Hi!  I have been dealing with HPV (genital warts) for some time and have them treated with cryo.  I recently had a bad outbreak and had them treated. They were causing me discomfort.  I noticed that the most recent ones changed the texture of the skin, but the dermatologist found the bumps and froze it.  My discomfort is dramatically better but my skin still looks distorted.  I believe this may be partly due to scarring from the treatment, as it is on the head of the penis which I’ve found is more sensitive skin.  My issue is that I’m paranoid about whether I still have a wart or not.  I’ve always tried and refrained from sex while getting treatment but I did receive oral sex last night and now I feel terrible.  I feel like I’m a pariah and I shouldn’t be having sex with anyone.  I just don’t know what to do.  I’m constantly looking for bumps and analyzing everything on my penis that might be a bump.  Should I be this concerned or just take the proper precautions when having vaginal sex and try not to obsess? 

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Thank you I am going to go for a second opinion.  The discomfort is a burning or “heat” sensation that sometimes starts and stops and sometimes lasts a little while and then will go away.  I never experienced it except when getting cryo treatment.  But it doesn’t seem to be going away.  I suspect it is the treatment bc the pain is in the same area but does this sound like it could be anything else to you?  

Thanks for the thanks. A side effect of treatment is by far the most likely explanation.---