Oct 28, 2017 Skin tag on penis like on other parts of the body is made of loose collagen fibers and blood vessels that surround the skin. In humans, collagen is a type of protein found throughout the body. Skin tags are common in older people and those who are overweight or obese. If you are a male and you have a skin tag on your penis, then it happened because of constant rubbing. The penile shaft is often exposed to rough underwear or the movement of your thighs as you run or walk. Genital wart is typically fairly easy to differentiate.
Skin Tag On Penis Cancer
I tested positive for high-risk HPV in 2002. I likely contracted it over 10 years ago. I've never had genital warts or an abnormal pap smear. I had a growth removed from my tongue in 2003. The dentist said it looked like a papilloma but it wasn't biopsied. I developed it a few months after my husband and I stopped using condoms. I tried to yank it off, and later gave my husband oral sex while the area was still raw. He developed a small bump on the middle of the shaft of his penis a few months after this oral sex and about 14 months after we stopped using condoms. It is a tiny, flesh-colored, smooth projection on a little stalk. In early 2005, a urologist examined the bump. He laughed at my husband for being worried about it and said unequivocally it was a skin tag. He said it didn't look like a wart and would have been much bigger after having it for a year if it was. He called me into the room to tell me it didn't need to be removed. I told him I had HPV and he then said, 'If you have HPV, it has to come off.' He went on to say if we were going to stay married it really didn't matter but he could 'keep taking them off.' My husband decided not to have it off. Now, two years later, the bump has not changed in size or appearance. No similar bumps have come up, although this morning I noticed an even tinier little sliver of white skin sticking up under the rim of the head of his penis (further down than a pearly penile papule would be). My questions for you:
1. Do you think the first bump is a skin tag or wart? Is it easy to distinguish between them?
2. Do you think it needs to come off?
3. Does it increase my likelihood of developing genital warts if he doesn't have it off?
4. Will it increase his immunity if he does have it off?
5. Do you think the tiny sliver of skin is a wart, or is this normal?
6. Is he likely to develop more warts at this point after at least three years of exposure without condoms?
7. Is he now likely immune to the HPV I have? If so, why hasn't the bump disappeared?
1. Do you think the first bump is a skin tag or wart? Is it easy to distinguish between them?
2. Do you think it needs to come off?
3. Does it increase my likelihood of developing genital warts if he doesn't have it off?
4. Will it increase his immunity if he does have it off?
5. Do you think the tiny sliver of skin is a wart, or is this normal?
6. Is he likely to develop more warts at this point after at least three years of exposure without condoms?
7. Is he now likely immune to the HPV I have? If so, why hasn't the bump disappeared?