Hey there, I’ve used the service before and unfortunately I think my anxiety has me returning .. I have no current symptoms but I’ve been having anxiety about some things that occurred 18 months ago. I noticed a very small bump in the middle of my penis shaft (I squeezed it and expressed a small amount of sebum or something similar) .it troubled be so I want to a derm who said it definitely wasn’t a wart but did a biopsy because she could see I was concerned. The biopsy came back incloncusive and the doctor on the phone told me it might have been a wart no big deal(it was to me) I was prescribed Aldara Incase I saw anything new . They typed the biopsy(for cancerous ) just in case, it was negative and the doctor told me “okay I don’t think you have or ever had GW”.. skin wouldV look different, likely have more than one spot etc. I was happy about this but a week later I found what looked like a small soft mole(not skin tag) in between my thigh and scrotum(little more on scrotum) I freaked and picked at it cut my skin, then applied Aldara. 2 days later when I went to the derm the “mole” I applied it to was completely blood red and super tiny , she could barley even see it and I’m so worried that this was actually a GW , but she said they wouldn’t react that way, or that quickly. It was a whirlwind and my OCD.  made it so much worse 

Oh, and Biopsy showed a milia I was told.. but she said b/c location it still could’ve been a wart, I messed with the skin too much for a conclusive result or something. As for the second bump, I was worried because I didn’t think normal skin would react (doc said it’s because I irritated and opened the skin) it was just a bad experience and I do if I trust her (it’s a great clinic and she’s very nice, it is as just a weird and confusing back and forth)

Welcome back, but I'm afraid there's not much more we can offer. You're asking about the same exposure and worries discused in two previous threads. This is indeed your OCD speaking, nothing else. Anything a dermatolgist can "barely see" surely isn't a wart or anything else important. It seems clear you don't have genital warts at this time and I see no need for further evaluation or treatment. ---
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I think my previous threads were about HSV concerns .. I realize my OCD is bad. This one is just rough because there’s no way to know (no test). Could you Atleast tell me that if it was genital warts, would it have been easily diagnosed. (The experience was confusing I was told I did and then didn’t.. partially my fault because I broke skin and applied Aldara). Some places say “they could be so small that you can’t see them” or they they could be hard soft smooth rough etc etc,  

Do you agree with the derm that a wart would not likely react to Aldara this way this quickly? My anxiety is very specifically “what if it was” 

True there's no way to test for HPV in males. But one reason no test has been developed is that nobody sees any need for it. All people are infected at one time or another. Your health would not be affected by documenting whether or not you have detectable HPV at any time. And even if testing were available, a negative result would not prove you don't have it. And there's nothing to do, and no need to do anything, for a positve test without visible warts etc.---

Thank you! I realize all of this.. I just have this irrational fear that I’ll wake up one day and see warts popping up (all this happened 18 months ago and I haven’t been with anyone since) just seems easier to avoid sex outside of a monogamous relationship than to constantly be stricken with worry. I also don’t want to get into a relationship and months later find out I gave them something.