question: Hi doctor, I am 30 years old. My weight is 140 lbs and height is 6'3". I am doing a computer-based job. My diet is poor for the past 2-1/2 years. As I often work at night my sleep too gets disturbed. I am single and never had sexual contact with anyone. There is no history of skin disease, smoking and alcohol. My current issue is, I have a wart-like growth on the penis. It is located on the shaft, middle of penis, slightly towards the right side. I have this for over 20 years. It has never been carried over or has affected any other area of my body. There are no such growths anywhere in my body. I first observed it when I was 8 or 9 years old. It was neither painful nor caused discomfort. It is a flat, long hard mass appears as if inserted into pinched skin. Three years back, I had a very slight negligible discomfort after a long period of erection. When I was pinching, it came out of the sleeve of skin. It was growing in and detached from the body. It actually did not grow down into the penis, rather perpendicular. Six days ago, I had a long period of erection. Afterwards, the sensation of very slight pinching, localized pain focused on a few millimeters deep where the growth is. It is still there, but not bothering me much. But, this time it is slightly higher on the sensation scale and it is not going away. I have noticed some increase in the width. I am trying to keep it clean by frequent washing. There has never been any bleeding, redness on or around the affected area. It does not cause any problems in full erection. In fact, I feel less discomfort in full erection. Is this a wart? Is this dangerous? Would it be contagious to my sex partner? I am scared of surgery and I really prefer something non-invasive. Please suggest any topical cream or oral medication? What would be the expected time frame of recovery? Is prevention possible? It is quite close to the dorsal vein. Would it have any effect on the neurovascular bundles? Please see all the attached images. I am paranoid and scared because I think this will make my life very hard.