Embarassing acne problem

[minifridge231]

hello everyone, i just signed up for the forums a minute ago, thought it looked like a good place to find answers while still maintaining some level of anonimity.

Anyways, here's my problem....

I have yet to ever see it happen on my penis, but for the last two years, boils have been developing in my pubic region, my inner thighs, and even occasionally on my scrotum.

I've tried everything i can possibly think of, including a few visits to my dermatologist (going back again asap to try again), and NOTHING has gotten rid of these. For the last two years, there has been at least one incredibly unsightly, if not even painful red patch just below my belt-line. It seems that as soon as one finally starts to go away, another one will appear within the same day.

They'll start off as just an irritated part of skin that feels like there's something hard just underneath it, after a short period of time, it'll turn red and hard, very rarely do they ever soften and form a whitehead. Each individual boil will last at least 2 months. I even have one that has been taunting me for the last year and a half with no signs of going away!! Of the few that have gone away, scars remain, as well as general irritation and redness. What makes me even more hopeless is that i talked to my mom about it, and she said she's had the problem scince she was my age, and has never found a way to deal with it. I, however, am NOT willing to accept this.

It hasn't been too much of an issue yet as I'm not very sexually active. I'm also 100% certain this isn't a type of STD or anything seeing as how i've never passed 2nd base in my life.

More so than any kind of physical discomfort, this problem is completely destroying the confidence and self-esteem that i've worked so hard to build for myself. Normally, i'm a very confident person, but more recently it has started to vanish for almost entirely this reason alone.

Several times i've stopped sexual encounters because of insecurity about it. Even worse, it's starting to effect my day-to-day confidence levels, i've now become almost completely unable to talk to any girl that i find remotely attractive because it's always in the back of my head.



So please, if anyone has ANY advice/tips/solutions about how to get rid of these boils i would greatly appreciate it. My entire pelvic region is honestly hideous, and i'm beginning to think that i'll die a virgin (okay, not entirely).

For the time being though, how might i approach a partner about this? Being 19 and in college, this is an important time in my life to explore my sexuality. Instead i find myself growing ever-more sexually frustrated, thus killing my confidence and general happiness even more.

At the same time however, i don't want to scare my partner off. I know personally that if a girl had this problem it would probobly be a huge turn-off, and can only imagine how a girl would react to this.


Anyways, sorry for the long winded post, but i really need to find a solution to this. I'll take any feedback i can get on the subject, so thanks in advance.


-Nick