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I noticed a black line or something along the lines of it on the rim of my penis and i tried removing it by pulling it of and now it seems swollen?

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Dr. Ira Raff answered

Line could be normal: Leave it along if is not causing a problem but if concern have a md look at it.

Dr Lin agreed

Answered 2/12/2017

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