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How do i clean hardened smegma accumulated after a candida balanitis infection? glan is hypersensitive and hot water not helping either?

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soak the hardened area with warm wet cotton for a while till it softens then gently slide it off and apply antibiotic/ cortisone ointment. Good luck

Answered 9/15/2023

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