skin, and especially if they're not rinsed off well enough before putting your foreskin forward again, it could cause a lot of drying, flaking, and irritation of the glans and inner foreskin. Try just rinsing under your foreskin in the shower for the next few days to a week or so. Don't use soap - just rinse under your foreskin with water only. See if that helps. Are you getting any unusual odors under the foreskin?

That proves it. It was just smegma. Like focus said, avoid using soap and just use water from now on.

hey frostu have a big dick and it does look like segma to me just wash it

great forum. thanks for the help! its been so frustrating getting rid of this. i think its going away now. i was in fear of my girl getting turned off by it lol.

I thought I solved the problem but the dryness on my penis still keeps coming back. However, now, when it's not erect it's very wrinkly on the head. When it's hard its still very dry as you can see in this pic - #1 as well as in this one #2. Its not that bad in these pics but if I start rubbing it the skin starts flaking off.Is this still smegma, cuz I've never had this before. I don't get it. Anything will help. Thanks.

I think it wouldn't hurt to try some antifungal/anti-yeast cream (anything for tinea or athlete's foot or ringworm would be fine) and see if it helps.

I think I am going to try some anti-fungal cream. It's still hasn't gone away. I bought some CRUEX (prescription strength) CLOTRIMAOLE CREAM USP, 1% Antifungal. However, it says do not use for vaginal yeast infection. Now I know I'm putting this on my dick but I just wanna make sure and double check it's ok and safe to put on it.

Ingredients include: benzyl alcohol (1%), cetostearyl alcohol, cetyl esters wax, 2-octyldodecanol, polysorbate 60, purified water, sorbitan monostearate.

Thanks.

I hate to bump such an old thread, but I have had the same exact problem for years and I was wondering If youve found a solution?If anybody has any advice I would love to hear it.