Is this ppp or fordyce spots or something else?

Sexual health
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I have had these white bumps and circles on my penis now for about 5-6 years. When they first started showing up in my early 30s I always assumed it was fordyce spots and never worried about it. I never had any pain or itching discharge or any side effects whatsoever so it is really easy to forget about.

I always had 1 and the same sexual partner and we don’t use protection and this has never been a issue for both of us.

It is probably not related but the build up did seem to increase as I started playing contact sports and training at a high intensity.

I don’t know why but recently I started reading forums randomly on the topic and somehow became worried, otherwise apart from visually it would not affect me in any way.

I think the main reason it doesn’t bother me so much it’s mostly on the underside of my penis so from the top view it’s not very noticeable

What do you guys think it is?

Thank you in advance, it’s such a embarrassing topic :frowning:




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hi Jonothan
first of all there is nothing to be embarrassed about you are here for advice, nothing wrong with that
first up
does your partner show any of these signs?
they do look a little like fordsyce spots but very extreme
I have not seen anything like it before
I will do some research
because this type of thing interests me

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Thank you for your reply, no my partner doesn’t show any signs of it or ever spoke of any issues

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I have been researching this, the other things that come up is penile cancer or hpv, are those possible as well?

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well you really can’t rule anything out
you can have 10 people with the same condition and everyone have different symptoms

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sorry :frowning: for something that never bothered me the last 5-10 years suddenly a wave of paranoia hit me

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its all good
everyone is trying to fit into “normal”
but what is normal
most of the population of the world does not fit into “normal”
we are either above or below the line
and what is normal for me wouldn’t be normal for the next person
so I guess what you need to do is find out if what you have is “normal” for you
and if it is and your partner and you are fine with it
then its definitely “normal”

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Something I didn’t mention because I didn’t even think of it my penis head under my foreskin has always been most, at times very moist. It is not discharge had it since I was a virgin. I do take at least 1 sometimes 2 showers daily so I don’t think its hygiene, I never thought much about it assume everybody is like that.

So anyway I decided to try and leave my foreskin down for the last 24 hours, which is not very practical.

Anyway my penis is very dry now, the white spots especially on the bottom of the foreskin have gone dry and crusty, almost like they will peel off (don’t want to get too excited)

however I find it hard to have my foreskin down all the time it naturally wants to pop back on, especially if I am a little active.

Is there anything people do in these situations?

Should I moisturise my penis or leave it to dry?

I didn’t use soap this morning as I read in this situations to use water only to rule out reactions to soap etc

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the purpose of the foreskin is to keep the head moist and sensitive
do you have a photo what it looks like now?
you can moisturise your penis with a mild coconut oil and try washing with a very mild soap with no fragrance every 2nd or 3rd day

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It still looks roughly the same but all the white stuff has gone very dry and feels scaly, but shiny too. Hopefully it sheds

What do you think? I’m just going to leave it with the foreskin down, I guess can’t be any harm since circumsized guys have no choice

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hey
by the looks of that you have got scaring from whatever the problem is
maybe an option is to get circumcised

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So after about 5 months now I wearing the foreskin down there is alot of improvement. I would say about 70% of the spots have faded and much less visible. Might help somebody in same situation as me