Sebaceous Cyst on Penis Shaft (Seriously

Reading theses posts are somewhat alarming because there is a STI called syphillis that looks a lot like a cyst, but "dealing with it" yourself doesn't get rid of what you don't see, the infection that attacks your organs and can even cause death. A single shot of penicillin will kill the "cyst" and the infection that can kill you! The other alarming part is if you get rid of the visual part of the infection, and then have sex with your partner, now she has syphilis too, and so does the next guy that has deceits her!

I have the same problem pretty much except the cyst is in my foreskin and their are bubbles of skin around it

I've had one of these, too, and my Lord does it suck. But here's the thing: I got my first one in college and of course it got infected...man, was it painful. Went to see a urologist, who gave me some antibiotics to take for a couple of weeks before I saw him again to get it removed surgically. That was all find and good, but it came back within about a year, and left a pretty unsightly scar. So, I'm not sure that whole ordeal was really worth it.

After it recurred, though, it didn't really bother me (except for the appearance thing) for 12 years or so, but grew somewhat steadily. So fast forward to about 2 weeks ago, when I must've bumped it or something during recreation and that caused some irritation. Started to get sort of red and painful. Fearing that I might go through the same ordeal as before, I started calling around to urologists in a new area I just moved to, but of course couldn't get in for MONTHS. Thought about going to urgent care, but not sure what their level of expertise is with stuff in this sensitive location. Unable to just sit and wait for that long, I went to CVS and picked up some store brand ichthammol ointment and took it home to try. Put it on about 4 times and covered with a band-aid, but didn't see a difference, so I got disheartened and stopped. But it grew again, and my only alternative was to sit and wait, so I started being more diligent about using it. Reapplied about 4x/day and covered with a band-aid, and then mixed in a hot compress (a mix of a heating pad, hot damp towel, and baths) about 2x/day. I did that for about 10 days, and slowly, the skin covering the cyst started to open (which was scar tissue, mind you, from the earlier surgery, so it was pretty tough). And then one morning it opened just enough that it popped out! Done deal!

There's a little bit of a hole there now, so I'll report back about how well it heals up and whether or not it recurs, but seriously, I was SO relieved that this solution seems to have worked. For now, covering with antibiotic ointment and a band-aid a few times a day and seems to be healing up fine. Let's hope it looks a bit better in the end, too. I'll keep you posted!

Bro i have one pimple like too on my shaft by itself for about 4 days now i could sometimes pop it when i shower and a bit of puss comes out & it looks like it's getting smaller any idea?

I have noticed today that I have what seems to be a cyst on the size of my penis about the size of half a pea, and it was not there the day before I found it so it must have sprouted overnight. Will it disappeared if kept clean and untouched? Or is there any way of removing it without getting it surgically removed? I would like to use the doctors as the last choice.

I just had mine surgically removed last week. I had mine for a few months. I read that you can use a heating pad on it to dissolve the juice but that didn't work for me, mine was hard to the touch. Mine was a the size of two peas. It totally sucked going to the urologist but it was all in my head. They've seen thousands of penises and ginas. Knowing that they're cutting into my penis totally sucked too but after it was all done within 15 minutes it wasn't as bad as I thought. its only been a week and a half now and so far so good. Stitches are still on but almost gone. depening on yours you might be able to poke a hole and squeeze the juice out yourself but it will come back after awhile.

What happens when it surgically removed? Were you completely naked? Knocked out? I have to go in and get one removed not sure what to expect.

Also, how was the healing process? How long did it take? Were erections a problem with the stitches? Did they give you anything to stop them?

You so not "pop" sebaceous cysts. The fatty mass of cells must be completely removed from the affected area to prevent it from regrowth over time.

Pants and undergarments are removed. The area is marked, cleaned, sprayed with disinfectant, and given local anesthesia and something else for pain and to prevent bleeding. You are then opened and the Cyst is removed.

Thanks is the local anesthetic an injection into the penis?? Does that hurt a lot? Also is there stitches? Did these dissolve or do u have to go back and get them out?

I have the same question as Above, , My GP has told me to go for surgery on mine, but wouldn't stitches + erections = OUCH!

They just cut it open and dig it out. I had to get naked but I had a gown on. I was up the whole time.

The healing process was fine, it's only been about a month now. I had a few erections in the morning and I also worried what would happen to the stitches but everything was fine. They did not give anything to stop them, it was not needed.

Nope, I had no problem.