Your diagnosis sounds exactly like mine. I manscaped my genital area before going to the beach on a Saturday in the summer. That was Friday night. Had a great day. Next thing you know two days later I have what looked like two tiny cuts with a burning feeling on the base of my shaft. I thought it was nothing and two weeks later it got worse so I went to the dermatologist and he said it was folliculitis and gave me an antibiotic to take and cream to put on. Then it got even worse and I was back in the office 5 days later where I was prescribed two antibiotics to take , one every 6 hours. 4 x a day. Things got even worse and I mean worse!! To the point where I was going to go to the emergency room. Never ever in my life did I have anything like it. Well I'm back in his office and now he prescribes valacyclovir and things started improving.
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Your diagnosis sounds exactly like mine. I manscaped my genital area before going to the beach on a Saturday in the summer. That was Friday night. Had a great day. Next thing you know two days later I have what looked like two tiny cuts with a burning feeling on the base of my shaft. I thought it was nothing and two weeks later it got worse so I went to the dermatologist and he said it was folliculitis and gave me an antibiotic to take and cream to put on. Then it got even worse and I was back in the office 5 days later where I was prescribed two antibiotics to take , one every 6 hours. 4 x a day. Things got even worse and I mean worse!! To the point where I was going to go to the emergency room. Never ever in my life did I have anything like it. Well I'm back in his office and now he prescribes valacyclovir and things started improving.