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lancers
Sep 28, 2011, 01:38 PM
I'm 17 and a virgin and I have these itchy red bumps on the shaft on head of my penis I have not had any type of sexual contact at all

CliffARobinson
Sep 28, 2011, 01:43 PM
Have you been shaving or "manscaping"?

lancers
Sep 28, 2011, 01:44 PM
Yes once

CliffARobinson
Sep 28, 2011, 02:14 PM
Did you shave on the penis near your affected areas?

lancers
Sep 28, 2011, 02:19 PM
there was nothing wrong with me before I shaved nothing really happen until after and I began to break out with these randoms bumps I did use hair remover...

CliffARobinson
Sep 28, 2011, 02:30 PM
It is probably just ingrown hair or clogged hair follicles.

When shaved partially, the "whisker" left now has a sharp edge, (think of how your face feels after a first run of a razor, those sharp whiskers have been cut sharply. The red bumps start happening when the sharp end of the hair grows into another hair follicle. A plug develops full of skin protein and dirt and inflammation and itchiness occurs.

To treat, you need to use something with an effective exfoliant like salicylic acid which will slowly break down the plug and allow the hair to grow correctly. You can try to prevent it from happening in the future by shaving in the direction the hair is growing, applying the exfoliant before and after shaving.

lancers
Sep 28, 2011, 03:28 PM
OK thanks that seemed to work I just got out the shower and the bump shrunk but didn't go away completely obviously. The irritation also stopped for now at least

J_9
Sep 28, 2011, 03:31 PM
Unless you have hair on the shaft or head of your penis (where this is occurring), I doubt shaving has anything to do with it.

Are you using any new soaps or laundry soaps? Wearing any new clothes?

lancers
Sep 28, 2011, 06:58 PM
Well I don't know if its any soap or not n ihavent had any new clothes

CliffARobinson
Sep 28, 2011, 07:24 PM
lancers, you said it was getting better? Inflammation going down?

lancers
Sep 29, 2011, 01:18 PM
Yes it is

CliffARobinson
Sep 29, 2011, 01:46 PM
Good. I'm glad you have trusted our site to ask for help. Exfoliate and be careful when shaving!

lancers
Sep 29, 2011, 02:58 PM
OK and thank you