What causes dryness on the foreskin with little red tears?
Patient: Hi there. I recently (around 6 weeks ago) started seeing this girl, who is now my girlfriend. We have had lots of unprotected sex (she is on the pill), but in the last week I have noticed that the end of my foreskin keeps drying out, and consequently flaking. It is irritating if I pull it back, as the skin is so tight from being dry. If I do pull it back, the skin develops little read tears.I just want to know really if my new sexual partner has given me an STI? As I have never had this problem with any other girl I have had sexual relations with.Any help would be much appreciated :) Thanks Doctor: Both of you can under go std test. If negative use vesline ointment over fore skin and use condom, which should be lubric ated.