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Though i had some kind of std, But i looked it up , thanks to all the people who have edited this , saved me an embarassing trip to the doc, *that and telling my parents i think i might have an std, would,well...not go down well. Wera (talk)
anyone know if fordyce's spots go away with time or are they something you have your entire life?
are they similar to blackheads? only both seem to be caused by the sebaceous gland, and both appear yellow/white (other than the blackhead of the spot itself). surely this would mean that any effective blackhead treatment would work for them? could anyone verify/deny this?
As far as I know they are a more or less direct indicator of how "greasy" or not your skin is. So if you're the kind of person with productive sebaceous glands in general, you are very likely to have prominent Fordyce's spots as well. It's just because the skin on your Frankfurter is very thin and directly underlaid by erectile tissue that you can see the glands you have there so well - if you had erectile tissue directly under the skin of your cheeks, it would look exactly the same way! :-) (Funny thought, really.) Using a soap that washes off your skin's protective tallow layer (which most of them do), you will probably rather stimulate the production of sebum; and as the Fordyce's spots are not located in open pores like on your nose but rather stowed away inside your skin, you won't really reach them there with any kind of cleansing liquid. So the best thing to do is the following: quit your worrying already. Your John Thomas is, in fact, a penis and needs those glands - just like any other part of your skin does. Trigaranus 17:10, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
There are distinct differences between Angiokeratoma of the Scrotum (a.k.a. Angiokeratoma of Fordyce) and Fordyce's Spots. Compare my images of Angiokeratoma of the Scrotum to those in the Fordyce's Spot article. Also, here is a useful link...Angiokeratoma of the Scrotum
Jim Carter 17:40, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
In the adult men already suffering from Fordyce's spots 50-90% of them are adults, the whole entire section on that is unnecessary and false. It should just be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.162.69.40 (talk) 14:16, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
no one "suffers" from fordyce spots, trust me I have them they are not a problem pople should nont seek treatment for something that is not an issue.... 199.2.58.55 (talk) 03:00, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
The article currently reads very much as if these spots, which occur in the majority of humans, are a disease. It’s obvious that the article receives disproportionate attention from people who are upset by the appearance of the spots because theirs are more prominent and/or they are under the mistaken impression that they are not supposed to be there. Similarly it focuses on the male genitals even though these spots are quite common on the face as well, around the eyes and nose. They are sebaceous glands that don’t have corresponding hair follicles -- nothing more. Finally, why should there be two pictures of Angiokeratoma, which, as the article states, is unrelated?
I don’t feel particularly qualified to overhaul this article, but perhaps someone with greater medical knowledge could fix it?
--98.216.50.36 (talk) 03:20, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
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http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1104749?query=BUL& — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.0.238.11 (talk) 20:27, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, Lesion (talk) 01:54, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
The image at the top right of this article looks much more like Fordyce spots on the scrotum sack than on the penis as is stated.QuintusPetillius (talk) 19:40, 1 June 2014 (UTC)