What are the white spots on the glans like acne?

If a man finds white acne-like substances on the glans, the most common reason is pearly rash. This pearly rash generally has no impact on health, but it may cause great psychological pressure on male patients. If treatment is needed, laser treatment or cryotherapy can be used to remove it. Let us learn about this aspect.

What are the white spots on the glans like acne?

In outpatient clinics, young and middle-aged men often come to see a doctor because of a row or several needle-tip-sized bead-like papules growing on their glans. They are worried, some are worried that they have a tumor, and some are afraid of contracting a sexually transmitted disease. In sexual medicine consultation letters, quite a few people asked about this lesion, and their descriptions were very specific: the rash was the size of a millet grain, similar in color to the surrounding skin, and was neither painful nor itchy. Although it had no effect on urination or sexual life, the psychological pressure was very high. In fact, this disease is neither a tumor nor a sexually transmitted disease. Medical experts have confirmed through pathological sections that its structure is normal connective tissue hyperplasia. Medically, it is named pearly penile papules.

The cause of pearly penile papules is not yet clear, and the diagnosis mainly depends on the location and morphology of the rash. There is no specific treatment for this disease and no treatment is required. The most important thing for people suffering from this disease is to understand the disease and free themselves from fear and anxiety. This disease has no effect on the health and physiological functions of the penis.

Pearly rash treatment

(1) Advantages of laser therapy: Laser therapy is a high-temperature treatment with temperatures reaching over 700°C. The main function is to carbonize and form scabs on the pearly rash tissue. After the scabs fall off, the wound surface is covered with new squamous epithelium. The treatment of pearly rash generally uses a carbon dioxide laser and infrared light with a wavelength of 10.6μm. Preparation before treatment is the same as that for electric ironing. In addition to thermal effects, its advantages also include pressure, photochemical and electromagnetic field effects. Therefore, it has anti-inflammatory effects (stimulating the body to produce stronger defensive immune functions), analgesic effects (reducing tissue edema and reducing chemical and mechanical stimulation to nerve endings) and promoting tissue repair (enhancing the anabolism of epithelial cells, promoting epithelial proliferation, and accelerating wound repair). Therefore, the treatment time is short and the cure rate is high. Disadvantages: High cost, imported laser equipment is expensive, so the cost of removing pearly rash is also high and it is prone to recurrence. After surgery, dressings need to be changed regularly to avoid infection until full recovery.