What are those tiny little white bumps around the edge of my dick's head, you ask. They are known as coronal papillae.
Those of us who were never circumcised discover them during our teens, and they often occur into our twenties. Lots of friction such as masturbation sometimes causes them to become tender and painful. However, they are normal and are nothing to worry about.
They tend to go away by the late twenties as in this example:
In my experience, circumcised guys usually do not have coronal papillae. Because the glans is constantly exposed to underwear, etc., it tends to dry out and the little white bumps just don't seem to form. If you are circumcised and have these pearly white bumps, then please let me and others know in the comments below.
If you are a fan of Bel Ami's Eastern European uncut guys, you will notice the coronal papillae in abundance!
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Ignore the black arrow as it is pointing to the frenulum. Look instead at the little white bumps under the edge of the glans. |
Those of us who were never circumcised discover them during our teens, and they often occur into our twenties. Lots of friction such as masturbation sometimes causes them to become tender and painful. However, they are normal and are nothing to worry about.
They tend to go away by the late twenties as in this example:
In my experience, circumcised guys usually do not have coronal papillae. Because the glans is constantly exposed to underwear, etc., it tends to dry out and the little white bumps just don't seem to form. If you are circumcised and have these pearly white bumps, then please let me and others know in the comments below.
If you are a fan of Bel Ami's Eastern European uncut guys, you will notice the coronal papillae in abundance!
(Click on the above images in order to see the coronal papillae more clearly.)