red swollen thick bump on penile shaft

[darius2025]

a few weeks ago, after shaving my genital area, after sex, had a red thickening/swelling appear on the side of my penis.  It appeared to be situated under a folicle.  I did some research and narrowed it down to either some sort of cyst forming or an infected folicle/clogged pore.  Iinitially tried hot towel compressions and squeezing the area.  A bit of clear fluid mixed with blood came out and after disinfecting it with rubbing alchohol, i left it alone. 

The next morning the swelling was almost completely gone and I was happy but a few days later it came back and was a little sensitive when I tried to squeeze it again.  I decided that the pore was blocked and I didnt get everything out the first time so after using a sterilized needle on the pore, i squeezed out as much as i could *this time it was a white/blood puss mixture. 

Now the area is getting more swollen, slightly redish tinge to it and I can feel a harder swollen about a centimeter in diameter. 

I am in a situation where I am in the US and will have to wait till I get back to Canada to see a doctor.  This does not appear like a serious . 

issue but I would like some recomendations on what I can try.

Sorry about the duplicate but realized my photo did not attach and couldnt figure out how to edit.

I should add that the bump foes down in the morning but after masturbation/sex it gets more inflamed and aggrivated.

[darius2025]

Thank you for your reply...
upon further reading and google picture comparisons it appears that this is a case of a blocked pore/follicle and sebum is being trapped under the skin.
its more annoying than anything worrying because I can't give it to my gf as hard as I would like to lol but I do worry that it has become infected.  I will try some hydrogen peroxide and also ask at the local CVS pharmacy.  Maybe hydrocortisone might help?

[chronicback]

Not sure when you are getting back to Canada to be able to have it checked, and I'm not a nurse, but it's possible from shaving caused a clogged folicle. I had that once where my underarm I felt a cyst. My doctor could feel it, and ordered an ultrasound. The ultrasound was set for around 2 days later. By then it was completely gone. Hopefully nothing other then that. I would recommend diluted hydrogen peroxide. Rubbing alcohol may be too drying and I think peroxide cleans things out rather then rubbing alcohol may be just to clean the surface and not in the follicle if that makes sense. Straight peroxide is fine, but I would dilute it a little as that could hurt. Anything like sex will just irritate it because of friction and other things, so if you can I would avoid it until this is resolved. I wouldn't recommend taking a needle to it, just let the peroxide get it cleaned with just a cotton ball. Sometimes by squeezing pus out, or blood, can actually make it more irritated and can make it look worse. I would only shower with soap that doesn't have a lot of perfume in it. My skin is sensitive and I use Dove exfoliating soap and have no issue with it. Once you towel dry, use diluted peroxide and when not out maybe wear boxer shorts to let it get air. Sorry I'm not a dude, so that's all I can think of. I haven't had the greatest luck with shaving cream, so I tend to use conditioner as my shaving cream, may sound weird, but I stopped having razor irritation. Good luck!

[darius2025]

Any help/advice woild be greatly appreciated.