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I have a very small, painless, bump on the shaft of my ...
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I have a very small, painless, bump on the shaft of my penis. It looks like a pimple but it can't be popped. Any suggestions?

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October 6 12:14 PM (13 minutes and 58 seconds later)
         
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If you are sexually active, you will probably want to get this bump checked out to rule out genital warts.

If it isn't that, here are some possibilities:

  • Pearly penile papules are raised bumps of somewhat paler colour around the base of the glans and are normal. Fordyce's spots are small, raised, yellowish-white spots 1-2mm in diameter that may appear on the penis, as well as the inner surface and vermilion border of the lips of the face, and are normal.
  • Sebaceous prominences are raised bumps similar to Fordyce's spots on the shaft of the penis, located at the sebaceous glands and are normal.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis

    I hope that helps!
    Kerry



  • Edited by dahlilahblue on October 6 2005 at 12:16 PM



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