Talk:Fordyce's spot

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anyone know if fordyce's spots go away with time or are they something you have your entire life?

I don't know, but remember Wikipedia doesn't give medical advice!--Steven Fruitsmaak | Talk 13:23, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Although it's the wrong place to ask - to my knowledge they do not go away with time. 124.177.40.35 08:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I have this, and its starting to spread from my scrotum to the shaft; i was actually able to pop one today (never have been able to) and white stuff came out. --anonymous, 10/18/06

Same here. The spot then became pretty infected and grew. The infections still haven't gone entirely away, after more than one year.

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?

[edit] code

what's the illness code for this? Shandris^{the azylean} 14:38, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

If you mean ICD, then my brief research seems to indicate that it doesn't have one. This might be because it's perfectly normal. The closest ICDs I could find were 750.26 for ectopic sebaceous glands in the mouth and 607 for general disorder of the penis. ^L_Wizard @ 20:02, 17 September 2006 (UTC)