redness and dry flakey skin

[fred281]

Hey there,

I had some red and sensitive skin on my penis (shaft, not head). The skin looked shiny and red, and after a few days it became hard and dry with lots of dry hard skin on top. Then the extra skin fell off after 2 days (and a lot of moisturizer), and now it looks normal again, except for a tiny cut like thing, that might have been a crack from the dry skin. The cut doesn't hurt.

I have had some unprotected oral prior to the event, and one unprotected blowjob when the skin looked shiny and red. I have a couple of questions:

1) Is this herpes? There is no pain or anything except when the skin was cracked and I put moisturizer on. No bumps or any of the symptoms. I thought it was just friction from masturbation or whatever, until I was reading up and they said red sensitive skin might be herpes too.
2) Is the red shiny skin at increased risk of disease transmission when I got the unprotected oral?

Thanks a lot

[fred281]

Thanks Grace!

[gracefromHHP]

You should go see your provider and have this looked at. It doesn't sound like herpes but it's obviously something going on that needs treated.  

grace