What's the matter with the white film on the glans?

The glans of a man is a very private part, and this part is also very sensitive. Here we would like to remind all men to pay attention to the hygiene of their private parts. In addition to taking regular baths, they must change into clean underwear regularly, and especially learn to buy breathable pants to wear. If these matters are not paid attention to, the glans area is prone to skin diseases. Some men find that there is a white film on the glans area. What causes this?

What's the matter with the white film on the glans?

Regarding the "white film on the glans penis", this is probably just smegma.

Just as the skin of other parts of the body secretes sebum, the sebaceous glands of the foreskin also secrete sebum. Since the foreskin cannot be turned up when the foreskin is too long, the sebum accumulates in the gap between the inner surface of the foreskin and the glans penis. At the same time, urine will also penetrate into this gap and react chemically with the sebum to form smegma, which produces a strange odor. The long-term accumulation of smegma will turn into hard lumps, which will make people mistakenly think that they have a "tumor".

Smegma is a chemical carcinogen. Many experiments have shown that it has a strong carcinogenic effect. For example, when horse smegma is inoculated into mice, it can cause malignant skin tumors. When human smegma is inoculated into mice, it can also induce cervical cancer in female mice. Modern medicine has confirmed that the specific hazards of smegma are as follows:

——Directly stimulate the head of the penis and induce penile cancer.

——Causes frequent inflammation of the foreskin and glans penis. Long-term inflammatory stimulation can cause degeneration and deterioration of local tissue cells of the penis.

- It creates a bad environment in the glans penis, which can induce many precancerous lesions of penile cancer, such as penile horn, penile papilloma, condyloma acuminatum, penile leukoplakia, proliferative penile erythema, etc. These lesions can easily transform into penile cancer.

It is recommended to clean it every day, because smegma is produced every moment, so you should clean it every day, don't wait until the smegma accumulates a lot before cleaning, this is not good. When cleaning, it depends on the situation. If there is not much smegma, turn it up and soak the glans in water and rub it clean with your hands. If there is a lot of smegma and it is difficult to clean, soak the glans in water for a while, and wait until it is easy to clean before rubbing it clean. In addition, use warm water to clean, do not use other things, and use bath gel to clean it when taking a bath.

In addition, regarding "sometimes it hurts a little when I touch it, and my scrotum is often itchy", the pain is probably because the foreskin is too long and the glans is overly sensitive because it is not exposed. The itching is caused by not paying attention to genital hygiene and not washing it every day.

Regarding the foreskin problem, it is recommended that as long as the glans can be easily exposed after erection, you can usually lift the foreskin to let the glans be exposed outside. That is better: 1. Since the glans is not restrained by the foreskin, it will become larger and more perfect, and the coronal sulcus will become thicker, so that the foreskin will not be easy to turn back over time; 2. There will be less trouble with smegma (smegma can cause inflammation, and if it is not cleaned, it will be more likely to get penile cancer than a clean glans); 3. It can reduce the sensitivity of the glans (if it is too sensitive, it will be easy to have premature ejaculation after sex).

However, at first, the glans and inner foreskin will feel uncomfortable when they touch the underwear. That is because the glans and inner foreskin have been hidden inside the foreskin and are very delicate. Now that they suddenly come out, they must be very sensitive and not wear-resistant. Therefore, it is recommended not to expose them during the day, and expose the glans before going to bed every night after washing (if conditions permit, sleep naked). This can reduce the embarrassment of frequent erections due to excessive stimulation during the day and avoid many phenomena of foreskin edema due to wear resistance. Wait until you are used to it, wear resistance, no pain and no irritation, and then expose it all the time. Also, choose underwear with a close-fitting three-dimensional cut and soft and non-irritating material.

In short, no matter how you deal with it, you should pay attention to hygiene at ordinary times and wash your genitals (including the glans and other parts, comprehensively) with warm water every night, because it is very important to keep the penis clean. Otherwise, the smegma will not only cause inflammation, but also be transmitted to your partner in the future, and the chance of developing penile cancer when you are older will also greatly increase.