Back in August, I got Covid for the second time and it was pretty bad—worse than the first time, anyway. Somehow while v sick and coughing for a couple weeks, I got … a purple/redgt spot on the head of my dick? It didn’t look worrisome or infected. Close-up it appeared to be a cluster of tiny red dots. It freaked me out when it wasn’t going away and was making me self-conscious. As they say, not unlike happening upon a brown recluse spider, nobody wants to be surprised by a red spot on a dick. Not a single person.
So, I went to the immediate care one evening only to get casual side eye and informed it was some sort of petichiae—essentially a bruise. The nurse said it should go away in a week or two and I felt better but impatient for it to just be gone. But it didn’t go away and I happened to have an appointment with my primary doctor around the three week mark so, I asked again and, again, was told it’s just a bruise. Cool. We love a a dick bruise of some sort that appears mysteriously.
Also coincidentally, I had an appointment with my dermatologist at the 8 week mark. I showed him and he also said it was a bruise (though the post-visit notes said angiokeratoma) … A N D … that it would not go away. He did say, however, for an out-of-pocket fee of $500 he could do a small out-patient elecrocautery procedure to basically burn it off. Was I excited by the prospect of burning my dick with electricity? No. Did I agree to it? Absolutely. Because I wanted that red dot G O N E.
On Monday, I went back to his office and they took a dick pic for my file and then numbed me with some cream and did the procedure. I felt nothing absolutely during the cauterization though I’m kinda sore now. I couldn’t bathe for 24 hours and no alcohol for 48. Gotta keep everything clean and moist with Vaseline for a while. We will look at how things look in 6 weeks and retouch anything missed in the first round.
Everything looks good so far though I think the healing process will be a lot longer than the day or two I’d anticipated. I still have no idea where it came from. Online info says this sort of thing can be caused by coughing, which I definitely did a lot of during my second Covid round. My dermatologist asked me if I’m into penis pumps, which I’m not.
Who knows what caused it but good riddance, dick bruise! I don’t know where you came from but I’m glad to see you go and I’d love it if you never came back.
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