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"   Question For quite some time now I have been worried about the health and condition of my penis.  I was never given any leaflets at school and am too embarrassed to ask advice from anyone on how to clean my penis and am curious about what has to be done to maintain healthy genitals and how often it should be carried out.  I would be very grateful if you could enlighten me on this subject as it has been causing quite a lot of stress since I reached puberty.    Answer Well done for having the good sense to ask this question which, I suspect, is of interest and concern to many young men.  It is important to maintain personal hygiene, but too much washing with soap and detergents can make you sore.  There is a great temptation to use talc and deodorants, but these are best avoided because talc will get under the foreskin where it may cause irritation. You should wash your penis gently and retract the foreskin regularly (such as when you have a bath or shower).  As for checking your testicles, this is well worthwhile to detect any changes in the scrotum at the earliest possible stage.  While most lumps in the scrotum are not cancers, it is essential that young men should be aware of any lump in the testes. Testicular tumours are now the most common cancer of young men.  If you examine your scrotum each time you wash yourself, you will then be aware of any changes.  And if anything seems different, ask your GP to check you; your doctor will not be remotely embarrassed as checking male genitalia is something that is done every day in the surgery.  Yours sincerely The NetDoctor Medical Team  Other Qs &amp;amp;amp; As  A knock to my penis has changed its shape Bumps on my penis Can a penis be enlarged without surgery? Curved penis Damaged penis Do you think I may have Peyronie&amp;#039;s disease? How can I enlarge my penis? I&amp;#039;m worried about Peyronie&amp;#039;s disease Is my penis normal? Is my penis too small for a condom? Is my penis too small? Micropenis My penis has shrunk with age My penis hasn&amp;#039;t grown My penis is curved My penis is half brown, half white My penis is shaped like a banana My penis is twisted and shrunken Penis enlargement Peyronie&amp;#039;s disease Problems after Peyronie&amp;#039;s disease The hole in my penis is in the wrong place The size of my penis is getting me down The size of the flaccid penis The skin of my penis is very dark What is Peyronie&amp;#039;s disease? Worry over operation for Peyronie&amp;#039;s disease  Last updated 26.06.2014 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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